Chilham
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- 10 photos on Chilham appear in 5 Frith books - View photos of Chilham
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Beech House
Beech House was the school attached to St. Augustines,which used to be the County Asylum. I was there from 1964-66. I always found the people of Chartham top be lovely and kind. I remember walks down to the church and mill,and waiting on the station to go home for the holidays. I have only fond memories of Chartham and it's people
A memory of Chartham contributed by Andy Morley
The old mill
The mill bridge shown in the photograph was washed away in a flood in the 1960's. Unfortunately the mill pond was a favourite place for some children to swim in then. We lost one of the children on the hospital estate by drowning there in the pond, whose name was Billy Johnson, whose parents worked as nurses at St Augustine's in 1963. He is buried in Chartham cemetery.
A memory of Chartham contributed by peter soltysiak
living with nanny
I remember well living with my nanny in Neames Forstell, she was Rose Beake, a formidable lady, but oh how I loved her. I remember going to Selling school, and if it rained or snowed being brought home in the police car by Sargeant Onions. I remember going to play "up round the ring", going to find uncle Harold and aunty Edie, oh so many memories. I was happiest staying with nanny, going to play in the garden of the Sondes Arms, feeding the chickens, except when the cockerel bit me, well I did poke my finger through the wire. I never wanted to go home, I loved it at nanny's, even when aunty Dot tried to make me try coffee, ...read more here
A memory of Selling contributed by pam tinsley
Picking fruit!
It was the summer of 2006 and it was the greatest summer for me, my life is not the same boring life. I want only one thing .... I want to return in England, one of the greatest countries in the world.
A memory of Selling contributed by Bozhana Spasova
Extracts From Chilham & Kent books
These steep-roofed houses on the way up into the village square are typical of the beautiful houses built in the local vernacular style to be found in this locality. However, because it is so picturesque the village suffers at weekends and bank holidays - it is often choked with cars.
An extract from from"Villages of Kent Photographic Memories".
Chilham is a delightful village set high on the
downs. Its pretty houses grouped around a
square by the castle gates lend it a timeless air.
The ancient castle was replaced in the
seventeenth century by the present mansion,
which has spacious gardens set out by
Tradescant.
An extract from from"Kent Photographic Memories".
Note the rough road surface, which had not yet been modernised with tarmacadam. In summer the dust would fly as horses and carts pressed their way through, and in winter the rains would turn it into a quagmire. On the right is Colman Stores – ‘China and Glass, Furniture’. On the other side there is another shop; the notices outside advertise a farm auction and stock for sale.
An extract from from"Villages of Kent Photographic Memories".
The castle is situated five miles west of Canterbury; all that remains of the Norman fortress is a part of the keep in the north-west angle. The present castle is a Jacobean mansion built by Sir Dudley Digges in 1616, and is the seat of Viscount Massereene and Ferrard.
An extract from from"English Castles".
An early 20th-century view of that bastion of
English life, the Post Office. Here is a lovely half-
timbered building in this picturesque little village on
the Canterbury road. A little girl stands proudly in
front, whilst next door baskets are for sale.
An extract from from"Kent Photographic Memories".