Eastry
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Eastry books (30 available)
- 4 photos on Eastry appear in 3 Frith books - View photos of Eastry
- Read extracts and see photos from these books on Eastry and Kent
Eastry memories
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Bickers The Newsagent
THis was the village newsagent. We lived to the right as you look at the photo, and traded as Premier Garage.
Contributed by philip worman
my Dad's childhood
My Dad was a member of the church choir here when he was a child. Gerald Fuller is his name but he left the village around the age of 16. His parents continued to live in Eastry with their other children, Hazel, Brian and Chris. Dad immigrated to Melbourne, Australia were he met my mother and had my sister Amanda and I. Amanda and I were fortunate enough to visit Eastry in 1985 and the feeling of family and belonging was very overwhelming. I remember one night Nan(Nancy) took us to bingo in the town hall and a woman came and introduced herself to us.......aparently she was a second cousin. As far as I know I have alot of relatives in ...read more here
Contributed by Emma Fox
Place of birth
From just about where the photograph was taken I was born. The house was called Forge House obviously because of the Forge which my father used as a shed to house chickens in and then used as a workshop for his carpentry. He was Foreman carpenter at Tilmanstone colliery. My brother and I were both born in the house which I believe now is being used as a care home. I was 16 when that photo was taken.
Elizabeth Andrews February 2007
Contributed by elizabeth hunter
Kent memories
my Dad's childhood
My Dad was a member of the church choir here when he was a child. Gerald Fuller is his name but he left the village around the age of 16. His parents continued to live in Eastry with their other children, Hazel, Brian and Chris. Dad immigrated to Melbourne, Australia were he met my mother and had my sister Amanda and I. Amanda and I were fortunate enough to visit Eastry in 1985 and the feeling of family and belonging was very overwhelming. I remember one night Nan(Nancy) took us to bingo in the town hall and a woman came and introduced herself to us.......aparently she was a second cousin. As far as I know I have alot of relatives in ...read more here
A memory of Eastry contributed by Emma Fox
Extracts From Eastry & Kent books
Eastry was home to many miners who worked down the east Kent pits. The mother of the actress Susan Hampshire once lived here too. Susan, meanwhile, has always loved the area, and moved to a Georgian house in nearby historic Sandwich.
An extract from from"Kent Revisited Photographic Memories".
Between Canterbury and the sea, and built on a section of the Roman road which ran from Dover to Richborough, Eastry was once the site of a palace of the Kings of Kent, who divided their realm into ‘lathes’. Thomas a Becket hid in the village before embarking on his secret flight to France in 1164.
An extract from from"Kent Living Memories".
This is a large solid church of Early English design with a Norman tower. Nearby was once the royal palace of the early Saxon kings of Kent. There is also an underground labyrinth of caves. Some say these were dug for lime, others that they were excavations by those searching for the legendary ‘golden man’. Thomas Becket was said to have hidden in them whilst awaiting a crossing from Sandwich to the continent.
An extract from from"Villages of Kent Photographic Memories".
We are on the main road to Sandwich. On the right can be seen the Co-operative Store, and on the left Bicker the newsagents. The road off to the left leads to the very ancient village of Woodnesborough (‘Woden’s barrow’), said to be where the Scandinavian god Woden was buried.
An extract from from"Villages of Kent Photographic Memories".
This peaceful view of Minster
shows its pleasant old houses.
Minster has the dubious claim to
fame of being the site of the world’s
first fatal motor-car accident.
An extract from from"Thanet Pocket Album".