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Kent memories
My parents and one of my aunts lived here
My parents lived in one of the double houses in Grange Road from the early 1970s till the late 1980s, while my aunt lived in one of the singles in Rectory Lane from the 1960s until her death in the early 1990s.
I was at the old primary school in the 1960s and we often had "gym" classes in the village hall, I remember the paintings were enormous to a small child. Jumble sales were always good fun and I remember buying a Monopoly game for sixpence that my aunt had donated. In recent years my nephew had his wedding reception there, it hasn't changed a bit.
A memory of Saltwood contributed by Jan Myers
Lived there
i lived there with my parents.... in fact they still live there
A memory of Saltwood contributed by Charlotte Cadman
All Souls School ?
can anyone confirm or not that the building to the right of what looks to be a pub is All Souls School.
A memory of Cheriton contributed by alan linkman
Lives in Cheriton High Street
From early 1920's until the late 1970's my husband's family occupied homes in Cheriton. At first in Whitby Road, then for many years at 129 Cheriton High Street, next to their good friends the Priestleys.
Names associated with them were also the Horton Family, the Nokes and the Guigan/Carsons.
Hubby, now sadly gone, used to fondly recall that his parents drank rarely but on fine summer Saturday afternoons would stroll, hand-in-hand through the years, to the high street public house, for 'a half' in the gardens.
All 'the boys' were in the services and came and went as necessary.
Their parents though remained, taking in youngsters from time-totime during the bombing and providing the solid background these ...read more here
A memory of Cheriton contributed by Olivia R-S
Extracts From Etchinghill & Kent books
The church is close to
the photographer, yet he
is obviously in a rural
location. This shows how
comparatively small
Ashford was a century
ago. Will growth on a
similar scale take place
over the next hundred years?
An extract from from"Hythe, Romney Marsh and Ashford Photographic Memories".
This photograph was
taken a century ago, and
a world away from the
same road today, which
seems at times like a
public motor-racing
circuit - it is now part of
the Ashford ring road.
Again we see attentive
pedestrians, and manure
going to waste in the roof!
An extract from from"Hythe, Romney Marsh and Ashford Photographic Memories".
Smart dress and good
behaviour are to be seen
here in front of the
picturesque Clock House
Pavilion. And there are no
skateboards or litter in
this park scene from a
more orderly age.
An extract from from"Hythe, Romney Marsh and Ashford Photographic Memories".
The second of the two major wars, the dead of which are commemorated in this
memorial, would have still been fresh in the memories of the people sitting here.
This scene remains unchanged today.
An extract from from"Hythe, Romney Marsh and Ashford Photographic Memories".
There is an interesting group
in front of the attractive
church. The man in the
white hat in the background
and the three boys in front
of him are all looking this
way. Are they watching the
girl pushing the pram, or the
photographer? The church
itself was built in 1865, but
congregations dwindled
over the years; it was
demolished in 1990.
An extract from from"Hythe, Romney Marsh and Ashford Photographic Memories".