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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
Don't get caught!
The Rev Lawson caught three of us smoking in the graveyard here, he then said he would tell my dad unless we all swept up the leaves around the main church door, which we all did. My dad was the local copper then, and a clout round the ear I would have got!!
A memory of Chilham contributed by nev bishop
Many a beer here
Many a beer here I have downed, served by the landlady who was then locally known as Brandy Lil, I can't imagine why though?
A memory of Chilham contributed by nev bishop
Extracts From Petham & Kent books
Petham is a small village set in a valley just off the Roman Stane Street that runs from Canterbury to Lympne. There are remains of entrenchments here, constructed during the Roman invasion. On the right of the street can be seen W C Phipps and Sons, General Stores.
An extract from from"Villages of Kent Photographic Memories".
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".