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- 31 photos on Sandwich appear in 5 Frith books - View photos of Sandwich
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Sandwich memories
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Toll Money
Sandwich Town relied on its toll money taken on the bridge, which was used purely for the town's benefit alone and it became wealthy over the years because of it. During the 1960s I think it was, Sandwich came under the jurisdiction of Dover and was asked to hand over the money in its coffers at the turnover.
The Town Councillors decided that this was not to be and put it to the townspeople what they wanted them to do with the money they had.
Everyone got very excited, us kids wanted an ice-rink, or a swimming pool and our parents duly put these suggestions along with theirs.
As was to be expected we got neither - we got a ...read more here
Kent memories
Toll Money
Sandwich Town relied on its toll money taken on the bridge, which was used purely for the town's benefit alone and it became wealthy over the years because of it. During the 1960s I think it was, Sandwich came under the jurisdiction of Dover and was asked to hand over the money in its coffers at the turnover.
The Town Councillors decided that this was not to be and put it to the townspeople what they wanted them to do with the money they had.
Everyone got very excited, us kids wanted an ice-rink, or a swimming pool and our parents duly put these suggestions along with theirs.
As was to be expected we got neither - we got a ...read more here
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
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
A memory of Eastry contributed by elizabeth hunter
Extracts From Sandwich & Kent books
This quaint inland port was built originally for Roman galleys to service Richborough in the face of a receding shore
line. Thomas a Beckett, Richard I, Edward III and Queen Elizabeth I, in later times, each visited or used Sandwich.
In 1759, a Dutch-style bridge was constructed in lieu of the original ferry. This, in 1891, was replaced by the
current swing bridge which we see in the photograph. For the next one hundred years, it carried all road transport
serving the Isle of Thanet. Toll charges were imposed until the mid 1970s.
An extract from from"Picturesque Harbours Photographic Memories".
To the left of the
River Stour is the
Bell Hotel; the town
records report that
the mayor ‘presented
King Charles II with a
glass of sack at the Bell
tavern door’ when his
Majesty rode in with
the Duke of York and
Prince Rupert in 1669.
The King accepted the
drink on horseback.
An extract from from"Around the Kent Coast".
On the left of this photograph of the
Barbican is the Crispin Inn – St Crispin
was the patron saint of cobblers and
shoemakers. Opposite is a garage, and on
the wall is an advertisement for Rigden &
Son, Decorators and Plumbers.
An extract from from"Around the Kent Coast".
In 1924, this compact little town had (and still has) its own town council. Many of its buildings are influenced by 17th-century Dutch architecture, including the bridge, which was passed under by many boatmen using the canal. Just upstream is the Roman site, Richborough Castle. The town is home to the famous St George's Golf Club.
An extract from from"Kent Revisited Photographic Memories".
Founded by the Saxons, Sandwich was once a Cinque Port at the mouth of the River Stour, but owing to silting it is now two miles from the sea. It reinvented itself as a cloth-weaving town, and is today a quaint market town with narrow streets. The Elizabethan town hall is now the museum. The town retains two of its town gates, Barbican Gate and Fisher Gate. Note the open-topped car on the right. The Town Hall originally went up in 1579, but its exteriror was completely rebuilt in 1910-12, giving it a mock-Tudor appearance.
An extract from from"Kent Photographic Memories".