Wilsley Pound
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Map of Kent
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Wilsley Pound books (23 available)
Ashford Town Walk Guide
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Kent Revisited Photographic Memories
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Wilsley Pound memories
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Forge Farm
Just found this site while looking for Chinley which I believe is close by.
Forge Farm memories of the fun times we had as children hop picking with nan and gran-dad, dad and mum, aunts and uncles and of course my siblings. At that time the farm supplied student teachers for the children's education, no one went as we were all too busy playing or fishing in the pond in the middle of the common.
Home was a corrugated iron hut, very basic, the bed was made from timber poles with slats laid across. I remember we always took a large cotton mattress case with us and it was our job to fill this with straw supplied by the farmer, ...read more here
A memory of Goudhurst contributed by Tom Cole
Visiting my parents in Iden Green
I have very fond memories of visiting my parents, Margaret & Percy Thorburn who owned Coveney Cottage from 1961 until 1980.
We used to come down from London on the National Coach to Benenden and then a Fuggles Garage car/taxi would take us down to Iden Green. Alternatively we would meet my parents in the pub (name temporarily forgotten) and have a drink before driving back to their cottage.
I remember the village when it had its own public house and village shop, and lots of the older residents, Fred & Lily of Lilac Cottage, Mrs Daw from the other half of Coveney Cottage, Joan Witterkoff of Seerose Cottage, to name but a few.
My parents are ...read more here
A memory of Iden Green contributed by Anne Kennedy
My home hawkhurst
I grew up in hawkhurst , i lived in gills green in hawkhurst , hawkhurst has a close community everybody knew everybody , most familys that lived there had lived there for years even generations . my dads family had lived there for many years . i have very fond memorys of hawkhurst while i was growing up , the tractors going up and down the road all day . where i lived there were farms all around us. I could smell fresh wood from the wood factory just up the road , i would wake up to the sound of sheep barring in the fields just across the road and birds singing . The kind of thing you would see ...read more here
A memory of Hawkhurst contributed by susanne jones
Hop fields
Horsmonden - the end of my hop picking days. I was born in east London 1939 and hop picking was four weeks in the country, camp fire cooking in the evening, a sing along and down to the Gun or the Town House on Saturday evening. Then came 1960 and I was called up for National Service spending two years away.
I have now retired and acquired a PC. I have found the internet to which I am
new to and found your site. Lots of memories came flooding back and I can
find a use for some spare time. Thank you for a new interest.
Brian
A memory of Horsmonden contributed by Brian Long
Extracts From Wilsley Pound & Kent books
This view looks towards the Gloirette; on the left can be seen the main building. In this picture, the magnificent
location of the Castle, surrounded by its enchanting lake, is clearly seen.
An extract from from"Maidstone Photographic Memories".
A superb view of the main building and the Gloirette. Although the Castle appears to be medieval, its turrets and
battlements in fact date from a rebuilding in the late 1820s. The lake is part of the river Len.
An extract from from"Maidstone Photographic Memories".
The main building dominates the picture, together with the Gloirette on the left. At this time, the castle was
still in private hands. Today, the scene is altogether cleaner and tidier, but perhaps lacks the charm shown in
this photograph.
An extract from from"Maidstone Photographic Memories".
A wonderful view of the Castle, showing to advantage the main building and the Gloirette, as well as the Maiden
Tower, just visible on the left hand side as the lake swings round to the Gate Tower. Unusually for photographs of
the time, the clouds are seen to good effect.
An extract from from"Maidstone Photographic Memories".
The Friary Courtyard c1960
All is quiet except for a friar crossing the
courtyard. Most of the buildings date
from the 14th and 15th centuries, but
there are traces going back to medieval
times. The Pilgrim’s Hall is little altered
from the 15th century.
An extract from from"Maidstone Photographic Memories".