Yalding
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- 3 photos on Yalding appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Yalding
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Yalding memories
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Evacuation
I was evacuated to Yalding during the war, this was to be my childhood days and as I was with a family who had a son about my age. It was fantastic and those 4 years I will never forget. My dream is to return and relive my childhood, travel to the places I remember so well, and to meet those who are still with us. I would love to have a friend from Yalding that I can stay in contact with, by email or letter. My email address is : teddybear82472000@yahoo.com so if there is anyone who may remember me or was around about 1940/45 please contact me. Thank you Ted
Contributed by Edward Downes
Kent memories
Evacuation
I was evacuated to Yalding during the war, this was to be my childhood days and as I was with a family who had a son about my age. It was fantastic and those 4 years I will never forget. My dream is to return and relive my childhood, travel to the places I remember so well, and to meet those who are still with us. I would love to have a friend from Yalding that I can stay in contact with, by email or letter. My email address is : teddybear82472000@yahoo.com so if there is anyone who may remember me or was around about 1940/45 please contact me. Thank you Ted
A memory of Yalding contributed by Edward Downes
Brook Family
I know this is not a memory, however I am looking for any Brook family members, namely Edward and Ann Brook who moved there in the early 1800s.
Their son Benjamin emigrated to Australia in 1837 with his wife Mary Craddock, then their son James emigrated to Australia in 1850, and Edward emigrated to Australia in 1853. If anyone has any information please contact harttoheart@bigpond.com.
A memory of East Farleigh contributed by Phyllis Hart
Hop Picking
I too remember as a child visiting Paddock Wood with my nan, every year we would all pile into the back of a lorry and set of to the hop field. What wonderful memories, days I will never forget. We all came from Chiswick. Is there anybody else out there from the Chiswick area who went hop picking? If so, get in touch, thanks.
A memory of Paddock Wood contributed by brian faulkner
Extracts From Yalding & Kent books
Yalding stands near the confluence of the Medway, Beult and Theyse rivers, and has long been popular with the sailing fraternity. Barges plying the Medway once tied up here. The building next to the tree is the Anchor Inn: for years, the Anchor has been the destination for an annual raft race from East Peckham. Yalding was once a substantial market centre, but was desolated by the plague four times in the 16th century.
An extract from from"Villages of Kent Photographic Memories".
Yalding boasts the longest bridge in?Kent, crossing two rivers over 150 yards. This photograph was taken on a summer’s day, when the river was low. A different scene was to be witnessed in October and November 2000, and again in February 2001, when the river was in full flood on a number of occasions. Yalding has suffered frequently as a result of its proximity to the three rivers.
An extract from from"Villages of Kent Photographic Memories".
This aptly named pub sits in a quiet cove in a village often plagued by flooding. The inn has over the years provided shelter to many villagers whose homes have been plundered by the lashings of storms and rising tides. In this picture the still waters of the River Medway run deep.
An extract from from"Kent Revisited Photographic Memories".
In 1933, 70 acres of chalk
downland were acquired by
Chatham and Gillingham
councils to create this
beautiful open countryside
nature reserve between the
two towns. The local wildlife
includes several species of
orchids and butterflies. At
the centre of this picture,
we can see the horses of
travellers whose mobile
homes are among the trees.
An extract from from"Chatham and the Medway Towns Photographic Memories".
The bus advertises Fremlins’
ales outside the Red Lion,
a Style & Winch house of
flamboyant grandeur, but
now no more, sad to say.
There are now traffic lights
and a great deal more
traffic where this policeman
stands on point duty at the
junction of High Street with
Corporation Street (left) and
Star Hill (right).
An extract from from"Chatham and the Medway Towns Photographic Memories".