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1945 to 1966
My grandparents, Jabez Smith and Kate his wife owned the post office in Coombe Valley Road, formerly Union Road, before and during the war. Their daughter Rose Moss (my Mother) ran it from the age of sixteen. They also owned and lived in The Bungalow just a half a mile east of St Radiguns Abbey ruins. Apparently it is still there today.
We moved to a small shop in Douglas Road, Tower Hamlets in 1949. My Mother ran that shop until VAT was introduced, I think it was 1977.
I attended Astor School from 1956 to 1960.
I left school and worked at The Crypt Restaurant from 1960 until Bernie Inns took it over.
I then worked for Ted Perry at ...read more here
A memory of Dover contributed by ken moss
Robert William Wells (Shop keeper)
I understand my grand father workedin,orpossibly owned a fishmongers and or grocers aroundabout 1900
can anyone confirm this please and where was it.
Was it his own shop or was he an employee
Does it still stand ,do any photos exist of it
Thankyou
John Wells
A memory of Dover contributed by John Teddyfoot
This was the in place when I was 18
I remember this as being the place to go when we were out for the evening. We used to drink vodka and lime and think we were really cool. It used to get packed out and was really modern and trendy in it's day.
A memory of Dover contributed by Frankie Hilary
Message on clock tower
Message on clock reads, "Trifle not, thy time is short"
A memory of Folkestone contributed by Trevor Page
Extracts From Alkham & Kent books
Alkham is an attractive little village nestling in the valley of the river Dour between Folkestone and Dover. The church seen behind the village is 13th-century; it was largely built of flint by the monks from nearby Radegund’s Abbey, itself now just a ruin.
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".