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William Amos
In the 1851 census William Amos, believed to have been my Great Grandfather, lived with his wife Caroline and children in No.10 High Street, Sturry. He is recorded as being a schoolteacher. In the 1861 census he is recorded as being a Shipping Agent living in Whitsable, address unclear in the register. A rather strange change of occupation.
I would be very interested in learning more about him and his family and which school, possibly Kings, which is close by, that he taught at.
Peter Amos
Contributed by Peter Amos
The day the pub got blown up
Does any one remember the local pub in Sturry, that got blown up in ww2, my dad saved a little boy, but through shock, the young lad later died. Does any one remember the ODELL family who lived in ROOKERY NOCK?
Would love to hear from any one who knew them, my sister was in the Land army, any one who can remember her, her name was HAZEL ODELL, she also worked in the backers in Sturry.
You can get me at ....pamelaodell2000@yahoo.co.uk
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Kent memories
William Amos
In the 1851 census William Amos, believed to have been my Great Grandfather, lived with his wife Caroline and children in No.10 High Street, Sturry. He is recorded as being a schoolteacher. In the 1861 census he is recorded as being a Shipping Agent living in Whitsable, address unclear in the register. A rather strange change of occupation.
I would be very interested in learning more about him and his family and which school, possibly Kings, which is close by, that he taught at.
Peter Amos
A memory of Sturry contributed by Peter Amos
The day the pub got blown up
Does any one remember the local pub in Sturry, that got blown up in ww2, my dad saved a little boy, but through shock, the young lad later died. Does any one remember the ODELL family who lived in ROOKERY NOCK?
Would love to hear from any one who knew them, my sister was in the Land army, any one who can remember her, her name was HAZEL ODELL, she also worked in the backers in Sturry.
You can get me at ....pamelaodell2000@yahoo.co.uk
A memory of Sturry contributed by First Name Last Name
Extracts From Sturry & Kent books
This interesting picture of the village street and the
post office shows the village postman about to
mount his bicycle. The place-name relates to
Sturry’s position on the River Stour - ‘Stour-y’.
A village situated at a crossing of the River
Stour, Sturry suffered badly from bomb
damage in the Second World War. However,
it retains its church, which is Norman in
origin, together with its huge tithe barn,
built or weatherboard and brick.
An extract from from"Kent Photographic Memories".
Now on the main road to the North Sea seaside resorts from Canterbury, Sturry was, along with Canterbury itself, bombed heavily during the Second World War. Much rebuilding has occurred since. This is definitely a picture where there have been some changes since the photograph was taken.
An extract from from"Villages of Kent Photographic Memories".
This is a wonderful old view of bygone years, with the old mill, the bridge and longhorn cattle crossing the river. The name Sturry means ‘Stour-y’, on or by the Stour. The settlement may date back to the earliest Saxon arrivals in Britain.
An extract from from"Villages of Kent Photographic Memories".
This peaceful view of Minster
shows its pleasant old houses.
Minster has the dubious claim to
fame of being the site of the world’s
first fatal motor-car accident.
An extract from from"Thanet Pocket Album".
The original monastic settlement at Minster was founded in AD670,
overlooking Minster Marshes, then the open Wantsum Channel. This
late Victorian view shows the present buildings; they are of Norman age,
built as a grange of St Augustine’s Abbey in Canterbury.The buildings
have been used as a nunnery since 1930.
An extract from from"Thanet Pocket Album".