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Memories of Seasalter
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Littlebrook, 1948-1950
We moved to Littlebrook late 1948. I got to like it here. My parents decided house not suitable so on market in spring. Liked going trainspotting to see Thanet Belle rush through. Had 2 friends, Sandy and Michael, both at King's Rochester. Cycled round area including Harty Ferry, Brogdale Road and all over Faversham. Liked the summer events e.g. cycle racing and motor cycle racing. Brightened up the summer as 'off swimming' due to illness. Father was a fusspot and almost spoilt the summer. Liked Hugh Curling's farm, seeing inside oast house, oh the fragrancy of hops! Those were the days the East End descended on Kent en masse. Years later, encountered Rex Neame (Shepherd Neame) and David Bensted (Bensted Brewery) at Cirencester. Last visited area in 1990 on way home from Shorncliff after being 'dined out' of Leics/Northants/Rutland Army Cadet Force.
I remember going to church, sitting with Michael's family whose father and brother were in the choir. His father's business was Cooper and Laurence. I also remember... Read more
'The Red House' Farm in Seasalter/ The Coppins's
My mother, Jill Coppins (née Shaw) lived in Seasalter with the Coppins family who adopted her from about 1946 to when she left about 10 years later. She lived in a farm house which was by a railway embankment. I think the farmhouse was commonly know as the red house, I don't know if that was the actual name of the farm. I went there in 1978 with my mother, who has since died, and the building was no longer there. I would like any one who has memories of that farm or the Coppins's from around that time to let me know any details about the family or farm.
Chalets at Seasalter
I remeber one of these chalets. It was owned by my grandmother, Enid Fenton (nee Belsten) between the wars. She was a teacher who trained before WW1. During the Second World War the chalet was inaccessible for security reasons. We lived in Bromley in Kent but I went there a few times in the early 50's. Does anyone know what is on this site now?
Where We'd Spend Our Tuck Money
As a child aged 7 in 1955, I used to holiday with the Shaftesbury Society at a camp, just round the corner. The camp had several dormitories, each accommodating about 10 children. The fortnight I'd be there would be soley for disabled children and we'd have a ball, leaving our families, who meant well but the freedom was wonderful! We'd be taken to this post office by 'helpers' and buy fizzy drinks that were sold in bottles with the rubber and metal flip top. I remember inside the post office it was quite dark (probably in contrast with the summer sunshine outside). Of course we'd also be encouraged to buy postcards to send home which was a chore. I'm sure I recall the 'really old lady' who ran the post office and wore a floral pinny, had difficulty reaching over her display of sweets to serve us!
Kent memories
Wonderful Childhood in Yorkletts in The 1960s
Hi, I would love to hear from anyone that may have memories of Yorkletts in the late 1960s. I used to spend a lot of time in the village, spending all my school hols with my gran who lived in a bungalow on the straight, towards Dargate, called Red Roses. I used to ride at the stables, Ellenden Stables, I think and remember going to the stores (not the post office) with my gran, I think the shop was called 'Sunshine Stores' but not too sure. I walked up the path in the photo so many times, it was quite a walk from where gran lived but was worth it for a lolly - I've been on Google and have identified the old Post Office, the bungalow still has the arch and small roof window and the bungalow that was next door is still fundamentally the same, the two buildings were separated by an emptly strip of land, now there's a house on there but the other two properties are... Read more
Living in Yorkletts
having lived in the village for most of my childhood I have lots of memories both good and bad things like having a close community spirit where all the children were known and we were always safe, but then there was useless transport in the village. Though my family home is no longer there I had nearly an acre of land plus lots of woodland to play in. They were fun times. Summertime was always fun when there were about 7 of us who would spend all day out and about from early morning to it got dark and the only time we went to a persons house was for food or a drink.
Childhood Beach Hut
This scene of the old fishermen's beach huts shows my family's beach hut on the left. The lady just about to enter the beach hut was my grandmother, I am playing on the beach and my sister is in the pushchair next to the lady. Families had all the necessary facilities in the beach huts and almost every day of the summer holidays was spent down there. My grandfather belonged to the Angling Society and there were frequent fishing competitions between the Society, the Ambulance Brigade, the Fire Brigade and the Police. As a child, I was given the job of polishing the silver cups presented to the winners.
This scene has changed vastly since the 1950s. A sea wall was built after the 1953 flood which restricted our view of the sea from the beach hut, and the huts, after being left to become derelict and listing at frightening angles during the 1980s, have now been rebuilt and refurbished as holiday chalets. Originally, there was a six foot... Read more
