Where I Lived in 1960
We moved into the flat above Snodland station on 9th January 1960 (my 8th birthday) and the extreme left upstairs window was the view from our lounge (or, rather - sitting room). I attended Brook Street CoE Primary school from then until 1963, when I moved to the "top school", known then as Snodland County Secondary School. The name change to Holmesdale was fairly soon after that as I recollect.
The lamps on Snodland station in 1960 were gas lit, with a pole to pull down the chain which in turn fired the gas onto the pilot light. Each lamp had to be lit individually - and took a fair time. My father was the Station Master, so I used to get to help the porters on the station.
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RE: RE: Where I Lived in 1960
I was Marilyn Holman then, we must have been at school the same time, although I was probably a year above you! x
Comment from Marilyn Everitt on Sunday, 27th December 2009.
RE: RE: Where I Lived in 1960
Hello... I went to Brook Steet School in 1961/68, I lived in East Street. I remember the lights being lit at the station, was that you? I live in Kent but travel a lot. I am Frank MacDonald, brother to Renee and Sandra. Do you remember the dinner ladies at the school, or the milkman, the Hamonds, or the two ladys who did the Maypole at the school fete. You can take the boy out of Snodland, but you cannot take Snodland out of the boy. Keep smiling my friend.
Comment from Frank MacDonald on Saturday, 2nd April 2011.