Hythe, The Canal 1918

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I remember the Gem. My aunty Silvia lived a few doors down from there .I went to St Lenards School in 1953. We lived with my aunty who lived at 39 Princes Terrace .We then moved to West Parade on the sea front.There was a little shop near The Light Railway that used to sell small pots jam and if we had been good my cousins and myself were allowed to chose one to have for tea.

Pauline, your granddad was my great granddad I was very young when he died and just recall him. Granddad, your uncle, his car was a Austin Seven. Nan or auntie Hannah to you was a great lady I loved her dearly, Aunt Ivy and Uncle Les where always nice to us kids, Did your dad like bright colour shirts etc, and what about Uncle Eddie. It would be nice to catch up, oh yes your children must be grown up by now. Scott is 28 on the 31, Jan 2013 and Penny is 25 in April. Luv to all Col

I was born at the hospital in Shorncliffe but lived first in the 'stone block' then in the tin town bungalows at Reachfields. All of the army families who lived there were happy as the bungalows were comfortable. Reachfieds was on the Dymchurch road, and just by a little railway bridge was The Gem run by Morris and Norman, its where I bought my first ice lolly - 3d orange - one made by Walls. Sainsburys in town ...see more

My father Tony Wonfor was born in Hythe in 1932, his parents John William and Hannah Victoria. My grandparrents lived there until the outbreak of the Second World War. Tony had two brothers, George and John, and a sister Letty. John died in Austria in action and Letty died young of TB. I also had other relations that lived in Hthye, now long since passed on. Tony my dad died on the 31st October 2008 in the arms of ...see more