Dartford, High Street 1949
Photo ref:
D3031
Photo ref:
D3031
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The lack of traffic strikes us today as remarkable, and the trolleybus emphasises that this picture was taken in an era now long gone.
An extract from Kent Photographic Memories.
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Memories of Dartford, High Street 1949
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Dartford, High Street 1949
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I was born on Tree Estate 1954.
Went to Dartford West School from 1966 to 1971. Some of the teachers were Mr. Palmer [English] Always getting told off and detention for not wearing a tie. but he was a brilliant teacher.
Mr Holloway [maths] Always said he had a pot shot at Hitler.
Had some good times there.
Henry's Coffee Bar The Greenery.
Burtons Dances/Disco.
Does anyone remember fishing in that dirty old lake? I have lived in Canada for the last 50 years on the West Coast and when I am out fishing for salmon I often think of that old lake, all the best to you folks, Clive.
I don't particularly have a memory as such. My great grandfather William Edward Orpin, lived at Hill Barn, Fawkham Village, Kent, Rural District of Dartford, Ecclesiastical Parish of St. Mary's in 1901. I have only just discovered this on Ancestry, and I am trying to find where Hill Barn is. He was a shepherd and I am wondering if anyone has any information on the above. My ...see more
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