Eynsford, St Martin's Church 1905
Photo ref:
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Photo ref:
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St Martin's Church, with its wood-shingled spire, has a tower clock surrounded by a quotation from the poet Robert Browning - 'Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.' The western entrance is Norman. The village of Eynsford was once home to a well known man of Kent, the writer and historian Arthur Mee.
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A Selection of Memories from Eynsford
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. Here are some from Eynsford
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Further to my other posting, (Swanley, Born and Bred), as a young man I used to work at Eynsford Mill, it was owned by A. Filmer Jacobs, who also owned Shalford Mill, near Guildford, the company was known as Vulcanised Fibre, and they made a product known as 'Leatheroid' made from a special type of paper, made in Markinch, Scotland, by Tullis Russell and company. This product was used to make a range of products, ...see more
I used to live in Saddlers Park, and on leaving Dartford West Boys School worked in the Sevenoaks A Signalbox at Sevenoaks Station.. I attended Eynsford Primary from 1949 until 1955 approx.
All of the Abbott family attended this little school and we would journey down each day in the old Bedford bus operated by Heaver coaches that were driven by John Heaver or his father. Our head teacher was Miss Capper and I remember her arriving at school on a little moped. Mrs Holness, Mrs Garwood , Miss Neat and Miss Richardson also taught at the school. When I was about nine years old I was given a ...see more
My brothers and I went to school here in the 1950s, taking the school bus (operated by Hevers' coaches) from Romney Street. I have many memories of the school, which I will add sometime, but would also like to hear of others.
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