Four Elms, The Village c.1950
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Four miles south-east of Westerham, Four?Elms has developed in recent years, as a result of the spread of the railways into rural Kent and the growth of commuter travel.
An extract from Villages of Kent Photographic Memories.
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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 Four Elms
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I was born in Epsom hospital in 1960 and from there grew up for five years in Fir Tree close just up from the Drift Bridge
The road was at the end of the small parade of shops there and we lived in prefabs and had a wonderful time there even though it was cold and damp
I still remember like it was yesterday everything about that road and the prefabs the coalman black as could be with soot and the snow that ...see more
Born on the 4th January 1939 in 14 Council Cottages, son of Jack and Francis Cole and cared for by my Gran and Granddad who lived opposite, I had super baby years, although Dad was away fighting. I can vaguely remember sleeping in the Anderson shelter in a house in Bough Beech where Mum used to work.
Better are my memories of the school in Four Elms, where we were all in the same class room, ...see more
The Sandeman Family moved to Four Elms in 1950. We moved from Bexley Kent.
Winnie and Richard were my parents my brother Mark had just been born in September.
We moved to Wendy's bungalow, just on the corner next to the post office.
john Allman's butchers shop was opposite guarded by a lime tree, traditional protection from flies. Hands Stores was on the other corner with a baker attached. Brownings shop ...see more
"Come on children, all in the shelter." The air raid siren was the initiator of this quiet but determined order. It meant an enjoyable singing session with (I believe it was) Miss Smith on the old upright. Collecting empty aircraft bullet cases, which had been distributed over Four Elms by the aircraft from Biggen Hill was another wartime occupation. The only serious occurrence was the Doodle Bug that blew the ...see more
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