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Maidstone, High Street c.1955
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Looking up a half-deserted High Street on a sunny day. The 'island' block with Bank Street on the right is clearly visible. Numbers 93, 94 and 95 High Street, on the Bank Street side, date from about 1855, an early example of an iron-framed building.

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Memories of Maidstone, High Street c1955

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 Maidstone, High Street c.1955

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I remember there being an Ashby's in Tonbridge Road down the road from the old trolley bus depot. My grandfather worked there as a cashier.
Ashby's was a grocery business started by Stephen Ashby in the 1920s. It was then run by his son Aubrey Ashby until the late 1950s when it was sold.