Peasmarsh, Post Office c.1955
Photo ref: P257005
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The old-fashioned telephone kiosk and the telegraph pole opposite speak of a vanished era. Peasmarsh strings itself out along the main A268 road; its ancient centre of Norman church and Georgian manor house are isolated down a lane to the south.

A Selection of Memories from Peasmarsh

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I was born in the house that lays back just out of view in this photo. The house was built in 1954 and our family were the only people to live there up until my father's death in 2008. I was born in the house, as were both my sisters. At that time the house was a tied cottage to the farm called Sharvels that was at the bottom of Cock Hill. In later years the farm was sold to Crown Properties and then later still ...see more