Petham, The Church c.1955
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Photo of Petham, The Church c.1955

A Selection of Memories from Petham

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 Petham

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I was a little girl who was adopted to Cecil John Keeler and my first visit to Petham was as a 5yr old. My Granny Fanny keeler and had 5 sons. Dick.Ray.Ted.Cecil and Reg.Granny Keeler also had 3 daughters Daisy.Girlie and Doreen. The Keeler family began in Bridge (Waltham) as far back as the 1600 period(or mid period) where even one Keeler was a Juror. My father Cecil John keeler left the South behind and ...see more
Spent many days on summer hols with cousins at gran and grandad hills at croftswood the broadway walthem road mum was josephine had a brother james and sister babs if i get it right across the meadow the norrigtons farmed further up broadway mounts as in peggy the actress had a farm
My grandfather who I never knew was Albert George Taylor, born in Petham 1886. He was killed in France on Christmas Eve 1914. His father was Frederick and mother Elizabeth Taylor, he had brothers and sisters: Thomas, Frederick, Rosa, Edith. I currently live in Adelaide, South Australia and would be pleased to hear from anyone who could give me some information as to the history of this family, or any know relatives, ...see more