Pluckley, 1901
Photo ref: 47567
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Photo ref: 47567
Photo of Pluckley, 1901

More about this scene

The 19th-century squire, Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering, had every window in the village altered to have rounded lights under an exterior arch in the belief that this would bring good luck. The family, however, were forced to leave their home after suffering financially as a result of the First World War. Nearly ninety years after this photograph was taken, the village was used as the setting for the popular TV drama series 'The Darling Buds of May'.

A Selection of Memories from Pluckley

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 Pluckley

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I was born in Pluckley in1954. My family have lived there for four generations. My great Grandmother Bessie Masters came there from Northiam and her daughter Abbigale Annie Manser (her mum married twice) married my grandfather Ernest Walter Perigo who was the village postman and came from Bethersden. I have tracked the Perigo family back to Dorset and Hawkhurst. My dad went to the village school and was a ...see more
I used to go to Little Chart Farm, Pluckley as a child, being born in the East End in 1946.  My memories are of freedom and adventure, long, happy carefree days spent in the beautiful Kent countryside, for a few weeks each summer. My aunt and uncle Ivy and Tom Smart had a wooden hut on the farm and my parents and I used to join them for a holiday.  The picking of hops was a hard, thirsty and dirty job, their hands were ...see more