Rolvenden, Village 1901
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Photo of Rolvenden, Village 1901

More about this scene

The broad street of the village, with its grass verges, is lined with brick and weatherboarded houses. At one of these cottages lived an elderly lady, who spent much time seated at her window, who as a four-year-old girl had been present at the Battle of Waterloo with her father, a colour sergeant in the army. The wheeled cart in the centre of the picture bears the crest of the Royal Mail.

A Selection of Memories from Rolvenden

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 Rolvenden

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My memories of Rolvenden will never be forgotten. I was eight years old, we lived in Brighton on the south coast, but every year our families would go hop picking at Little Holden farm. The farm was owned by Mr/Mrs Hilder - they had three children Roger, John and Mary. At eight years old this was adventure with a capital A. On a saturday we would go to the village, stop at the fish and chip shop and eat the food in ...see more
I was born in East House, Tenterden Road, Rolvenden on 2nd November 1938.  My dad was about to join the RAF and I was born in my grandparents' home. There were large cellars below the house - very scarey.  East House and West House are joined in the centre by a 'shop' which was the Post Office and telephone exchange in the 1920/30s.  My mother, Molly Allsop, was one of the operators of the ...see more