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Sandwich, Town Hall 1924
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Founded by the Saxons, Sandwich was once a Cinque Port at the mouth of the River Stour, but owing to silting it is now two miles from the sea. It reinvented itself as a cloth-weaving town, and is today a quaint market town with narrow streets. The Elizabethan town hall is now the museum. The town retains two of its town gates, Barbican Gate and Fisher Gate. Note the open-topped car on the right. The Town Hall originally went up in 1579, but its exteriror was completely rebuilt in 1910-12, giving it a mock-Tudor appearance.

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A Selection of Memories from Sandwich

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 Sandwich

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Pioneering Couple From Sandwich
My great grandparents were married here 20 August 1859. Their names were Thomas William POOLE and Mary Ann TUCKWELL and they had a family of 11 - eight born in villages close to Sandwich and three born in Southland, New Zealand. Of this family one died at six months at Ash near Sandwich and three died in infancy in New Zealand, leaving seven to become seven branches of descendants numbering 2597 ...see more
Sandwich, St Mary's Church c1910
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Added 11 August 2013

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I worked as Head Waiter here during Harold Wilsons time as P.M. Richard Marsh and other ministers used to escape here. We had the walker cup here. Our team led by Joe Carr and including a young Peter Oosterhouse. My girfriend was a receptionist from Thaxted Road, Saffron Waldon, called Delma Taylor. Many happy memories !!!
Sandwich, Guilford Hotel c1955
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My Workplace In 1964
Worked here in the cocktail bar summer of 1964. Served Ian Fleming's wife.
Sandwich, Guilford Hotel c1955
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Sandwich Rope Walk
I used to visit my great uncles & aunts in Sandwich as a child. They lived at The Butts in those days (long dead now though).  My grandmother would put me on the bus all alone at Upper Deal where we lived, (quite safe as the conductor used to look out for me), and my uncle would meet me at the Market Square in Sandwich.  (I can still recall the smell of the abattoir in the summer).  They had a dike at the ...see more
Sandwich, the Barbican and Bridge 1894
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