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I visited Cheriton Fitzpaine some years ago looking for the house where the novelist Jean Rhys lived in the 1960's and where she wrote at least part of "Wide Sargasso Sea". But I couldn't be sure which house it was. Can anyone identify the exact house for me, if it still exists?

A memory of Cheriton Fitzpaine by Jeremy Taylor

I am writing on behalf of my 85 year old mum, Dorothy Clark, nee Gamble, who used to go in your shop! My mum was born in Alma Road, Shorn Cliff and moved to Folkstone High Street at around 3-4 years old, then back ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone by Della Clark

Having found my vocation overseas I obtained a post as a student Environmental Health Officer in The Civic Centre in Folkestone. I was living in a flat in Connaught Road and soon met another student who I later ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone in 1971 by Graham Francis

My sister and I would visit my grandparents in Cheriton and straight away off we would go up the hills, the trick, when the wind was blowing, was to see how far you could "lay on the wind". Later we would find many rabbits who had ...Read more

A memory of Cheriton in 1950 by Su Knight

From early 1920's until the late 1970's my husband's family occupied homes in Cheriton. At first in Whitby Road, then for many years at 129 Cheriton High Street, next to their good friends the Priestleys. Names ...Read more

A memory of Cheriton in 1940 by Olivia R S

My mother remarried in 1962 to a lovely man who lived in Ashley Avenue, Cheriton. With my husband and our two children we always used to visit and once a week I went to visit on my own. We had some lovely times there, my ...Read more

A memory of Cheriton in 1962 by Julia Deane

I have very happy memories of Stephen Castle Down. It must be about 70 years ago, my mother, father, sister, brother and I used to go sometimes on a Sunday afternoon, to Stephen Castle Down to fly kites. I also remember we ...Read more

A memory of Stephen's Castle Down by s.craighill