Places
36 places found.
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- Folkestone, Kent
- Canterbury, Kent
- Rochester, Kent
- Broadstairs, Kent
- Hythe, Kent
- Dover, Kent
- Tenterden, Kent
- Ashford, Kent
- Chatham, Kent
- Maidstone, Kent
- Gravesend, Kent
- Tunbridge Wells, Kent
- Margate, Kent
- Tonbridge, Kent
- Deal, Kent
- Sevenoaks, Kent
- Ramsgate, Kent
- Sandwich, Kent
- Faversham, Kent
- Sheerness, Kent
- Gillingham, Kent
- Sittingbourne, Kent
- Herne Bay, Kent
- Whitstable, Kent
- Swanley, Kent
- Northfleet, Kent
- Lydd, Kent
- Shepherdswell, Kent
- New Romney, Kent
- Sibertswold, Kent
- Swanscombe, Kent
- Kents Bank, Cumbria
- Cobham, Kent
- Goudhurst, Kent
- Cranbrook, Kent
- Kingsdown, Kent (near Deal)
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Memories
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An Idyllic Childhood In New Haw
I wanted to add my own memories of growing up in New Haw from 1965 until moving again in 1973. The family moved from Richmond (then in Middlesex) to 187 New Haw Road, a detached 3-bedroom house with 1/3 acre of ...Read more
A memory of New Haw in 1966 by
My Memories Of Margate
I have many fond memories of Margate as I spent lots of my school holidays there during the 1970's, my nan lived in All Saints Avenue opposite the Park. We lived in Wolverhampton but would take the long trip down to Kent, ...Read more
A memory of Kingsgate by
Ve Day Street Party York Road Northfleet Kent Uk.
My grandson has had two days away, living how it was like during world war two. I would like to find the street party photos that had been taken, or any others around that area please. I lived in ...Read more
A memory of Northfleet in 1945
Denver Road
I remember my very early years living in Denver Road, Dartford, Kent. My first school was St Mildreds College, then onto Our Lady's High School. I remember having a school photo (long since lost) of myself with tartan ribbons, much to ...Read more
A memory of Dartford in 1944 by
Childhood Memory
I recall moving house from the Spike, Blaydon, to a newly built house in Linden Road, Blaydon. The steps leading down from the gateway where not quite finished so my Dad had laid wooden planks down so my mum could get down to the ...Read more
A memory of Blaydon in 1955 by
My 'kemp' Ancestory
I hope I'm not in error here but would dearly love to liaise with someone who might have local knowledge of where my Kemp relations resided - I think it was in and around Leverton. Richard and Christien Kemp had their ...Read more
A memory of Chilton Foliat by
My Childhood In Meopham Green
I came to live in Meopham in May 1953 when I was 5 months old. I lived in a house called Kesteven right on the bend in the road at Meopham Green. Derham's the bakers was opposite, where Ken Derham used to bake all his ...Read more
A memory of Meopham in 1953 by
Lots Of Past Memories
I grew up in Eccles, descended from two of the original families to first come into the village when Eccles Row was built. Everyone knew everyone in Eccles in the 1950s and 60s. The local school, St Marks, had two rooms - ...Read more
A memory of Eccles by
Washington Road
I lived as a child at 49, Washington Road, Worcester Park, Surrey, which I learnt to relate parrot fashion as a 5 or 6 year old in case I got lost. We had a black dustbin with the Number 49 on it, a monkey puzzle tree in the ...Read more
A memory of Worcester Park in 1954
Maidstone Rd And Other Memories
I remember visiting the mill many years ago as my mother had an uncle who worked there, and often went into the house on the right which then was the mill´s offices. Everyone used to buy Viv Wood's fish and chips ...Read more
A memory of Paddock Wood in 1960 by
Captions
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Old Sarum was one of a number of ancient sites refortified by the Normans; others included Thetford (Norfolk), Rochester (Kent) and Carisbrooke (Isle of Wight).
Victoria Pier used to be known as Crab Head until it was renamed following a visit by Princess Victoria with her mother the Duchess of Kent.
The Duchess of Kent visited in 1968 when she dedicated a £4,000 porch and modern sculpture of Christ at St Martin's Church in the town centre.
This was completed in 1899, and opened on 9 May by the Duchess of Kent. A
In 1955 Douglas handled around 70 per cent of the island's imports and exports, while Castletown accounted for less than 4 per cent of imports and no exports.
Purchase tax on new cars was increased from 50 to 60 per cent, and purchasers were required to pay a deposit of 15 per cent and the balance over two years.
The view from the roof of Bent's Brewery.
Facing Undercliff Road are (from left to right) the 1930s Trent's Café; the Town Hall of 1892; the Empire Café; Bent Hill; and the Felix Hotel of 1903, with the Spa Pavilion of 1909 below.
In 1803, John Johnson opened a small soap factory; within thirty years Johnson Brothers were manufacturing 36 per cent of the country's soap and had diversified into coal and chemicals.
The name 'Bentley' means 'woodland clearing where bents grow.'
Suddenly in November the Chancellor increased the purchase tax on new cars by 50 to 60 per cent in order to suppress the growing demand.
The north winds have taken their toll and bent the lamp-posts which illuminate this slope during the evening.
This shows the view from the roof of Bent's Brewery.
Raw cotton imports and finished cotton exports represented about 70 per cent of the value of goods being shipped, though since 1951 oil had become the primary tonnage commodity.
At this time only some 10 per cent of the county's agricultural land was in the hands of owner-occupiers; the majority was still controlled by the great estates.
The well had the reputation of curing barrenness in women, and offerings of bent pins were sometimes left there.
dilapidation of whole quarters have reminded me of Strasbourg which I saw soon after the bombardment'.The area was notorious, wells were contaminated with raw sewage, and the death rate was 3.2 per cent
In this century, walks around Stocks Reservoir ('the Jewel of the Forest of Bowland') are increasingly popular; the area has 70 per cent of the UK breeding population of hen harriers.
Situated at the head of the valley of the East Allen, Allenheads was an important centre for the lead-mining industry from the late 18th to the mid 19th century; the mines here produced around 14 per cent
With her stockings cut away at the ankles, she paddles barefoot in the freezing water, bent double for hours on end.
With her stockings cut away at the ankles, she paddles barefoot in the freezing water, bent double for hours on end.
In 1964 this beautiful and historic bridge, built in 1617, finally bent to the increase of traffic and was demolished and replaced with a modern concrete structure.
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