Staplehurst, Council Estate c.1955

Photo ref: S183007

All the family stayed there from 1949 to 1955, best time of our lives

I attended this school from 1949 until 1952. Headmaster Hugh Parrington, teachers Miss Ethel Mordaunt and Miss Ina Offen. Unconventional education but enjoyable. Does anyone else remember it? When was it established and when closed down? Rita Acott (nee Bennett)

I remember going Hopping as a child with my mum and older sister, my nan, aunt and cousins. We stayed in huts on what I think was called Humphries Farm, Nr The Cross at Hands, Staplehurst Kent. Does anyone know if the Farm still exists? I remember the adults on a Sunday would visit The Lord Raglan Pub.

I hated hop picking. We started in 1938 to help pay for my sister's uniforms when she went to Ashford County School. At first my mother was slightly ashamed but soon entered ino the spirit and competition as to who could pick the most bushells. We had a half bin with the Worsleys having the other half. Mrs Worsley's father had been a police inspector in Tunbridge. The Worsleys were Scottish from ...see more