Tonbridge, High Street 1951
Photo ref:
T101061
Photo ref:
T101061
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The crowded and busy pavements on both sides of the street, and the pedestrian crossing marked with belisha beacons in the middle of the photograph, show little indication of the enormous weight of motor traffic which this section of the main High Street had to bear; the construction of a by-pass brought an end to the regular bottlenecks and hold-ups.
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A Selection of Memories from Tonbridge
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A faint memory of visiting houselands rd no 1 .
Mother was born there ,my grandfather she told me was a boot repairer and took in army boots in ww2 .House had the shop at the bottom would love a photo looked for ages now ,
Any advice appreciated .
Regards Alison
I started Bank Street school in 1955 ,my name was Angela Seale then.My teacher was Mrs Cooper ( she had been my mothers teacher as well ! ).The class room was right at the top of the building at the front,our delight was if the fire engine went out on a call and we were allowed to go to the window to watch .
At 7 I went round the corner to the Slade school and then onto The Hugh Christy at 11.
I have very happy ...see more
In 1978 I had my first Saturday job at Gunners in Tonbridge (on the corner of Lyons Crescent and the High Street - now Parkers Kitchens and Bathrooms, with the original building gone).
Gunners was a very old-fashioned drapers store and I was to assist a Mrs Reddy (lovely lady) on the haberdashery stand - which was a glass counter, full of wooden pull-out drawers of buttons, zips and threads; I have vague ...see more
No. 43 High Street was my grand-fathers shop but was closed when I was very young. It is quite a surprise to find it now I live thousands of kilometres away in Australia.
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