Hever, The Castle 1891
Photo ref:
29396
Photo ref:
29396
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Built in the 13th century, and later part of the property of Anne Boleyn's family, Hever was rescued from obscurity by William Waldorf Astor, who bought it in 1903 and spent a fortune restoring it to its former glory. When this picture was taken, Hever was in good condition, but had been reduced to nothing more than a farmhouse.
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A Selection of Memories from Hever
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 Hever
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I lived at 1 Mill Cottage with my parents and 2 sisters from 1947, my father took over from his father Frederick Sims at the power station which was at the bottom of our garden.
My grandfather was in at the building of "The Village" part of the Hever Castle and our house was built on the residue from the making of the Castle Lake thus we found flints and artifacts, all of which we played with and lost.
We had an ...see more
Well it should be between 1945 to 1954, that is when we were at the Bower, I see my brother has been here before me.
If any of you have seen the Saturday book, I'm the boy doing the sawing behind the barn.
I would love to come back sometime and see how things are the same or not.
I moved to the Bower in 1945 with my parents and two brothers. We lived there until 1952 when we imigrated to Canada. The road takes a fairly sharp turn to the right just in front of the house and on Guy Fox night we used to turn off all the lights and open the gate to the field. I remember watching the cars miss the turn and landing up in the field. We also had a pond directly across the road from the house and quiet ...see more
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