Snodland, High Street c.1960

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Born at 9 East st then moved to no 28 in the mid 50s there was not a lot of money then but a lot of love and it was safe . I went to Brook st school Mrs Ashby and Mr Townsend then for a short while went to Homesdale the teacher's mr Cow miss Boyde and mr Oldem ( farm ) to name just a few but one boy Gordon Randell ( thank you for teaching me to read ) . ...see more

I too went to Holmesdale secondary, it was called Snodland Secondary when I first went there. My Dad and Grandfather, Peter and Henry Buss both worked as lorry drivers at the cement works and we lived in a factory house next door. I remember playing at the bowling green and in the grounds of the old manor house and used to love the waterwheel next to the works canteen. There was a pub across the road ...see more

I hope someone can help, my family lived in Snodland during the 60's and 70's. My father attended Holmesdale. He wrote a poem about Kent and mentions a place called gamekeepers hill, which we think was in or around Snodland as it was a place him and his siblings used to play when young during the 60's/70's and he said it was a place he would like to be buried near. now obviously he can't be buried in the woods and ...see more

My father, George Potten, worked at the paper mill. We first lived in May Street then moved to Mill Street, think it was 1960/61/62. I had a brother Michael and sister Maureen, we used to play in the railway yard or along the banks of Medway. I also played at the Bricklayers Pub with Audrey Symmonds, and with the coal merchant's children in the coal yard. We lived next door to a family called "Bell", we moved away in ...see more