Tonbridge, High Street 1951

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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.