Ashford, High Street c.1950
Photo ref:
A71010
Photo ref:
A71010
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A bustling agricultural town and a centre of communications, Ashford was already undergoing a process of extensive and rapid change by the 1950s. Its central High Street, though still recognisably Georgian in character above ground level, was seeing the introduction of modern shopfronts and advertising signs.
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A Selection of Memories from Ashford
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 Ashford
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One of my earliest recollections is sitting on a bar stool in the Lord Roberts pub in Ashford, Kent in 1956/1957. Together with her husband (George), my grandmother (Gertrude Volans) ran the pub, which accounts for why at such a young age I was ‘parked’ at the bar. 60+ years later, I still remember the smell of beer. It didn’t put me off; I am a discerning beer drinker, now living in Canada where craft beers are ...see more
I remember Rabsons Toy Shop, those old shops all along that street I think middle row the street was called, also we were told that a ghost was often seen above the Toy shop, not sure if that was true, I was to scared to walk past those shops at night.
BACK IN THE 40s/50s MY DAD HAD A PLOT THE OTHER END OF THE UNDERWERE FACTORY THAT WAS AT THE END OF TUFTON RD HE HAD PIGS THERE IT WAS ALONG SIDE THE RIVER SO GOOD FOR GETTING WATER FOR THEM I USE TO HELP HIM HE HAD AN OLD HORSE NAMED DIAMOND THAT WOULD GET THE WASTE FOOD FROM THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN EAST HILL TO FEED THE PIGS.SOMETIMES CUTLERY AND CROCKERY WAS IN THE WASTE AND I STILL HAVE A SPOON THAT I ...see more
I LIVED IN TUFTON RD FROM 1938 TO 1964
GOOING BACK TO THE 50sTHE RIVER OVER FLOD D RIGHT TO MY BACK GARDEN
now i lived at 37 that was the last house in the road
THE RIVER WAS ABOUT 2 TO 3 100 YARDS FROM MY GARDEN
IT ONLY HAPPYED THE ONE TIME
IS THERE ANY ONE THAT CAN WHOT YEAR IT WAS
IF THEY LIVED IN TUFTON RD
PLEASE LET ME KNOW
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