Chatham, High Street c.1965
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Memories of Chatham, High Street c1965

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I went to the Court with friends between 1966 and 1970. We would meet up in the Two Brothers opposite. I met my wife there at a Halloween Party night, October 1969. The manager was Derek White, with his wife Jill. As the business was expanding , Jill managed a branch adjoining the Granada Cinema, in Maidstone. With my friends, over this period we also visited other branches at Tunbridge Wells and Welling. Happy days.
I was born in Chatham in 1951 and lived there up untill I got married when I was 19. I can remember a pub on Military Road called the Three Brothers, I think. We used to meet there before going to the Dockyard for the weekly dance and disco. We also used to go ballroom dancing again in the High Street but I can't remember the name of the place. It was run by a husband and wife team and we would have a lesson ...see more
For 3 months May - Aug 1969, I lived in the upper floor flat over the Manfield shoe shop. Next door was WH Smith. My husband worked in the shoe trade but not in the shop below. He worked further along the High Street at another shop owned by the British Shoe Corporation. From the kitchen window at the back of the flat was a view of the River Medway. I haven't been back since but remember Chatham as being ...see more