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Chilham, The Square 1913
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These half-timbered houses, overlooked by the 15th-century church of St Mary the Virgin, were once homes for local tradesmen from the Jacobean Chilham Castle estate. When this picture was taken, the motor car was a relatively new method of travelling up the hill to the village grocery store, A E Hammond (right). Some visitors, however, still preferred to travel by traditional horse and cart.

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A Selection of Memories from Chilham

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 Chilham

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I moved to Chilham in 1960 from Weybridge in Surrey when my parents bought Chilham Filling Station which was next door to Mr.& Mrs Brunger, the local ladder maker. I remember walking up the high street on many occasions to get shopping for my mum from the grocers shop in the square and the butchers in Taylor's hill. The move for me was a bit of a culture shock moving from a large urbanised area to a very ...see more
Chilham, the High Street c1960
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Village Shop
If my memory serves me correctly, the house here used to be one of the village shops. I used to live to the left of the picture at The Paddock. The Star Pub was almost opposite the village shop. Happy days.
Chilham, Tricycle, the Lees 1908
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Ready Steady Goooooo
My family used to live in a flat above a cobblers. I can remember using an old pram as a go-cart to ride down the high street. Those were the days. Ha Ha.
Chilham, the Street c1955
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Praise The Lord
I remember singing in church choir and getting paid for it - the princely sum of 6 pence a week. We used to play in the church yard, climbing trees was a favourite pastime.
Chilham, St Mary's Church 1903
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