Nostalgic memories of Ide Hill's local history

Share your own memories of Ide Hill and read what others have said

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

Why not add your memory today and become part of our Memories Community to help others in the future delve back into their past.

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I was brought up in Westerham, living there until my parents moved in 1983. I have such fond memories of going to Sunday school at St Mary's, and singing in the church choir. I attended St Mary's primary, and loved it when Mrs Durman brought mitzi her cocker spaniel, into our lessons. They were the happiest years of my life. Does anyone remember Dorry Eger and the sweet shop on the green?
My father was born in Ide Hill and, when he left school, worked as delivery boy for Pierce's shop. That's how he met my mother, delivery goods to the large house Emmets, where she was a housemaid. When, eventually, I was born we lived about a mile outside the village, beside Sundridge Hospital, or The Union as it was known as then. In the autumn of 1945 I took my first, faltering, steps in my education at Ide Hill C ...see more