Caption For Loose, Village 1898
Although many more homes have been built here since this picture was taken, it remains famous for its contribution to hop growing in Kent.
Caption For Goudhurst, Measuring The Hops 1904
Kent is synonymous with the growing of hops.
Caption For Ashford, Lower High Street C1965
The broad expanse of what had been Ashford's original market place and a rendezvous for Kent's sheep and cattle farmers had, by the mid 1950s, been bisected by a central traffic reservation and new road
Caption For Goudhurst, Measuring The Hops 1904
In many villages in Kent are the great gardens and oast-houses devoted to the growing and processing of the hop, which gives beer its taste.
Caption For Hythe, Cricket Ground 1899
Surrounded by these majestic trees, and with the west tower of St Leonard's Church, one of the largest and finest
in Kent, rising behind them, a summer game of cricket takes place on this spacious ground