Sevenoaks, High Street c.1955
Photo ref:
S98008
Photo ref:
S98008
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Livestock was still being bought and sold in the Market Place, on the centre left of the picture, until only a few years before this picture was taken. The Chequers Inn, whose signboard is visible on the extreme left, has been in business here for almost four centuries.
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Can anyone remember the Millers pies & pastries depot in sevenoaks? I was there for short time around this era. Is it still there ?
I went here on holiday with my mum and dad and my cousin in about 1953. This was the hall where all the events were held and I remember my mum going in for a fancy dress competition and parading around the hall with the other competitors. She had an ashtray tied on her head with some of my hair ribbon and smoked a cigarette on the way round. She went as the song 'Smoke gets in your eyes'. I can't remember ...see more
It must have been around c 1966-8 that pinky and perky pigs lives in the convent. Many happy meories playing in the grounds on open days.
julian Ingram
One of my Corke/Moon ancestors had a butchers shop in the ex Midland Bank building where the water fountain stands at the intersection. Another ancestor Elizabeth Corke had a dairy in the High Street and I believe other members of the Corke family had shops in the High Street.I recall my grandmother telling me they had a cattle market in the High Street and she had to drive home a cow that her father purchased.
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