Wingham, The Dog Inn c.1955
Photo ref: W407009
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Photo ref: W407009
Photo of Wingham, The Dog Inn c.1955

More about this scene

Like the Old Canonry, this is another 13th-century building, its medieval vintage being visible both inside and out. it is currently a public house serving real ales and an imaginative menu. We are looking in the opposite direction from photograph W407019, so the Old Canonry is on the left just beyond the inn. the entrance to St Mary's Church is indicated on the right, and a woman is walking on the left just beyond the Old Canonry.

A Selection of Memories from Wingham

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 Wingham

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My first visit to Wingham was in 2004. My old school friend who now lives in Australia took me so that I could see where my mother was born. She was actually born at Crockshard Farm. Her father worked for the farmer there. Her dad was Alfred Rigden and her mother was Eliza Ann, nee Martin. Mum, Dorothy Lillian Arras, got her unusual third name from the battle ground in Northern France where her mum's ...see more
My  maternal grandfather, Archie Greatorex, was the licensee of the Anchor Inn from 1957 until his death in September 1974. Most of my family holidays, until the age of 10, were spent with him. My parents used to pack my sister and I up and we would catch either the coach or train from London's Victoria to Canterbury, thence by number 13 bus to Wingham, where we would be deposited right outside the front ...see more