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- 23 photos on Ashford appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Ashford
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Just a Young Girl
We used to live in Hempstead Street. My granfather was the local milkman. I often rode on the back of his horse and cart, does anybody remember this, or have photos of 20 or 22 Hempstead Street? I would love to have just one.
Contributed by marion foster neerowsell
High street
I can remember being taken shopping in the High Street, to Sainsbury's before it was a supermarket. There were tiled floors and walls, wooden counters with cheeses, cold meats and bacon, and the assistants wore their hair in nets or hats. There were seats for the elderly customers and nothing was ready-packaged.
Contributed by Jacqueline Selcoe
East Hill old cotts
I visited the nursery quite a lot, we knew the people who work there. I was only ten years old. I remembered the pub up the road, Duke of Marlborough. Where have the good memories gone, from Malcolm Read.
east hill
i can remember visiting this nursery on east hill. It belonged to my grandfather and I spent many happy days going around the plants with him, I remember him growing yellow tomatoes. His two elderly sisters lived in the cottage. Can anyone else remember this nursery it was demolished in the 60's and was made a car park.
Contributed by anne wylie
The Old Fogge Family Residence in 1454
This is the old family house of Sir John Fogge, much of it has been rebuilt over the years and it is now in the hands of developers so we will watch to see it being restored and given a useful purpose in the community.
We are descended from this family, my mother was a Fogg. We are now in the process of reseaching the lives listed in the old 'Pedigree of the Fogge'
Contributed by Joy Cousins
Extracts From Ashford & Kent books
What a shame that this street no longer exists. Today it is called Station Road, and its historic buildings, right, have given way to an office block and a ring road. Only the grandiose Baptist Church remains. The barber's pole which can just be made out on the left indicated a men's hairdressers.
An extract from from"Kent Revisited Photographic Memories".
Can you spot the white-bearded man peering out at the photographer from the doors of the Man of Kent pub, right? Today this scene has changed very little, although Austin the gunsmith's (left), and the pastrycook's shop (centre) have changed hands many times over the years. The pub, however, remains a popular haunt with the youth of the 21st century.
An extract from from"Kent Revisited Photographic Memories".
Despite the fact that post-war rationing was still in force, this market town was thriving. On the left is an optician's, A Bateman's. Next door, behind the clock, are the Ashford Co-op Society stores, with the Westminster Bank beyond. The white building (centre right) is Alfred Olby, a builders' merchant's. A snack bar, another trader, Jenners, and a wine merchant's are on the right.
An extract from from"Kent Revisited Photographic Memories".
On the right is the old Belle Vue Tavern
dating back to the 1760s, which was an
earlier haunt for smugglers. In 1831,
the landlord Mr John Cramp received
a visit from the Duchess of Kent and
her daughter Princess Victoria; they
dined on potted shrimp paste. Later,
Mr Cramp received the Royal
Appointment of Purveyor of Essence
of Shrimps in Ordinary to Her Majesty
the Queen. On the left are the Floral
Tea Gardens followed by the Pear Tree
Inn, later Samuel Banger’s potted
shrimp paste factory. His small paste
pots had highly decorated lids
depicting scenes of Pegwell; today
they are valuable antiques.
An extract from from"Ramsgate Old and New Photographic Memories".
Work on building this
elegant square started in
1802 after James Townley
bought the ground. The
buildings on the left were
officers’ quarters during the
Napoleonic Wars. The
square was a large parade
ground, and nearby
Addington Street was a
military camp. Frith’s
photographer was standing
outside No 6 Royal Road,
where Vincent Van Gogh
had stayed.
An extract from from"Ramsgate Old and New Photographic Memories".