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Author Archives: Ruiha Smalley
Reg Rootes: memories of Shorne Woods
I was born in Harvel in 1928 but moved to Garden Road Cottage, Shorne in 1929 and moved to Boghurst (Boughurst is a Meopham family name) Cottage, 44 Brewers Road, Shorne, DA13 3HD in 1934. Our family was told that … Continue reading
Anita Bridger: memories of the military camps
I know that we were living in the Laughing Waters camp in 1948 as that was the year my sister Wendy was born (now Wendy Johnson) but by 1949 we had moved to the Lodge Lane camp. I don’t remember anything … Continue reading
Cobham exhibition highlights
Hugh has kindly put together a video from the Cobham exhbition. Click here to view it on YouTube.
Betty Bicker-Robinson: memories of Park House, Cobham
Early life I was born in New Barn as Betty King and lived there until we moved to Gravesend when I was about 10 but this was only for a short while and then we moved again, this time to … Continue reading
Posted in Oral History
Tagged cobham village, mausoleum cottage, social history, world war II
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Cobham residents – we need you
*Note there is no parking at the College, but plenty of parking in the village, behind the school.