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Category Archives: Oral History
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
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
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Tagged cobham village, mausoleum cottage, social history, world war II
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Ben Parish: memories of Shorne
First of all it is probably best if I begin by amplifying some of Reg’s memories with some of my own. We both lived near the woods and each of us was able to lean over the fence of our respective … Continue reading
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Tagged RAF, shorne woods country park, social history, world war II
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Alan Driscoll: memories of Shorne
Although I lived in Shorne from 1956 to 1987 my memories are more related to my teenage years when I was a member of the Air Cadets and later an apprentice carpenter. In 1956 I bought two plots of land, … Continue reading
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Tagged RAF, shorne, shorne woods country park, social history, world war II
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Nellie Dodd: memories of Cobham
Earlier life I was born in the yard of the Pelican pub in Strood and was always told that a zeppelin going over brought on my mothers labour and hence my unexpected birth. My birth certificate confirms my place of … Continue reading