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My Gran and my Mum

Posted on 7th June 2018 by Ruiha Smalley

Emma Saxby was my mum.  She was born on the 5th May in the year 1883 at East Peckham, her mother was Elizabeth Saxby formerly Master.  Her father was William Saxby, a sweep.  When she was a child she lived … Continue reading →

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Donald May: memories of Shorne Woods

Posted on 29th May 2018 by Ruiha Smalley

Donald May remembers his childhood I lived in The Cottage, now Merston Lodge, Butchers Hill, Shorne, from when I was born in 1924 until I was called up for the Royal Navy in 1942. [Shorne Parish used to be called … Continue reading →

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Ray Clarke: memories of Shorne Woods

Posted on 29th May 2018 by Ruiha Smalley

Ray Clarke remembers living in Shorne during WWII I was born at no. 12 Homewood Cottages on Shorne Ridgeway and was still living there during the war years. Living where I did, I used Tanyard Hill to get to Shorne … Continue reading →

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Cobham Landscape Detectives research note 6: the Manor of Henhurst

Posted on 22nd March 2018 by Ruiha Smalley

Introduction This Research Note describes the varied history of the Henhurst manor and its lords over a thousand year period. It draws upon a variety of primary and secondary sources though it can say nothing of the actual buildings of … Continue reading →

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Village life in wartime Cobham

Posted on 16th March 2018 by Ruiha Smalley

The BFI have a given access to an amateur film made in Cobham, Kent in 1944. “You’d never know there was a war on in sleepy Cobham until you see the soldiers – otherwise life goes on at a slow … Continue reading →

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