This continuation reveals the extent of domestic staff that were employed by the Johnstones
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The year before he died, Francis Johnstone moved the family to Sidmouth in south Devon. Dunsdale was not re-let and the empty house and gardens naturally went into decline.
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The 1920s were relatively hard times due to national recovery being slow after the First World War and annual holidays had not really become established for poorer workers, so a day’s outing to the seaside was a rare treat and all that some workers with large families could afford. “Jolly Boys” charabanc trips were usually ...
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Another “Jolly Boys” outing waits outside Hookers ‘Herald Steam Printing Works’ in a charabanc packed to the gunwales. The term “Jolly Boys” comes from the description given to a series of drinking vessels grouped together and joined by tubes. With a couple of barrels of ‘bright beer’ tucked away in the back, ’nuff said…
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The same location, probably the same time, but different charabanc and different guys. At a guess, this might have been a conglomeration of working men from the Brewery, the Men’s Club and the Printing Works…
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Another group assembled with the radiator of a charabanc lurking just in the right hand side of frame. Everyone is sporting a rather large button-hole, so it’s some kind of celebration, but what…?
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Edward VII died on Friday 6th May 1910 at Buckingham Palace in London. He was succeeded by George V who was proclaimed king around the country in the following week. The proclamation in Windsor took place on May 11th. In Westerham the proclamation took place beside the Queen Victoria Jubilee fountain on The Green on Tuesday May ...
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Note the ‘Hotel Department’, alongside accommodation, were offering well appointed Coffee, Billiard and Smoking Rooms, while the ‘Commercial Department’ advertised Hot & Cold Water Baths – quite a novelty for the day! At that time, the Hotel had its own coachhouses and stabling in the rear yard.
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This ‘Carte de Visite’ would have been handed out to visitors of Barclay and Perkins’ Kings Arms to advertise the establishment in the days before the arrival of the Westerham Herald. The front of the ‘Carte’ proudly states ‘Omnibuses daily to Caterham’ while on the back (next photograph) are details of all services provided by ...
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6th Jan 1908, from the Harry Streatfeild collection. Note that today’s Market Square was known as the High Street at that time.
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This tiny little photograph is the only known copy of the Kings Arms snapped on 12 May 1937 at the time of the Coronation of King George VI. Hopefully someone will see this on the site who has a better copy…
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The address of the Kings Arms in the 1900s was ‘High Street’ as that was the title given to what is now called Market Square. At that time, the Green was known as ‘Market Place’.
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Photographed in 2010, the Kings Arms looks remarkably like it did in 1890 apart from a bit of contemporary branding.
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Westerham Literary Institution was formed in 1853. The reading room for many years was a restored former builders store and office situated adjacent to Stratton House off the High Street beside the Public Hall.
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The Home Guard were officially known as ‘Local Defense Volunteers’ (LDV) and was formed in 1940 in response to Anthony Eden’s broadcast request for ‘…large numbers of men in Great Britain who are British subjects between the ages of seventeen and sixty-five to come forward now and offer their service in order to make assurance ...
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A quiet corner of Westerham that has not seen a lot of change since this photograph was taken in the mid-1930s. There were, however, fewer cars around at that time, so Lodge Lane seems less cluttered than it does today.
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