This aerial photograph taken circa 1947 shows the railway with the ‘Buffer Depot’ of a large Nissen Hut and several sheds just visible under the wing-strut of the plane. Buffer Depots were where rationed food supplies, building materials and fuel were stored. An important element of the branch line’s social and commercial history, depots such ...
Reference: WH0115
The Sevenoaks and District Electricity Company were one of many independent supply companies operating in Kent around that time. The Sevenoaks Company covered quite a large area including Otford, Sundridge, Brasted, Westerham, Limpsfield, Tatsfield, Bessel’s Green, Chipstead, Bradbourne, and other outlying villages to the north and east of Sevenoaks town, together with Oxted, Titsey, and ...
Reference: WH0939
