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 ...
Reference: WH0977
‘The Grange’ was a large estate which included The Paddock and all the land Churchill School now stands on, Fir Cottage at the bottom of the School drive, ‘Knipes Cottages’ next to today’s Castle Antiques, and the little row of cottages leading from them down London Road towards today’s Touchline Physiotherapy business. These were ‘Grange ...
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It is interesting to note that the Domestic Offices and Outbuildings had electric lighting installed. Common with many of the big Estate Houses The Grange had its own electricity generating plant some eight to ten years before the town gained access to electric lighting. The schedule identifies that the Grange house and gardens was let ...
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The International Stores was a popular grocery shop in Westerham between the Wars and beyond into the early 1970s when the group was absorbed by British American Tobacco and many outlets closed. It was sited in the left-hand side of what is currently ‘Ruach Kitchens’ in Market Square. June Heath remembers local shopping “…apart from Woods ...
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This advert speaks for itself and appeared in the Westerham Herald all through 1917… Before the need to supplement the world of work in all disciplines, the few women who had worked within retail, had been confined to millinery and haberdashery – even drapery and hairdressing had been part of the man’s working world. Certainly ...
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This poster appeared in the Westerham Herald in 1917. It was the start of what would become the Women’s Land Army, and many women found they preferred to work closer to home, in the fields and on the farms rather than having to travel to factories, laundries, brickyards etc,. all of which had previously been ...
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