Proposals to fill-up Westerham’s Long Pond and put a petrol station on the site got no support from Westerham Parish Council on Monday evening. It was clear that, expense apart, there would be support for a campaign to clean out and beautify the pond… Thankfully this story which appeared in the Sevenoaks Chronicle in 1960 never ...
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A delightful watercolour painting by local artist Ken Wall
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Bushell, Watkins & Smith Ltd. went into voluntary liquidation on July 19 1961. The Black Eagle Brewery and ninety seven licensed houses were conveyed to Ind Coope (London) Ltd on October 1st 1962. Brewing at the Black Eagle continued until March 3rd 1965, when head brewer Bill Wickett mashed three barrels of a special bitter ...
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Frank ‘Joe’ Jenner ran his taxi and chauffeur business from some old stables and a tiny office in the yard of The Kings Arms Hotel. Standing here beside one of his prestige vintage steeds, a 1921 Sunbeam saloon. During Ernest Blackton’s time in the late 1920s, Wolfe Garage had run a taxi service from the Kings ...
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Allotments under threat. Following the second World War local planning was well under way for the development of much needed social housing to expand on that first built on Nursery Site in 1927 and at the Paddock. Some allotment sites were put under threat by these development plans and to that end Westerham Allotment Holders ...
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Fred Johnson was the owner of Wolfe garage from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. Here he is giving a few minor tweaks to Joe Jenner’s 1921 Sunbeam 24HP 4.5 litre saloon prior to a hire as a bridal car. This very car was recently sold at auction for £110,000…
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