This 1901 Census return records two tradesmen as ‘journeyman’ in their craft, one a journeyman Butcher, the other a journeyman shoemaker. This term was used for those who had completed an apprenticeship and were now in their first years of work as a skilled man – a bit like the green ‘L’ plate of today! ...
Reference: 0075
On the 1901 Census for Westerham, there are surprisingly few apprenticeships, being only two girls aged sixteen as apprentice dressmakers, one girl aged seventeen as an apprentice milliner, one boy aged 17 an apprentice blacksmith, one boy aged fifteen an apprentice stationer and one boy aged 14 apprenticed as a saddler to his father George ...
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It had been proposed that the Wolfe memorial statue be erected at the top of the Green where the fountain stood. The Parish Council had called a public meeting at the Town Hall in November 1910 to make the decision, as not everyone was happy that the fountain would be moved. The meeting was chaired ...
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This was local builder Thomas Weller’s ‘showcase terrace’ built between 1897 and 1902 as a development of five pairs of houses in very different design and layout. How better to demonstrate the versatility of your work to prospective clients… On the left of frame the hedge that bordered Farley Nursery site. This was to be the ...
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Peter Finch “…my wife Maisie chose to join the Women’s Land Army during the war and she worked in the walled vegetable garden at Oveny Green farm near Sundridge with two other local girls, Peggy and Ivy Everest, from Brasted. It was hard work but I think they quite enjoyed it and the foremen whose ...
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L-R Maisie Randall with Peggy and Ivy Everest in Oveny Green Farm vegetable garden
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