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287)	Bob Lind

Tuesday, 24 June 2025 23:41

I moved to Cheriton in 1956 when I was eleven and after living in London it was an exciting place to move to, much difference to what it is now.

I went to All Souls School for no more than two month and was in the class room next to the main road, I remember small tanks and brengun carriers coming out of Risborough Lane from the military camp to Folkestone west Rail station, the noise they made was so loud you couldn't think and the building shook.

The boy who sat behind me was Peter Kirksher who later in life played drum for Status Quo when they performed at Live Aid in the 1980's, Pete went to the Harvey Grammar School and I went too Morehall, the chimneys and the wall that were mentioned I believe were still there and I remember leaning against the wall eating an ice cream, that was the late 1950's.

There was a road bridge by the Star Inn which went over the old Elham Valley line which was demolish along with the pub to make way for the M20 motorway.

The pond at the bottom of Cherry Garden Avenue we called the Mill Pond and was there until they built the bypass (Churchill Avenue).

The picture of the Sanitary Steam Laundry may have been Fosters in the past but in the 1960' Fosters were at the bottom of Ashley Avenue and the one in the picture is the Advance Laundry in Stanley road, I worked there as a driver and at that time the Houses were occupied by the guys who maintained the machines and the site.

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