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80)	Debbie Bradley
Location: Hawkinge

Friday, 21 August 2015 16:07

What a wonderful page, thank you so much for sharing these photos
We live on the canterbury road and really interested to see the photos you have, do you know roughly what year they were taken?
I am interested to know when the school on Canterbury road and the houses along that section of the road were built? Also whether the airfield ran along the back of those houses opposite the school?
Thanks again for taking the time to creat this page

Paul Seward Monday, 24 August 2015 10:33
The school is Victorian, shown on the map of 1913. The houses were built in the 20s/30s. Interestingly there is a gap in the residential properties and you'll see the Village Hall occupies part of this area. The reason? It was at the end of one of the grass runways and the developer would probably have had difficulty selling a property in such a position. I can remember driving past one day and getting the shock of my life as a C41 (Dakota) took off directly overhead!

Debbie Thursday, 27 August 2015 09:27
Thanks Paul, interesting stuff! we thought 1930s so really helpful info. And helpts put the airfield layout into perspective
thanks again

Carolyn Sunday, 17 April 2016 20:41
When I lived in Hawkinge (Old Rectory Close) from the early 1960s on, what I presume had been the airfield was right at the back of the line of houses/shops opposite the school and was being used for grazing sheep. There was also a small field at the side of Mill Lane, also used for sheep,one of which headbutted my mother's spaniel - probably the only case of a sheep worrying a dog!

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