1902 (7 May) Kent & Sussex
Courier Tonbridge Workhouse
Report
Sandhill is the area of Tonbridge Road
occupied by the Hospital and the old
Workhouse.
The name derives from the rich deposit of
sand quarried for building purposes close to
the old chapel.
1902 Country Life
Courier 2 Oct
1905 A Pembury
Industry - Brickmaking
Courier 1911 Part of
Tonbridge Board of Guardians Report
Link
to Full article
1916 (17 March) Kent &
Sussex
Courier
Death of Alfred Fry
c1918 - 1920 Licenses for
Foresters Arms and Swiss Cottage
c1918 - 1920 Licenses for
Rising Sun and Swiss Cottage
The Courier 12 Sept 1919
Sale of The Foresters pub, Romford
Road
Kent & Sussex Courier 13 Oct 1922
Pembury Tragedy - Death
of Percy Styles, killed by motor lorry.
Sevenoaks Chronicle & Kentish
Advertiser 24 Feb 1928 -
History of Pembury
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19 May 1933 Funeral of
Arthur Sturgeon - of interest is the
long list of Pembury residents.
c1934 The
Cottage
1935 Closure of The
Victor Motor Transport Company
1937 Wedding of Miss Lilian
Isabel Gadsden (only daughter of Mr &
Mrs G.W Gadsden of 11 The Mount )
and Mr Alfred George Thompson .......
(Newspaper not
known)
5 Dec 1937 Wedding of Mabel
Sturgeon - of interest is the
long list of present givers.
29 Sept 1939 Kent &
Sussex Courier
War evacuees from London
1947
Destruction of Red Row, Lower Green
1947 25th April Kent
& Sussex Courier
Welcome home to Military Serving personnel
1948
Waghorn's Fish &
Chips at Lower Green
Oct 1952 Beagles
Wood Farm fire, Lower Green
( see 1971 12 March Courier article )
1965 Camden
Estate Sale
1971
Proposed development of Lower Green
The map shows the Beagles Wood oast house,
destroyed by fire in Oct 1952 - see earlier
cutting.
It is not known if they were working on an
old base map or if the destroyed building
was still in existence.
The oast house farm building is the lumpy,
bone shaped structure to the right of the
Romford Road/Henwood Green Road junction.
1993 (16
April) Kent & Sussex
Courier The Pembury Blue
Courier
2011
New Pembury Sign
