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Eynsford, 1905
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This attractive village stands in the beautiful valley of the River?Darent north of Sevenoaks. Here we see an empty street scene before motor traffic was commonplace. W Pocock, on the right, is a butcher's shop. Next door is the Eynsford Castle public house, so-called because it stood opposite the entrance to the ruin of a Norman castle. Eynsford's most famous son was Leslie Hore-Belisha, who introduced the Belisha beacon in 1934 whilst he was Minister of Transport. John?Wesley once preached here to assembled villagers.

An extract from Villages of Kent Photographic Memories.

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A Selection of Memories from Eynsford

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Eynsford

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Eynsford Mill
Further to my other posting, (Swanley, Born and Bred), as a young man I used to work at Eynsford Mill, it was owned by A. Filmer Jacobs, who also owned Shalford Mill, near Guildford, the company was known as Vulcanised Fibre, and they made a product known as 'Leatheroid' made from a special type of paper, made in Markinch, Scotland, by Tullis Russell and company. This product was used to make a range of products, ...see more
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Eynsford Childhood.
I used to live in Saddlers Park, and on leaving Dartford West Boys School worked in the Sevenoaks A Signalbox at Sevenoaks Station.. I attended Eynsford Primary from 1949 until 1955 approx.
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Eynsford Primary School
All of the Abbott family attended this little school and we would journey down each day in the old Bedford bus operated by Heaver coaches that were driven by John Heaver or his father. Our head teacher was Miss Capper and I remember her arriving at school on a little moped. Mrs Holness, Mrs Garwood , Miss Neat and Miss Richardson also taught at the school. When I was about nine years old I was given a ...see more
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Eynsford School
My brothers and I went to school here in the 1950s, taking the school bus (operated by Hevers' coaches) from Romney Street.  I have many memories of the school, which I will add sometime, but would also like  to hear of others.
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