Kentish tales and trivia @Kentishtrivia

A canter through Kentish history with an occasional smile. Pics from various sources. If I infringe your copyright, get in touch and I'll remove. The Garden of England Joined November 2018

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Kentish tales and trivia @Kentishtrivia

6 hours ago

#OTD 1954 Observations reveal that 43 out of 144 motor cyclists in the #Canterbury area wear crash helmets. On the Thanet Way, just outside Herne Bay, only 18 in 132 were wearing them. Ladies were considerably better than men, with 5 out of 8 donning a skid lid.

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kenticisms @kenticisms

7 hours ago

A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect records BEARBIND or BEARBINE as the name used for Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis). (image from wikipedia)

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moosh @mongsley

a day ago

These hop pickers were photographed in 1962. The county was well-known for its hop farming. It has a strong and fertile soil perfect for the growth of hops. In the past, during the hop harvest, tens of thousands of Londoners would take a holiday from London and come down to the…

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kenticisms @kenticisms

a day ago

Old newspapers continue to turn up pieces of dialect that I have not heard before, in this case BATTY for 'property'.

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Kentish tales and trivia @Kentishtrivia

a day ago

#OTD 1958 Walter Salmon of #Cranbrook unpacked a new fire extinguisher and discarded the wrappings in the grate, setting his chimney on fire. His new purchase was unable to deal with the blaze. It was midnight before the fire brigade left Mr Salmon to his supper.

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2 days ago

#OTD 1924 The new Central Bandstand in Herne Bay was opened by Lord Morris, one time Premier of Newfoundland. It was one of the first buildings to incorporate reinforced concrete, and was designed with a sun deck and few support beams, to prevent interruption to sea views.

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Faversham Society @FavershamSoc

3 days ago

Have you seen our Live Events page on our Website? This is where you can book tickets for Faversham Society events. For information on all the scheduled events and to secure your place, please follow this link: favershamsociety.org/live-events/

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kenticisms @kenticisms

2 days ago

Illustrative sentences from Sanders 'Dialect of Kent' for POTTHERY - to be in a muddled state. "Since I put the chickens in their new run they have been real potthery. Just like some humans they be, don't like being changed around to new places, not as I blames 'em either!"

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Kentish tales and trivia @Kentishtrivia

3 days ago

#OTD 1937 Fagging at St. Lawrence College, #Ramsgate, to be curtailed next term. New rules state no boy shall be fagged more than ten minutes at a time, and fagging duties confined to serving the school rather than individuals. Boys excessively fagged had very little leisure.

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Kent Maps Online @KentMaps1

4 days ago

‘As I look up from my desk, I see Tunbridge Wells Common and the rocks, the strange familiar place which I remember forty years ago.’ kent-maps.online/19c/19c-thacke…

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Pat Marsh @patmarsh

3 days ago

At 5.30am today in 1912 Harriet Quimby, the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel, took off from #Whitfield Aerodrome near #Dover. 59 minutes later she landed in Calais Her achievement was overshadowed in the news, by the sinking of the Titanic on the previous day.

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kenticisms @kenticisms

3 days ago

I've mentioned the many different names recorded in Kent for the cowslip, including Cove-keys, Culver-keys, Horsebuckle, Lady keys and Pegle. This correspondent to Notes and Queries (1898) found a reference to another name - FAIRY CUPS.

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Kentish tales and trivia @Kentishtrivia

4 days ago

#OTD 1918 Three boys, Hover, Christie and Houghton pleaded guilty at #Dover Children's Court to playing cards for money on the sea front. They were caught by a pier watchman who took the cards and the 'working capital' - two halfpennies. Placed on probation for 12 months.

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kenticisms @kenticisms

4 days ago

Found a short interview with Dr David Hornsby from the University of Kent about Kentish Dialect from a couple of years ago. Interesting comments about outside influences on the dialect both in the past and more recently. buff.ly/3vRZi0M

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Kentish tales and trivia @Kentishtrivia

5 days ago

#OTD 1866 The Board of Trade have awarded £2 to be split among 11 crew of the #Deal lugger Mexborough, who saved 7 men from a French wreck on the Goodwin Sands. The men are not satisfied with the value put on their humane services, and are presenting the facts to the French Gvt.

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Andy Peal ⚓️🤘⚒️ @friedalive

6 days ago

Good morning Dover Castle kent 🇬🇧

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moosh @mongsley

6 days ago

A photograph of a Woman at a bookshop in Bloomsbury. Taken in the 1920s

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Kentish tales and trivia @Kentishtrivia

6 days ago

#OTD 1875 St Thomas' RC Church officially opened in Burgate, #Canterbury. It was built on the burial site of St Mary Magdeline church which had been demolished. Cardinal Manning preached the first sermon. Local man John Green Hall was the architect.

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Kentish tales and trivia @Kentishtrivia

a week ago

#OTD 1961 It's T.V. without tea for people living in parts of #Sheppey if they cook by electricity. For if they switch on their electric kettles while television is on the picture disappears. This was told to a meeting of Sheppey Rural Council by Coun. Mrs. Bourbousson.