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Subiaco Museum > Records

POSTCARD: CHILHAM SQUARE, KENT, U.K.

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c. 1931

Overview

Postcard (sepia) of Chilham Square, Kent.
Front: It features an Elizabethan era shopping centre, with drapery shop 'A.E. Hammond' and a grocery and postcard shop. To the left of the shops are some two storey homes with picket front fences.
Reverse: Handwritten on the reverse by Mr Edmeades: 'Chilham - Kent. Last house next to the Park where I was born 22 November 1837. H.E., 22 Nov. 1931'.
Also on the reverse by Mr Edmeades' daughter: 'Dad was 94 when he wrote this card and he lived to 100 yrs and six months of age.'

Historical information

Chilham Square, Kent, U.K.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.1175

Item type

Material

Width

130 mm

Height or length

90 mm

Keywords

Postcards, Other Than Subiaco

Family Histories

EDMEADES Family

Year

Statement of significance

Historical and local interest. Postcard from Mr Edmeades who was born in Chilham, Kent in 1837 and the Edmeade family lived in Subiaco.

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