Eastchurch Photo Gallery by Trevor Edwards at pbase.com

Eastchurch

Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey was itself once the home of the early pioneers of aviation. Lord Brabazon of Tara, holder of Pilot's Licence No.1, and the late Sir Winston Churchill were both taught to fly at the old Eastchurch aerodrome.

See the splendid stone memorial to early aviators directly opposite the church. Near the church stand the ruins of 16th century Shurland Hall where Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn spent their honeymoon.

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<< Shurland Hall >>	Main Road - Eastchurch	Eastchurch Village	The Cliffs, Eastchurch	The Church
tScan-158	High St Eastchurch 1961	The Wold Club Second Ave Eastchurch	A wet day at Warden Bay	Carnival
1987 After the storm	Sunnymead Club, 4th Ave Eastchurch 2008	The Coppice 4th Ave Eastchurch 2008	Dickens Inn WardenRd. StGeorges Day 2007	Wheatsheaf Inn001
Wheatsheaf 2008	Station Road Eastchurch	Eastchurch 1925	High Street 1937	High Street 1925
Eastchurch	T_Scan_010	T-Scan688	ap08019r	Station Road

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theresa webb	PM reply	14-May-2012 19:30
mum and dad are alan and daphne webb

theresa webb	PM reply	14-May-2012 19:29
Eastchurch carnival was great i was on a float once they always ended up at cricket ground then fayre stalls and a dance in the evening either at village hall or eastchurch working mens club.i have good memories of the club going some saturdays and also with my nan o ballroom dancing with julie holkham.if anyone remembers the holkhams.also my mum and dad ran eastchurch youth club .my dad and i were in drama group at the village hall i also attended bingo and whist drives with my nan when i was about 12. my mum and dad had the shop next to the castle pub from 1972 to 1978 and aso the one across the road with pet food and gardening things.i remember connies stores she was lovely.also the crooked billet in the childrens room.the war memorial we used to have our gatherings as young teenagers.i have good memories of growing up there even though it was only 6 years everyone knew everyone and good family life.i had my 13th birthday disco in the village hall.we moved there from rainham but before that gants hill ilford essex and was made very welcome .good times.lovely pics to reminisce over thankyou.i live in hampshire now but my mum and dad live in sheerness and we all went back to eastchurch 2 years ago where mum and dad celebrated their golden wedding and renewed their vows in the church in which i also sang in the choir and did bell ringing when we lived there.

serena		26-Apr-2011 20:58
RE TARA STOWERS post above, your great grandfather Kenneth was my grandmothers brother. Contact me @ usglynns@hotmail.com!

Susan Delsnyder		15-Feb-2011 20:54
Susan Delsnyder: My grandfather owned the Crooked Billett in Eastchurch, Kent. My mother was born there in 1902, met and married my father Frank Moynihan in 1919 and emigrated to Canada in 1922. I have visited the Crooked Billet several times on our trips to England to visit relatives and recalled the many stories my mother(Mahala Woollett) told me about growing up in England and about Eastchurch in particular.

Guest		12-May-2010 13:49
Got to say have really enjoyed this site. The pictures have bought back great memories. I lived on the Island between 1973 and 1980. We first lived at the Rose & Crown in Leysdon before moving to Warden point in 1976. I have been back a few times since but not enough.

Doug Kirkbride		20-Apr-2010 02:59
Hi, Doug Kirkbride. I was born in Eastchurch on July 14th 1933. At a place called Blue Houses,I wonder if anybody out there remembers them. The Sheppy Light Railway Ran to Leysdown about a mile down the road.Also remember the Tinker used to come by and we would get sweets off the cart.Pictures are wonderful. Live in Canada now but can never forget the Island

sharon & junaita chatting		12-Dec-2009 18:30
My twin sister and I spent many happy days staying at our grandparents bungalow, close to the cliffs on Third Avenue from 1961-1978. I vividly remember playing all day long on the cliffs, swimming in the sea, which was always warm from the heated mud underneath, horse riding at Summersgils, and nearby Five Acres Stable. There was also an underground hospital we discovered in the cliffs but I can find no mention of it anywhere. Then the lanes were all grass, the fields had not been eroded away, and the area wasn't so populated. Happy days.

Guest		18-Nov-2009 12:05
These photographs brought back many happy memories. my name is Ian Wallace. I lived with my Godmother Josephine Hazell & her husband who was a Prison Warder at the newly opened Standford Hill Prison - circa 1951 until 1958, when I went back to London. I attended the village school from 1954 - 1958 I was also in the village church choir - circa 1956-57 Although I have returned a couple of times, my last visit was about 22 years ago. I hope to redress that situation next year, and take a trip down memory lane via Eastchurch.

David Nicholls		12-Mar-2009 18:38
My father -Francis John Nicholls was born in 1915 at Black Cottages, Warden Road, Eastchurch. His father-Lancelot was an engineer-I wonder if connected to the aircraft industry.? I am very anxious to find ANY information about the family-all now long gone. Is there anyone who can help and/or any local historian or archivist who may be contactable or able to help please. I want to visit the village soon but live 150 miles away.

Tara Stowers		06-Mar-2009 06:45
My great grand parents Kenneth and Alice Summersgill used to own Seafields Riding school in Eastchurch many years ago and my grandmother and father were brought up there. Have you got any pics of the place as it was then?

pat		05-Mar-2009 12:24
Thank you for showing these wonderful pictures. We used to go to Elmhurst Caravan Park, owned then by John Moore, over thirty years ago and we loved it. I hope we can go again soon if we can rent a place for a week.

Guest		03-Sep-2008 21:01
Has anyone got old pictures of the School?

regcounsell		28-May-2008 11:52
HI TREV0R GLAD YOU RECIVED THE TWO CARNIVAL PHOTOS THEY WERE TAKEN AT BAY VIEW IN 1964 A FEW MORE FOR YOUR SITE No 466/715/763 HARTS CAMP LEYSDOWN 1N THE 1960s. I HAVE MANY MORE UP TO 1982 IF YOU WANT THEM.ALL THE BEST FROM REG

guest		28-May-2008 11:12
Teanne i would like to know when your mother bought the site

regcounsell		09-May-2008 23:58
I HAVE PHOTOS OF LEYSDOWN CARNIVAL IN 1960S ALSO FROM PLOUGH IN MINSTER 1965 ALSO SHURLAND PARK 1981 WHICH ALL TOOK PART IN EASTCHURCH CARNIVALS AND SHEERNESS ALL SO POSTCARD OF BEVERLEY WHEN IT A CAFE IN THE FROUNT

june wright		19-Mar-2007 18:31
Great to see so many interesting pictures of Eastchurch, there must be loads more out there. Has anyone got any of the village school? I too would like to see some of the carnivals

Guest		29-Jan-2007 22:59
if anyone has any photos of the carnivals eastchurch and sheerness used to do would love to see them my dad was in most of them from about 1970 onwards would love to see what they were like.

teanne king		13-Nov-2006 17:55
my mother bought a holiday camp called beverley camp site if anybody has any pictures of the site when it used to be a army base camp could you put them on the site as that would be great to see them from teanne

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