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There are several dating features on both this print and subsequent ones and inspection of the church today that suggest that the photograph is probably correctly dated at 1888.  The pews shown were installed in that year, replacing an earlier box version.  A memorial tablet on the wall in commemorating the life of a local lady who died in 1888 does not appear although it is present on a photograph of 1902. I would suggest that the photograph was taken in 1888 to show the new pews "in situ."

Marten Rogers
A memory of Canterbury contributed by Marten Rogers

The present day hospital.

St John's Hospital is home to 35 elderly people. 24 live in the older part. There are 6 houses each holding 4 flats. House six can be seen in the photo, it stands alongside the hospital chapel. The chapel is used twice a week by the residents. Beyond the chapel and graveyard are two more modern buildings, St John's House is about 40 years old and comprises of 2 flats, one of which is occupied by the chaplain of he hospital. Alongside St John's House is St Elisabeth House. It has 8 flats and is for the more frail of our residents. It was built in 1999 and took the name of St ...read more here
A memory of Canterbury contributed by Susan Hedges

William Amos

In the 1851 census William Amos, believed to have been my Great Grandfather, lived with his wife Caroline and children in No.10 High Street, Sturry. He is recorded as being a schoolteacher. In the 1861 census he is recorded as being a Shipping Agent living in Whitsable, address unclear in the register. A rather strange change of occupation.

I would be very interested in learning more about him and his family and which school, possibly Kings, which is close by, that he taught at.

Peter Amos
A memory of Sturry contributed by Peter Amos

The day the pub got blown up

Does any one remember the local pub in Sturry, that got blown up in ww2, my dad saved a little boy, but through shock, the young lad later died. Does any one remember the ODELL family who lived in ROOKERY NOCK?
   Would love to hear from any one who knew them, my sister was in the Land army, any one who can remember her, her name was HAZEL ODELL, she also worked in the backers in Sturry.

                            You can get me at ....pamelaodell2000@yahoo.co.uk
A memory of Sturry contributed by First Name Last Name