July 15, 2021 at 10:36 am
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Certainly is a nice area, POPS. Used to live is a place called Knockholt just a couple of miles from Biggin. Walk out on the old footpaths and it was like a trip back in time, you could be miles away from any sign of civilisation within minutes, I swear there were some tiny bits of the ancient forest still there.
The other place, the one with the views, was a tiny village called Well Hill on top of North Downs just along from Sevenoaks. That really was a time trip. Two pubs, no shops, a church which was largely a cast-iron walled shed. No gas. No mains drainage (came in later). Old, old houses. The view was clear all the way to Crystal Palace and my very old neighbour had actually watched the huge fire there in 1936 (?).