Kingsdown Around 1920s All photos courtesy John Brooke Flashman July 2025
John and his wife Virginia in a posed photo showing their respectability as leading non-conformist adherents and their compassion for others.
John Brooke was the baker and postmaster in the hamlet of Kingsdown for nearly thirty years after 1900. He and his wife Virginia were Baptists who spearheaded the Methodist redevelopment in area, culminating with the new United Methodist Chapel built in 1926. These photographs and postcards are from the family album of his grandson, John Brooke Flashman, who sadly passed away recently.
Centre of the Hamlet
The bakery, Post Office and general store at The Firs became a central meeting point for residents (especially women) and encouraged more development of houses nearby. The stone quarry buildings and the Swan public house tended to be frequented by some men and the Chapel and the schoolroom were the Sunday meeting point for local Methodists. Together these institutions united the community and established a sense of belonging in a widespread settlement. Today, all these institutions have closed and many converted into private residences.
The bakery, Post Office and general store at The Firs became a central meeting point for residents (especially women) and encouraged more development of houses nearby. The stone quarry buildings and the Swan public house tended to be frequented by some men and the Chapel and the schoolroom were the Sunday meeting point for local Methodists. Together these institutions united the community and established a sense of belonging in a widespread settlement. Today, all these institutions have closed and many converted into private residences.
Victor Painter described the houses around the First World War:[1] Now we move to a row of six cottages and they were called The Firs, Kingsdown. The first one to be built that became the Bakery, Post Office and Grocery shop was so well built with many rooms, a three storey building and very large rooms for storing, that could have been called the cellars but these store rooms were on the level of the garden so one could walk in. My self never did get to know who built the house or of what year it was built but no doubt early in 1800. And in the last half of 1800, it was said that a Mr. Maslen that became owner of this well built house that became the number one, The Firs, had two lovely houses built that was named and numbered 2 and 3 The Firs, Kingsdown, and in front of these newly built houses a road was made and was marked up to be private, Mr. Maslen being owner of the new houses and the private road.
I remember living there was Mr. and Mrs. Britton Ford in Jessamine and they were parents of Mr. Bert Ford and grandparents of Ted Ford now living at Rudloe, Corsham for we have always been great friends. Mr. and Mrs. Britton Ford moved out of Jessamine Cottage and took over a strong stone cottage called West View with larger rooms than Jessamine Cottage had. West View became Mr. and Mrs. Britton Ford's home for their lifetime. In to Jessamine Cottage came an ex-farmer and a daughter about 20 years and a young brother near to seven years of age.
By this time we had moved on to near 1911 and the three cottages that was built for the Mr. Maslen by Mr. Wallace Ford were all being happily lived in and a Mrs. Brown lived in number 6, The Firs that had three bedrooms. A brother of Mrs. Brown always lived with Mrs. Brown. He had trouble with his breathing at times but was a nice man to us children. Number 5, The Firs was a Mr. and Mrs. Goodhind and they had a boy and a girl, George and Lucy Goodhind. Number 4, The Firs - oh yes, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford no other than Gladys and Cyril Ford's parents who spent the rest of their life in number 4 and at that very time number 3, The Firs became empty. They were rather old people so I was too young really to know just why these people moved away. But I do know that a Mr. and Mrs. Jack Aust moved in to number 3, The Firs with their two children, Mavis and Fred Aust. Mr. Aust, he too was a master builder. By now Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Ford and their three children, Victor, May and Ethel had moved over to Closes Farm and Laurel Cottage was taken over by the people in Jessamine Cottage who was, of course, ex-farmer Joyce and Violet Joyce and her brother John. In to Jessamine Cottage went a Mr. and Mrs. Fisher and two daughters. Mr. Fisher was a stone quarryman and not much more than a year later they went to Bath to live and into Jessamine Cottage came Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Wilkins who lived there all their lives at Jessamine Cottage. Mr. Ernie Wilkins was a baker for Mr. Brooke's next-door number 1, The Firs. A few years later the farmer Joyce and family moved on to London and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Aust and Mavis and Fred moved into Laurel Cottage and lived there for many years. A Mrs. North that had brought up her sister's boy from a baby, Reg Harding, now moved into number 3, The Firs, but after a year maybe, Mrs. North and Reg did move out of number 3, The Firs and to great joy to many people in came to 3, The Firs was Mr. and Mrs. George Ford and their two sons Raymond and Stan, cousins of Gladys and Cyril, and the two Mr. Fords' were brothers and the two Mrs. Fords were sisters.
Some time in late 1920 whoever the owner was at that time of all the six cottages of the Firs, Kingsdown and I think it was still Mr. Maslen who gave every tenant who was living in their cottage a chance to buy their cottage at a price stated in letters that was sent to each cottage. Mr. and Mrs. Brookes became the owners of number 1 and a Mr. and Mrs. Wood that lived in number 2 and Mr. and Mrs. George Ford bought number 3 and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford bought number 4 and those in number 5 did move out and Tom and Gladys Croker bought number 5 and moved in next door to Gladys's parents, and Mr. and Mrs. Mizen that came to Kingsdown to live in 1917 was now living in number 6, The Firs and having a three-bed roomed house and large garden. The price of their house, 6, The Firs, was the very high sum of £250. It was a lot of money to find when at that time Mr. Mizen's weekly wage as a first class signalman of the G.W.R. in a signal box at Bathampton was £3 and wages for men working on farms throughout the country was only thirty shillings per week, so no workingman got a very high wage in 1920.
I remember living there was Mr. and Mrs. Britton Ford in Jessamine and they were parents of Mr. Bert Ford and grandparents of Ted Ford now living at Rudloe, Corsham for we have always been great friends. Mr. and Mrs. Britton Ford moved out of Jessamine Cottage and took over a strong stone cottage called West View with larger rooms than Jessamine Cottage had. West View became Mr. and Mrs. Britton Ford's home for their lifetime. In to Jessamine Cottage came an ex-farmer and a daughter about 20 years and a young brother near to seven years of age.
By this time we had moved on to near 1911 and the three cottages that was built for the Mr. Maslen by Mr. Wallace Ford were all being happily lived in and a Mrs. Brown lived in number 6, The Firs that had three bedrooms. A brother of Mrs. Brown always lived with Mrs. Brown. He had trouble with his breathing at times but was a nice man to us children. Number 5, The Firs was a Mr. and Mrs. Goodhind and they had a boy and a girl, George and Lucy Goodhind. Number 4, The Firs - oh yes, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford no other than Gladys and Cyril Ford's parents who spent the rest of their life in number 4 and at that very time number 3, The Firs became empty. They were rather old people so I was too young really to know just why these people moved away. But I do know that a Mr. and Mrs. Jack Aust moved in to number 3, The Firs with their two children, Mavis and Fred Aust. Mr. Aust, he too was a master builder. By now Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Ford and their three children, Victor, May and Ethel had moved over to Closes Farm and Laurel Cottage was taken over by the people in Jessamine Cottage who was, of course, ex-farmer Joyce and Violet Joyce and her brother John. In to Jessamine Cottage went a Mr. and Mrs. Fisher and two daughters. Mr. Fisher was a stone quarryman and not much more than a year later they went to Bath to live and into Jessamine Cottage came Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Wilkins who lived there all their lives at Jessamine Cottage. Mr. Ernie Wilkins was a baker for Mr. Brooke's next-door number 1, The Firs. A few years later the farmer Joyce and family moved on to London and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Aust and Mavis and Fred moved into Laurel Cottage and lived there for many years. A Mrs. North that had brought up her sister's boy from a baby, Reg Harding, now moved into number 3, The Firs, but after a year maybe, Mrs. North and Reg did move out of number 3, The Firs and to great joy to many people in came to 3, The Firs was Mr. and Mrs. George Ford and their two sons Raymond and Stan, cousins of Gladys and Cyril, and the two Mr. Fords' were brothers and the two Mrs. Fords were sisters.
Some time in late 1920 whoever the owner was at that time of all the six cottages of the Firs, Kingsdown and I think it was still Mr. Maslen who gave every tenant who was living in their cottage a chance to buy their cottage at a price stated in letters that was sent to each cottage. Mr. and Mrs. Brookes became the owners of number 1 and a Mr. and Mrs. Wood that lived in number 2 and Mr. and Mrs. George Ford bought number 3 and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford bought number 4 and those in number 5 did move out and Tom and Gladys Croker bought number 5 and moved in next door to Gladys's parents, and Mr. and Mrs. Mizen that came to Kingsdown to live in 1917 was now living in number 6, The Firs and having a three-bed roomed house and large garden. The price of their house, 6, The Firs, was the very high sum of £250. It was a lot of money to find when at that time Mr. Mizen's weekly wage as a first class signalman of the G.W.R. in a signal box at Bathampton was £3 and wages for men working on farms throughout the country was only thirty shillings per week, so no workingman got a very high wage in 1920.
Social Life in KIngsdown
These postcards show the extensive views of Bath and Colerne from the wooded hillsides of Kingsdown and how isolated the hamlet was from civic facilities and transport links to the rest of Wiltshire. The location bred an independent spirit amongst residents which John Brooke shaped through his untiring commitment to fairness, generosity and public service.
Local resident Victor Painter recorded his memories of life in Kingsdown in the early years of the 1900s:
Just past Mrs. Salmon's house was a lovely spring of water where all the folk went with their buckets to fetch water for cooking etc. That spring of water was called Cleves and always an endless supply of water. Now to the next cottage two hundred yards from Mrs. Salmon's cottage and a grand lady lived and her name was Mrs. Brokenbrow and a grandson always lived with her and his name was Jack Hull quite ten years older than me and was a groom at Ashley Grove and when the 1914 war came Jack Hull joined up to become a very smart young man of the Marines and I remember seeing him home on leave and staying with the lovely lady, Jack's grandmother. This cottage of Mrs. Brokenbrow became the home of the retired sheep farmer of Ashley Farm, Box, a Mr. George Pritchard that lots of people would, of course, remember for there was a lovely large garden and Farmer Pritchard was always first in digging out lovely young potatoes and folk around Kingsdown ran to buy them, but everyone was told how to cook them and start them off in cold water.
Victor Painter: Next came after passing Laurel Cottage were three cottages in a row and one had to walk down four steps to be on their level. The first two cottages were very small with two small bedrooms, one fair sized room down with open fire grate for doing the cooking. There was a bit of a back room for doing any washing and the toilet were out in the garden. The third cottage away from the road was rather nice. There had been the same people living there since they were first married no doubt. Their names were Mr. and Mrs. Archer who had two daughters Edith and Millie and also a girl that was in the care of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Archer from a very small girl and her name was Lily Carey. On leaving school Edith and Millie soon found themselves a job at Kingsdown House as servant girls. Lily Carey went into private service for a lady with a nice house at Ashley, Box, and Lily, of course, slept in but spent her half days off and any holidays back up at Kingsdown with Mrs. Archer that brought her up as a small child.
It was said after the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Archer and their home was being cleared out by the two daughters Edith and Millie and no doubt Lily Carey was there also and in a drawer that had nothing else but all the monthly pay packets of Lily from the very first one till the very last going back over the many years. Not one pay packet had ever been opened ever. Now behind the three cottages were another nice tall cottage that had rooms under the roof with windows for light and there were two bedrooms of nice size and only one room downstairs with a pantry to keep the food cool in summer and one large wash house and cool house built on just near to the doorway and such a pretty flower garden and a pathway to the garden gate that was to the road way. Now the people living there were Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Miles and Mrs. Miles was my mother's sister, our Aunt Sarah and Uncle Charlie. They had no children and both went out together maybe up The Swan Inn of a Saturday evening and they got the names Tramble and Daisy. Now near to Uncle Charlie’s and Aunt Sarah’s garden gate was a very long sloping pathway to three cottages and the first one was a very small house no more than one bedroom but the other two cottages were rather large and nice, and the second cottage and middle one of the three were the home of the well known Jimmy Ford who had worked on the Kingsdown Farm, Gridiron Farm then called, of William Ford who was then the farmer. Jimmy Ford was George and Henry Ford’s father and, of course, grandfather to Raymond and Stan and Gladys and Cyril. Mr. and Mrs. George Ford must have taken over Jimmy Ford’s home when they married for Raymond and Stan were born in that very same cottage that no doubt George Ford could have been born there also. The third cottage was where Mrs. Salmon lived for many many years and Mrs. Salmon was the mother of Buff Salmon and his sister Ada, who on growing up, Ada married a Bill Ashley and they had two daughters, Ena and Violet and they lived in the very cottage where I was born — Wormcliffe Lane.
Just past Mrs. Salmon's house was a lovely spring of water where all the folk went with their buckets to fetch water for cooking etc. That spring of water was called Cleves and always an endless supply of water. Now to the next cottage two hundred yards from Mrs. Salmon's cottage and a grand lady lived and her name was Mrs. Brokenbrow and a grandson always lived with her and his name was Jack Hull quite ten years older than me and was a groom at Ashley Grove and when the 1914 war came Jack Hull joined up to become a very smart young man of the Marines and I remember seeing him home on leave and staying with the lovely lady, Jack's grandmother. This cottage of Mrs. Brokenbrow became the home of the retired sheep farmer of Ashley Farm, Box, a Mr. George Pritchard that lots of people would, of course, remember for there was a lovely large garden and Farmer Pritchard was always first in digging out lovely young potatoes and folk around Kingsdown ran to buy them, but everyone was told how to cook them and start them off in cold water.
Victor Painter: Next came after passing Laurel Cottage were three cottages in a row and one had to walk down four steps to be on their level. The first two cottages were very small with two small bedrooms, one fair sized room down with open fire grate for doing the cooking. There was a bit of a back room for doing any washing and the toilet were out in the garden. The third cottage away from the road was rather nice. There had been the same people living there since they were first married no doubt. Their names were Mr. and Mrs. Archer who had two daughters Edith and Millie and also a girl that was in the care of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Archer from a very small girl and her name was Lily Carey. On leaving school Edith and Millie soon found themselves a job at Kingsdown House as servant girls. Lily Carey went into private service for a lady with a nice house at Ashley, Box, and Lily, of course, slept in but spent her half days off and any holidays back up at Kingsdown with Mrs. Archer that brought her up as a small child.
It was said after the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Archer and their home was being cleared out by the two daughters Edith and Millie and no doubt Lily Carey was there also and in a drawer that had nothing else but all the monthly pay packets of Lily from the very first one till the very last going back over the many years. Not one pay packet had ever been opened ever. Now behind the three cottages were another nice tall cottage that had rooms under the roof with windows for light and there were two bedrooms of nice size and only one room downstairs with a pantry to keep the food cool in summer and one large wash house and cool house built on just near to the doorway and such a pretty flower garden and a pathway to the garden gate that was to the road way. Now the people living there were Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Miles and Mrs. Miles was my mother's sister, our Aunt Sarah and Uncle Charlie. They had no children and both went out together maybe up The Swan Inn of a Saturday evening and they got the names Tramble and Daisy. Now near to Uncle Charlie’s and Aunt Sarah’s garden gate was a very long sloping pathway to three cottages and the first one was a very small house no more than one bedroom but the other two cottages were rather large and nice, and the second cottage and middle one of the three were the home of the well known Jimmy Ford who had worked on the Kingsdown Farm, Gridiron Farm then called, of William Ford who was then the farmer. Jimmy Ford was George and Henry Ford’s father and, of course, grandfather to Raymond and Stan and Gladys and Cyril. Mr. and Mrs. George Ford must have taken over Jimmy Ford’s home when they married for Raymond and Stan were born in that very same cottage that no doubt George Ford could have been born there also. The third cottage was where Mrs. Salmon lived for many many years and Mrs. Salmon was the mother of Buff Salmon and his sister Ada, who on growing up, Ada married a Bill Ashley and they had two daughters, Ena and Violet and they lived in the very cottage where I was born — Wormcliffe Lane.
Bakery and General Stores
A rare glimpse of workers at Kingsdown who were not involved in the stone industry
This remarkable photograph shows the complexity of running a business in Kingsdown with baker, carter, horse and cart needed to take produce to outlying houses along the Lower Kingsdown Road.
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John became one of the leading figures at Kingsdown where he ran the bakery shop, general store and post office at The Firs. Although a Baptist by nature, he and his wife Virginia became leading figures in the Methodist movement and the restoration of KIngsdown United Church and schoolroom in 1926.
Local resident Victor Painter described Down Cottage: it was bought by Mr. John Brooke of Kingsdown Post Office and shop and bakery, and Mr. John Brooke with his own hands did so much work to brighten up the whole of Down Cottage. A new copper was fitted in the wash house for a start and a sun porch was built on the front of the cottage, all so very nice Down Cottage became when finished.
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Kingsdown People
Rural occupations continued longer in the hamlets than in the centre of Box village because of the lack of shopping opportunities. Right: A normal part of everyday life was to carry spring water from a local well back to domestic houses. People used a wooden yolk across the shoulders with a bucket at each end to balance the weight. Water carrying was needed because few homes in Kingsdown had a domestic water supply needed for cooking, washing and drinking. As seen, it was often a job undertaken by teenage children. Below: Harry Mould, woodcutter. 
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Below: At the heart of the community was the Methodist Chapel rebuilt largely by local men and women in 1926.
The rebuilt Kingsdown Methodist Chapel
Victor Painter: Kingsdown Chapel gave Mrs. Petty a very warm welcome every year for some time. At the end of September or early October the Harvest Thanksgiving was held. And every one around would send fruit and vegetables, and the big houses around like Ashley House would send bunches of grapes that made all the kids mouths water. There would be two services on the Sunday 3 to 4, and again at 6 till 7. Lots of people came from Box, Bathford and Monkton Farleigh, and on the Monday evening following, everything was sold by auction by a Mr. Oatley, an auctioneer who lived at Box and who gave his services free each year, and had done so for at least 40 years. This auction sale was in the old chapel long before the new chapel was built on top. This auction sale started near about 7 o'clock and went on till 9 o'clock and after. There were a few helpers, Mr. Simion Butt, Mr. Fred Butt, Mr. Brooke, who was the baker and shopkeeper at Kingsdown, and also the postmaster of the post office. And a Mr. Ernie Wilkins, who was a baker and worked for Mr. Brooks. These four helpers were the ones that held up the plates of apples so everyone in the very packed chapel could see what they were bidding for, while Mr. Oatley was trying to get everyone excited so they would keep bidding against each other and therefore drive the price up. A plate of about 8 apples all nice eating apples would get started as low as 2 pennies, but with many people bidding from all parts of the room the price of that one plate of apples could rise to perhaps one shilling and six pennies. Then no one would bid higher because there might be 50 more plates of apples to be sold before Mr. Oatley got to selling all of the vegetables, and there was everything; bunches of carrots of all sizes, parsnips, onions and swedes, cabbages, sprouts, cauliflowers and many lots of potatoes. Someone always managed to bring a very funny shaped potato, one that perhaps looked like a cat or a dog, and this odd shaped potato was dressed up with a pretty ribbon, at the very end of the sale this potato was bid for and sold to the bidder who paid and said put it up again please and this poor old potato was bought and put up again so many times that even Mr. Oatley had to say now for the very last time who will bid for this potato to keep, and the end of the sale was declared, but that one potato really brought in quite a few shillings to help in the funds.
Now leaving Granny Hawkins's cottage we go around the very sharp corner of the road, and over on the left hand side with quite a space of grassland in front stood 3 cottages, standing on the top of the steep hill called Wormcliff Lane. Now these 3 cottages were owned by a Mr. and Mrs. Jack Petty. The larger cottage that was on the lower side of the other two and near a nice field. There Mr. and Mrs. Jack Petty lived, Mrs. Petty and Queeny Petty. Almost every item of the vegetables were bought by Mrs. Petty. They had brought many sacks in which to carry the vegetables home. Every cabbage she bought and all the carrots, onion, swedes, turnip and potatoes and a good many apples and of course there were a few sheafs of wheat that had been given by
Mr. Fred Butt. Mrs. Petty bought the lot, and then of course, there was a very large Harvest loaf of bread baked at Mr. Brooks' bakehouse and given by Mr. Brooks and this loaf was in the shape of a sheaf of wheat 3 feet tall. Now lots of people bid for this rather lovely golden loaf, but the highest bidder got it of course, and sometimes this was Mrs. Petty herself. There was no doubt in saying Mrs. Petty had spent more money than anyone there, and without her it would have been a very poor sale for Mr. Oatley. Mrs. Petty received much praise from Mr. Oatley and the members of the chapel like the two Mr. Butts and Mr. Brooks who was one of the trustees. Mrs. Petty's Queeny had many to help them down home with the big sacks and sheafs of wheat. People that lived down the lower road always offered to help carry something or other.
Before the chapel had the new part built on the top in 1928 or 29, the entrance to the lower part was from this public footpath, 10 steps about to climb, but a few years before anyone though of building a new chapel on top of the old part a lovely lady from London came down to live at Box Hazlebury Hill and this lady, a Sister Lillian, was a chapel minister and took the Sunday services after at Kingsdown Chapel. And she was loved by everyone. This sister Lillian did not like these 10 steps that were the only way to enter the chapel. Outside them was a three corner piece of ground that belonged to Mr. Jack Petty, that lived on the top of Wormclift Lane, Sister got that ground, and we understand it was a gift to Sister Lillian from Mrs. Petty to do just what the chapel wished to do. Mr. Aust, a builder of Kingsdown soon built a wall and put iron railings around with an iron gate at the corner. Rose trees were planted by Mr. Migan, a railway signalman that lived in 6 The Firs, near to the chapel. Grass seed was sown to make the whole place look nice, and Mr. Aust put in a new doorway to the chapel, and the old way in by the steps was filled in and steps taken away. So all thanks to two great London ladies, Sister Lillian and Mrs. Jack Petty. A lucky day for Kingsdown.
Now leaving Granny Hawkins's cottage we go around the very sharp corner of the road, and over on the left hand side with quite a space of grassland in front stood 3 cottages, standing on the top of the steep hill called Wormcliff Lane. Now these 3 cottages were owned by a Mr. and Mrs. Jack Petty. The larger cottage that was on the lower side of the other two and near a nice field. There Mr. and Mrs. Jack Petty lived, Mrs. Petty and Queeny Petty. Almost every item of the vegetables were bought by Mrs. Petty. They had brought many sacks in which to carry the vegetables home. Every cabbage she bought and all the carrots, onion, swedes, turnip and potatoes and a good many apples and of course there were a few sheafs of wheat that had been given by
Mr. Fred Butt. Mrs. Petty bought the lot, and then of course, there was a very large Harvest loaf of bread baked at Mr. Brooks' bakehouse and given by Mr. Brooks and this loaf was in the shape of a sheaf of wheat 3 feet tall. Now lots of people bid for this rather lovely golden loaf, but the highest bidder got it of course, and sometimes this was Mrs. Petty herself. There was no doubt in saying Mrs. Petty had spent more money than anyone there, and without her it would have been a very poor sale for Mr. Oatley. Mrs. Petty received much praise from Mr. Oatley and the members of the chapel like the two Mr. Butts and Mr. Brooks who was one of the trustees. Mrs. Petty's Queeny had many to help them down home with the big sacks and sheafs of wheat. People that lived down the lower road always offered to help carry something or other.
Before the chapel had the new part built on the top in 1928 or 29, the entrance to the lower part was from this public footpath, 10 steps about to climb, but a few years before anyone though of building a new chapel on top of the old part a lovely lady from London came down to live at Box Hazlebury Hill and this lady, a Sister Lillian, was a chapel minister and took the Sunday services after at Kingsdown Chapel. And she was loved by everyone. This sister Lillian did not like these 10 steps that were the only way to enter the chapel. Outside them was a three corner piece of ground that belonged to Mr. Jack Petty, that lived on the top of Wormclift Lane, Sister got that ground, and we understand it was a gift to Sister Lillian from Mrs. Petty to do just what the chapel wished to do. Mr. Aust, a builder of Kingsdown soon built a wall and put iron railings around with an iron gate at the corner. Rose trees were planted by Mr. Migan, a railway signalman that lived in 6 The Firs, near to the chapel. Grass seed was sown to make the whole place look nice, and Mr. Aust put in a new doorway to the chapel, and the old way in by the steps was filled in and steps taken away. So all thanks to two great London ladies, Sister Lillian and Mrs. Jack Petty. A lucky day for Kingsdown.
Kingsdown in 1940
Of course, Kingsdown properties and their inhabitants have altered over the last 100 years. But they have all been shaped by the isolation of the area and its inaccessability. That has not changed.
Reference
[1] Victor Painter (1906 - 2000), Kingsdown Memories, https://www.choghole.co.uk/victor/victormain.htm
[1] Victor Painter (1906 - 2000), Kingsdown Memories, https://www.choghole.co.uk/victor/victormain.htm