tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post357944558077820287..comments2024-03-29T06:05:14.320+00:00Comments on Wargaming Miscellany: I have been to ... Sandwich, KentRobert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-44176820525430813302020-09-08T15:40:40.016+01:002020-09-08T15:40:40.016+01:00Guy,
Deal has changed quite a bit since the Royal...Guy,<br /><br />Deal has changed quite a bit since the Royal Marines moved out, and thanks to the railway links, it has become more of a commuter town that it used to be. The High Street does still have a few local shops, but not as many as Sandwich.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-83740960884585743512020-09-08T15:27:24.734+01:002020-09-08T15:27:24.734+01:00Lindsay's brother is in Deal. I keep reading t...Lindsay's brother is in Deal. I keep reading that it has improved in recent years and I can't help but say really? Personally I think Sandwich pips Deal. It still has the butcher, the baker and instead of candlestick maker I will say cobbler. I get my shoes repaired there rather than the useless equivalent tradesman here.<br /><br />Guy guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02346804356499461777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-23285129037122558242020-09-07T19:02:47.760+01:002020-09-07T19:02:47.760+01:00Guy,
Thanks for the very encouraging and helpful ...Guy,<br /><br />Thanks for the very encouraging and helpful comments ... and the advice about local parking!<br /><br />Sandwich has lots to commend it, and we are seriously looking at it as an option for where we might move to. Other places include Walmer, Deal, and Broadstairs on the coast! and Upnor and Rochester on the Medway.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-6030052918410387302020-09-07T16:59:53.114+01:002020-09-07T16:59:53.114+01:00My father announced aged 70 that despite living th...My father announced aged 70 that despite living there all his life he was moving from N Staffs to Sandwich and he always said it was one of the best decisions he made. He lived just up the road from the masonic hall you photographed and he went to a couple of meetings there and in Canterbury. My brother also lives there. Top tip. Don't buy a posh car. The locals park like bumper cars and all the cars are bashed and scratched. There are still lots of little shops and a tiny cinema.<br /><br />Guy guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02346804356499461777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-45727659643025937542020-09-04T11:24:26.373+01:002020-09-04T11:24:26.373+01:00‘Lee,
We have friends who live in Ash, which is o...‘Lee,<br /><br />We have friends who live in Ash, which is only a few miles from Sandwich, and got to know the area quite well.<br /><br />Brockley is what is termed a ‘property hotspot’, with lots of big houses that are now beginning to rocket in price. Quite a few actors and artists have moved into the area, especially since Blackheath began to get too pricey and attractive to ‘luvey lovers’ (I.e. middle-class people who want to name-drop about their neighbours at dinner parties).<br /><br />As even a two-bed flat in our road goes for £300,000, one wonders how any young working people can get a mortgage, let alone pay for it. At the same time, whole floors of luxury tower blocks in the local area have been bought up by foreign investors and just left vacant. It’s no wonder that basic public services are having problems recruiting people.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-49571310095097423272020-09-04T11:15:16.867+01:002020-09-04T11:15:16.867+01:00Steve8,
As we live reasonably close to loads of p...Steve8,<br /><br />As we live reasonably close to loads of places like this that we can visit, one tends to forget just how lucky we are.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-7418656524739409142020-09-04T11:13:57.945+01:002020-09-04T11:13:57.945+01:00Nigel Drury,
I once though of buying a pub, but d...Nigel Drury,<br /><br />I once though of buying a pub, but decided against it, now, I’m too old for that sort of life.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-43467721221235914512020-09-04T11:12:31.786+01:002020-09-04T11:12:31.786+01:00Nigel Drury,
That doesn’t surprise me as it had a...Nigel Drury,<br /><br />That doesn’t surprise me as it had a queue of local outside, wait8ng to be served.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-70278629502008682192020-09-04T09:44:21.584+01:002020-09-04T09:44:21.584+01:00Lovely place Sandwich, spent a lot of holidays aro...Lovely place Sandwich, spent a lot of holidays around there as a child. You mention house prices in London and Kent, the house where I was born (Foxberry Road, Brockley) was rented by my Nan & Grandfather and I was shocked to see it listed on Zoopla recently at 1.3 million! What chance young people working on basic wages these days?'Lee.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02728400013024811279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-48887421025987978892020-09-04T09:08:13.418+01:002020-09-04T09:08:13.418+01:00Fitz-Badger,
It is one of several coastal towns i...Fitz-Badger,<br /><br />It is one of several coastal towns in Kent we are looking at as possible places to retire to. Not all of them are quite as historic as Sandwich, but at preent, many of them are almost empty of tourists.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-17680783077773313192020-09-04T09:06:28.217+01:002020-09-04T09:06:28.217+01:00Nundanket,
It is a lovely little town, and that p...Nundanket,<br /><br />It is a lovely little town, and that part of Kent seems to have quite a few of them.<br /><br />The house prices in London are simply crazy! In the old Woolwich Arsenal (which is just over a mile from where I live), a three-bed luxury penthouse apartment with a river view is over a million, whilst just around the corner a four-bed semi-detached costs about half that.<br /><br />Our house is now worth more than we could afford to pay for it if we were still working.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-72183854368159800052020-09-04T01:32:26.234+01:002020-09-04T01:32:26.234+01:00Looks like a very lovely place to visit (or retire...Looks like a very lovely place to visit (or retire to)! Wonderful pics. Sounds like it was a nice outing, too. And for my money better for the lack of crowds.Fitz-Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510866929782142007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-87008921915695052402020-09-03T23:53:36.426+01:002020-09-03T23:53:36.426+01:00What a lovely looking town. I lived in east Kent o...What a lovely looking town. I lived in east Kent one way and another for a few years but never made it to Sandwich.<br /><br />Your money goes further there. £1.1m won’t buy that much in London.nundankethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12895608927860103442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-42833006071856744732020-09-03T17:54:53.644+01:002020-09-03T17:54:53.644+01:00You are so lucky to have places to visit like this...You are so lucky to have places to visit like this. We have nothing like it in the Pacific North West.Steve8https://www.blogger.com/profile/14084781288683778590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-20473762172080849482020-09-03T17:09:32.524+01:002020-09-03T17:09:32.524+01:00Nigel Drury,
Sue and I are members of EH and NT, ...Nigel Drury,<br /><br />Sue and I are members of EH and NT, and had hoped to visit lots of places this summer ... but never managed to.<br /><br />Reculver is on our list of places to visit, along with Richborough, the museum at Manston, and Airfix Visitors Centre near Margate.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-13107934416656972412020-09-03T17:04:19.649+01:002020-09-03T17:04:19.649+01:00The pub in your fourth photo might be for sale.The pub in your fourth photo might be for sale.Nigel Druryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07635742503102210394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-83578208450807203612020-09-03T16:58:00.428+01:002020-09-03T16:58:00.428+01:00If you can plan to visit Reculver in the same day ...If you can plan to visit Reculver in the same day then the history and the geography tie up nicely. The EH guidebook is worth getting.Nigel Druryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07635742503102210394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-78284052004813349282020-09-03T16:27:35.669+01:002020-09-03T16:27:35.669+01:00Nigel Drury,
I had completely missed that when I ...Nigel Drury,<br /><br />I had completely missed that when I read the website!<br /><br />These Normans get everywhere!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-54853201433602589662020-09-03T16:24:52.792+01:002020-09-03T16:24:52.792+01:00Nigel Drury,
I would have done so yesterday, but ...Nigel Drury,<br /><br />I would have done so yesterday, but I understand that during the present pandemic, you have to book a visit in advance ... and we hadn’t.<br /><br />It’s on our list for our next visit.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-60664749423851165402020-09-03T15:09:20.890+01:002020-09-03T15:09:20.890+01:00It was his surname that caught my attention.It was his surname that caught my attention.Nigel Druryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07635742503102210394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-72718650304125836282020-09-03T15:08:34.653+01:002020-09-03T15:08:34.653+01:00Have you visited Richborough? You can stand in th...Have you visited Richborough? You can stand in the gateway where Watling Street started.Nigel Druryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07635742503102210394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-11232246317233165402020-09-03T13:52:39.484+01:002020-09-03T13:52:39.484+01:00Delta Coy (Greg),
There were a few tourists about...Delta Coy (Greg),<br /><br />There were a few tourists about, but most of the people we saw were locals. Almost everyone was wearing a face mask, even in the open where they are not required.<br /><br />Sandwich is one of the places we might retire to if we decide to sell up and leave London, which is why we know how much ‘The Pellicane House’ is on sale for. I’d certainly buy it, if I had the money ... but unless I win the a Lottery, that isn’t going to happen!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-60287813253578887902020-09-03T13:47:20.716+01:002020-09-03T13:47:20.716+01:00Kev Robertson (Kev),
When you live surrounded by ...Kev Robertson (Kev),<br /><br />When you live surrounded by history and historical buildings or structures, it is very easy to stop noticing them. We live less than 200m from a pre-historic burial mound, and yet most locals have no idea that it is there. A bit father away (500m) is Watling Street, the route of the Roman road from Dover, <i>via</i> Canterbury, to the south end of London Bridge ... and we used it yesterday to go to Sandwich.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-13842982792122126272020-09-03T12:52:18.460+01:002020-09-03T12:52:18.460+01:00Enjoyed the photo-tour of Sandwich, hard to believ...Enjoyed the photo-tour of Sandwich, hard to believe how deserted it looks (for obvious reasons). A well deserved and productive day out. Cheers GregDelta Coyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991890687374165828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-87471742168149112752020-09-03T12:52:15.791+01:002020-09-03T12:52:15.791+01:00Hi Bob,
Thank you for posting this very interestin...Hi Bob,<br />Thank you for posting this very interesting visit to Sandwich. I marvel at the shear History of towns such as Sandwich. As you say some buildings had been Medieval though re-modeled in Victorian times - totally fascinating. I lost all our digital photos of England after we toured in 2015 because of my PC Hard Drive failure...looking at your photos is indeed very heart warming and compensating too. Best Wishes. KEV.KEV. Robertson.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03057624752614080866noreply@blogger.com