A Pictorial History of
Bridge

Being a facsimile of photographs of exhibits from the
Parish Council Centenary Exhibition of September
1994, as presented to John Hill on the occasion of his
retirement, after 15 years as Chairman of the Parish
Council, together with copies of supplementary pictures
and exhibits not included in the original.

Prepared by Mervyn Gulvin and John Corfield,
January 1999


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CONTENTS

PARISH COUNCILLORS 53
PARISH COUNCILS 54
COUNCILLOR IACK FRIEND 55
PARISH BOUNDARY 1987 56
HUNDREDS MAP 1763 57
MAP 1873 58
MAP 1907 59
MAP 1993 60
OLD VIEWS 61
ST PETERS CHURCH 62
HIGH STREET 1 63
HIGH STREET 2 64
HIGH STREET 3 65
HIGH STREET 4 66
FIRE BRIGADE 67
FIREMAN FENN 1910 68
BIFRONS 1 69
BIFRONS 2 70
CONYNGHAM 7 1
HIGHAM HIGHLAND COURT 72
COUNT ZBOROWSKI 73
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG 74
BOURNE PARK/BRIDGE PLACE 75
VARIOUS HOUSES 76
SHOPS 77
UNION ROAD 78
PUBS 79
FLOODS

SCHOOL Patrixbourne Road 80
SCHOOL CHILDREN 1

SCHOOL CHILDREN 2 81
SCHOOL CHILDREN 1963-68 82
SCHOOL CHILDREN 1970's 1 83
SCHOOL CHILDREN 1970's 2 84
SCHOOL CHILDREN 1980's 85
SCHOOL FETE'S 86
IUNIOR CHURCH 87
CHURCH CHOIR 88
GUIDES 81 BROWNIES 89
SPORTS TEAM 1 90
SPORTS TEAM 2 91
SPORTS TEAM 3 92
SPORTS TEAM 4 93
WORKERS 94
HOP PICKING 1 95
HOP PICKING 2 96
PEOPLE AT WORK 1 97
PEOPLE AT WORK 2 98
HORTICULTURE 99
EARLY EVENTS

1927

IUBILEE 1935 1

IUBILEE 1935 2 CARNIVAL 1937
CORONATION 1 953 /CARNIVAL 1 95 6
LIGHTNING STRIKES 1985
HURRICANE 1 987
UNIFORMS

WOMENS INSTITUTE
LADIES 1

LADIES 2

THE CLOSE — Union Road
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GODDEN FAMILY

LOCAL PEOPLE

BY-PASS 1962

BY-PASS 1964-65

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BY-PASS 1976

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ODDS & ENDS

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HORSE PROPELLED

THE RAILWAY

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BRIDGE NOW

THROUGH LENSES of

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Supplementary Exhibits

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