And Finally....... To the people living in and around Kingston. This is your web site. Its development is ongoing, and if there is anything you would like us to include on your web site, then let us know. The "And Finally...." page will contain anything which dosn't come under one of the other headings, and hopefully will be amusing. So here we go..... How Time Flies! We received an e-mail from Bob Coombs who used to live in the village of kingston. He included a few old memories of the time he lived here, we thought it would be interesting to include his e-mail on this page. He also sent the picture of the old map that we have included on this site. We hope you find this write up as interesting as we did, the e-mail is as follows: Thank you for replying to my e-mail and for putting the information on the web site. Actually having contact with someone who promotes Kingston as a good place to live, etc. has brought back quite a few memories. One in particular is that of a Mr 'Dick' who was a much talented member of the village when I was a boy. Dick worked for the 'council' and was responsible for keeping all the hedges and the like in good order all over the village. He seemed to work entirely on his own and if my memory serves me well his area of responsibility was from Black Robin Lane, along the Covet and also Marley lane too. On Sunday Dick rang all of the three church bells (yes there were three all the while I lived in the village). One with his foot and the other two by hand. I can clearly recall the sounds - ding, dong, clunk. Although my mother made me attend church four times on a Sunday, I never ever was allowed to go up the tower - Death Watch beetle being the excuse. During the winter Dick lit the fire in the church early in the morning and, when I reached age 11, I too helped to get it going. The fire was underneath grates that ran the length of the aisle. Often I was despatched to find more paper and can recall raiding 'books' at the back of the church. No wonder there are few surviving records of visitors and the like for today's researchers. Once the fire was going and the congregation started arriving my next duty was to hand pump the organ for 'Minnie'. 'Minnie' loved to pull out the 'loud' stop, lean round the corner and whisper, "Faster boy, faster." Whenever there was anyone to be buried, Dick dug the grave. If you wanted your hair cut then Dick was your man and his style was the original pudding basin cut and he charged six pence (1948-49 prices). There used to be a small post office and shop in the village. If any of your site visitors are interested in the Kingston church bells then there is some relevant information on this web web site - www.kent.lovesguide.com Attached, two photos of bells for your records. If you think anyone would be interested in my 'old' memories perhaps you could put them in touch. Keep up the good work. Best wishes, Bob Coombs

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