Meander in Maidstone 1964 for my sister Jennifer

[@margarethorne7564]

What lovely memories. Was born in Maidstone and didn't leave until 1967. Worked in Morlings Solicitors, top of Gabriels Hill, my father worked for Honors seed merchant, in Week Street then shop moved next to Corn Exchange where I used to roller skate on Saturday mornings. My mother worked at Sharps toffee factory in the evenings and then became a supervisor in Woolworth when the floors were wood and a Saturday girl earnt 18 shillings for the day!! What a lovely jolt to the memory of all the shops I used to frequent. I attended Senacre Secondary School and then Maidstone Technical High School for Girls.

[@markking6327]

I'm 57 born and bred in Maidstone and your brilliant video reminds me why I've never left this town .

[@robertkitson1935]

I did not make the video Mark - I found it by accident on line - copied it and added the music. We do think, however, that my late wife's sister is in the scene in the market

[@FilmbuffWSussex]

Well - made 8mm movie, very good camerawork and composition with no ‘hose-piping’!

[@brucedanton3669]

Thank you for this-very nice too of course!

[@suzanneemery9100]

I was born in January 1964 in the Maidstone hospital,I lived in Boxley village most of my teenage years,I live in Ashbourne Derby now with my husband and daughters,great video!!

[@MartinBaldock]

Great to see the Maidstone I grew up in, I was still at school at this time, thankyou for posting

[@robertkitson1935]

My pleasure Martin

[@wildfox47uk]

Wow that was really interested in seeing Maidstone then to now, i love seeing the past, i was bread and born in Maidstone and still living in Maidstone, i was 1 year old when that was made :-) I was actually born in Park Wood just as the estate was built, i use to hang around the park wood estate, then i use to play in the Boughton Monchelsea Quarries, not much of a town boy then i use to hate going in town. Fantastic Video Thanks so much for sharing the past of Maidstone :-)

[@PaulBrown-iu4nt]

My dad had Brown's Centa Market shop on Willington st, we also had shops in Parkwood and Larksfield. Also cafe in Moat park.

[@iggsy61]

love this. i was only 3 yrs old when this was shot but i remember so many of the places shown from my childhood.

[@brokenbazbassfret7255]

A gem of a video

[@markking6327]

Superb....lived in st peters street when the Medway burst then moved to Tonbridge road .reconise all landmarks from my youth ..... Maidstone...my .,... Maidstone...thanks for the blast from the past.

[@tjwalsingham]

What a gem! Thanks for posting this and putting the music together too. I would have been 11 when this was shot, my lovely home town!

[@KL2023]

I shared this on a maidstone memories facebook page and everybody loved it! ♡

[@barbaraneill9620]

Thank you for sharing. A great trip down memory lane.

[@jeanmckenzie5267]

Jean (nee Turrell) McKenzie. I left Maidstone in 1967 age 20 years and have settled in Australia. My mum used to work for Mr Di Marco, seen outside his shop in Week St. I remember him, as he used to give me an ice cream if I went in the shop, when Mum was working.

[@AndrewBuckle]

Superb video, totally wow.

[@robertayre2645]

Great video, I used to go downtown every week and do the shopping for my mum. The town was thriving back then, so many people, it was packed on the weekend. Great memories of the past but unfortunately times have changed a lot and the town has now become a ghost town with shops closing down every week. Thanks for the video and the good old memories.

[@staceygoody]

Great video. I was born in maidstone in 1964😂

[@sheilhallion]

So many memories, thanks for sharing this.

[@Graphicxtras1]

Really excellent video - great to see the market as well as many of the shops. Always a pity that the camera always stopped just before a particular place I would love to have seen again (such as some of the shops in Hart Street) and nothing of Union Street etc - but still, a really enjoyable run through of Maidstone circa 1964

[@motorwest]

Just fabulous, brought back so many memories, I remember my hometown looking like this, thank you for sharing!!!!

[@v811gfg]

I was 6 when this was filmed but remember so much, and a lot of the buildings still remain the same. The people all seemed to dress and look the same back then.

[@johnlavery6116]

Lived there in 68.nice town ,..Ireland

[@robharding5345]

Great musical decade ! we were just a bit spoilt.

[@habibrehman4339]

Awesome video

[@steveward3075]

Brilliant didnt realise some of the roads existed for cars! will show the kids!

[@habibrehman4339]

awesome...loved it!

[@Odessov]

HAllo FROM MOSCOW!

[@lifewithellam]

Great video! What was this shot on?

[@stevolarry420stevenslozz3]

er a camera lol ; )

[@stevolarry420stevenslozz3]

this is mad to watch, im 42 and remember some of the buildings that are gone now.

[@ReleaseThaPressure]

Chicken wire?

[@stevolarry420stevenslozz3]

@@ReleaseThaPressure this ain’t the Blues Brothers at Bobs Country Bunker lol

[@ReleaseThaPressure]

@@stevolarry420stevenslozz3 😂👍... Good job I won the pink elephant then !! AFM sheeet

[@stevolarry420stevenslozz3]

@@ReleaseThaPressure I’m gonna catch that sucker. If it’s the last thing I EVER DO!

[@Bren-ms3ml]

i used to go a boozer called ''Druids''

[@AlbertoDelTrotter]

Great video. Better without the annoying music changing every 5 seconds

[@habibrehman4339]

and the music too