TONBRIDGE TEEN AND TWENTY

 

The 'Snippets of Tonbridge Past' had a number of comments on this blog and via Twitter including the following one:-

'The Teen and Twenty moved there (Lyons Crescent) from Preston Road. I have a couple of photo's taken there, one of a fashion show and the other a Christmas party. If anyone else is from that era and would like to have a look maybe 'Tonbridge' would like to use them.'

 

And Tonbridge did - the two photographs were received today together with just a little more information.

Teen and Twenty Christmas Party - early 1960's

The Teen and Twenty Club started at the Working Man's Club in Preston Road at the end of Avebury Aveue and was run by P C Judd and Mr and Mrs Scott. It moved to a small hall in Lyons Crescent around the early 1960's. The hall has since been demolished and been replaced by houses.  It would have stood next to the now Stradbrook Clinic.  It is believed that the band in the front row were from a local village, maybe Hadlow or Matfield and on the night wore purple jumpers.  Does anybody remember the band?

The newspaper cutting of the fashion show was taken  around the same time in the early 1960's.  It is thought that the clothes for the show were lent by Gunners Department Store, formerly on the corner of Lyons Crescent.  The person who provided the two images does remember many of the people in both photographs, but do you?  Please get in touch if you recognise yourself in either of the pictures.