Tonbridge Daily Snippet

During the evacuation of Dunkirk £1000 was very quickly raised in Tonbridge to feed the 300,000 soldiers passing through the town, and stopping at the railway station.  The town was the first stop for many of the troops and the towns people, during this time of limited food, welcomed them with fish and chips, cigarettes, drinks and anything they had in their cupboards or had grown in their gardens or allotments. The Stationmaster and a team of helpers organised this virtually overnight, and the Stationmaster's wife received the OBE for her efforts.