Showing posts with label Angel Hotel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Angel Hotel. Show all posts

Friday, 19 April 2013

Tonbridge Daily Snippet

Climbing a pole for a leg of mutton and eating rolls and treacle were all fun at the Tonbridge Fair in 1813.
Seems our Tonbridge ancestors were far more creative than we are.



Wednesday, 29 August 2012

The Angel Hotel

Below is a 1924 advertisement for the former Angel Hotel which was on the site where Poundstretchers now stands. This was a time when stabling, loose boxes and even a garage, for the rare motor car that ventured through the town, were available for guests


The Angel Hotel
Private and Commercial
Opposite Railway Station
County Cricket Ground is near
Close to Sports Ground and River
Moderate Terms
GOOD STABLING
GARAGE
LOOSE BOXES
A.A. Robertson, Proprietor