Tonbridge Daily Snippet

In 1903 Ernest Upton took over as the pharmacist at no. 25 Quarry Hill Road.  Amongst the services he offered was 'putting down' domestic pets by using a sealed gassing chamber, pulling teeth and dispensing his predecessor's digestive mixture made of peppermint and distilled water, which was the best seller to Tonbridge residents.

New starting point for this year's carnival procession

A message from Tonbridge Lions who want this year's Carnival crowds in the High Street, and not waiting for the procession on Quarry Hill Road and Railway Approach.

 'In a break with an almost unbroken custom that has existed over twenty five years, this year's Tonbridge Carnival procession, on Sunday 9th June, will not be assembling in Brook Street. 

Instead the carnival floats, classic cars, bands and other groups will gather in the Sovereign Way car parks, close to the Tonbridge Farmers' Market and then proceed from Avenue du Puy at 12.30 p.m.'

Tonbridge Daily Snippet

In 1903 Ernest Upton took over as the pharmacist at no. 25 Quarry Hill Road.  Amongst the services he offered was 'putting down' domestic pets by using a sealed gassing chamber, pulling teeth and dispensing his predecessor's digestive mixture made of peppermint and distilled water, which was the best seller to Tonbridge residents.

Tonbridge Daily Snippet

The towns first technical Institute was opened in 1891 at No.1 Salford Terrace with 112 students all over the age of 14 years.

Salford Terrace

It was in this year financial grants became available to local authorities for the development of technical education. A one year lease was taken by the Tonbridge Board on 1 Salford Terrace, and the first technical school was born in the town.  Here young people learned a trade in woodcarving, typing, carpentry, technical drawing, cooking, book-keeping, science and art.  Its success was evident from annual lists of achievements published in the local press.

Salford Terrace, on Quarry Hill Road, is the row of buildings from Skinners Row to the pharmacy, close to St Stephens Church.  At the end of the 19th century the terrace of town houses was occupied by a physician, surgeon and dentist, a music teacher and draper. Gone are the fancy iron railings, grand front doors, stained glass windows and stonework that have now been replaced with the shop frontages one finds in place today.

The Technical Institute would have been sited on the corner of Skinners Row and Arcadia.