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New Rents, Ashford in 1975
Taken on the corner of Apsley Street showing Kingsmans bakery closed and awaiting demolition along with the Lewis and Hyland building further along New Rents.
Image: © John Baker
Taken: Unknown
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Argos, 13-15, New Rents
Notices in the windows show the store is closed and the business has moved to Sainsbury’s Bybrook.
Image: © John Baker
Taken: 14 Oct 2019
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5, New Rents
The premises, with the Stafford Perkins to let board in the window, used to be Pet Essentials.
Image: © John Baker
Taken: 14 Oct 2019
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Colourful shrubs in Forge lane
Forge Lane is part of the ring road.
The shopping street in the picture is New Street.
Image: © Richard Dorrell
Taken: 30 Jul 2009
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Gilbert Road, Ashford
Gilbert Road leads off New Rents in the western part of the town centre.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 18 Mar 2010
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Public toilets, Forge Lane, New Rents
These toilets are open Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 5.30 pm but are closed on Sundays. There are facilities for those who are disabled.
Image: © John Baker
Taken: 16 Dec 2014
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Ashford, Kent
'Geerings Passage' actually has no known name but was the passage from Park Street through to the High Street, beside Geerings stationery emporium... on the right, which has now become something else. The Geerings family ran the Kent Messenger newspaper among other things.
Image: © Iain Crump
Taken: 27 Aug 2007
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Upper High Street Ashford, 1975
The arch to the right of John Farmer led to what was known at the time as The Tufton Centre. Further up the street on the right, on the corner of Castle Street stood The Castle Inn (in this view painted a reddish colour) while to its left and further up New Rents stood Lewis and Hyland's premises which were demolished in 1975.
Image: © John Baker
Taken: Unknown
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New Rents, Ashford
New Rents is effectively a western extension of High Street. A branch of Totesport is trying to draw in punters to bet on the Cheltenham Festival.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 18 Mar 2010
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The former Castle Hotel, Ashford
Eighteenth century former hotel http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-179887-castle-hotel-kent#.VzMcW0fkoeU
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 5 Jul 2013
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