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The church centre

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St. James' Church Hall (Just around the corner from the church, in Garlinge).

St. James' Vicarage
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Views of the Church not normally seen!

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The bell at St. James'. The way up to this is a little precarious! Note the rather ancient metal ladder some 15 feet long.

Views of what lies beneath St. James! To the left is the old original fireplace used for "central heating"! To the right is where the warm air 'wafted' through to warm the congregation!
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Views of the Church & buildings in days past!

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The church viewed from the southwest in 1909. The Canterbury road rather
quieter then, than now!

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Same view a few years later.
Traffic appears on the road
and whatever happened to
that neatly trimmed hedge?

And a view today! The
road much wider and
the hedge long gone. Note
that the old flint wall on the
right of the picture is still
there!
This picture was taken
using the inbuilt camera
on the 'Web Editor's'
mobile phone! A far cry from the old 'pinhole'
and 'box brownies' of
old times!

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The church viewed from
the old Garlinge farm.
Date unknown, certainly
a long time ago!
The original vicarage can be seen just to the right of the church.

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The original vicarage in 1967 just before it was sold prior to demolition.

Photo thanks to Anne Burns.

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The Old School in
Garlinge many years before
it became St. James' church
'Old School Hall'.