Thursday, September 8, 2011

'ave ye sin that book: Kentish As She Wus Spoke?

I've just had a really nice conversation with an Australian family who were over here and came to specifically see me can you believe that?! The mum was born and brought up in Tonbridge and had been over in Oz for twenty odd years. She paid me a great compliment by saying that this blog was what had kept her in touch with her home town in recent years more than anything else. Bless her. Her husband was originally from Tunbridge Wells but we can't blame him for that! She reminisced about her days at Slade School in the 1960s when they could smell the cattle and livestock as they were traded on the market right next door to the school. Them were the days eh! Then we had a natter about how their accents had changed over the time they'd spent away and yet her friends in Oz still pick her up on her strange choice of words. The book she bought? Why Kentish As She Wus Spoke of course! They'll be taking it back to educate those Aussie friends of there's!...

2 comments:

lovelydebisimpson said...

Hi I am having problems with knowing where to click to contact you.. so its going to happen in the comments section....I run an organisation called Fun-dRaisers, a collective on Tonbridge based people who are organising all sorts of events in the Tonbridge area to raise money for a variety of different charities and causes whilst having fun themselves. We are hosting a Good As New adults Clothes Sale all very reasonably priced - everything £5 or less - at the Scouts Hut, Lamberts Yard, just off of the High Street in Tonbridge on Saturday 10th September 2011 Doors open 10.30am Entrance 50p profits raised to be donated to the Royal Bromptons Childrens Cardiac Centre. We will be selling refreshments and holding a small raffle on the day. We would love it if you could let people know for us. Our blog is fun-draisers.blogspot.com/
We can be contacted at Fun-dRaisers@yahoo.co.uk or on 07874 877027 .. we would love to hear from you xxx

Tonbridge blogger said...

I think you just did it!