Hello, my name is Lucy Stamp, full-time mum of twins and part-time marketeer. I moved to Chislehurst a year and a half ago, after falling in love with the area. Having grown up in the Wiltshire countryside mixed with the yearning for city life and a ‘high-flying’...
Before you have children, there are lots of things you say you will never let them do – you’ll never let them throw food in a restaurant or ride a scooter in the supermarket; you’ll never use bribery to defuse a toddler tantrum or let them eat chips for lunch; you’ll...
Don Drage is Chislehurst born and bred with an extraordinary, lifelong association with one particular road. Now in his seventies, he remains heavily involved in community life and is busier than ever. Read in his own words, Don’s memories of the home town he has...
My name is Christopher Bennett. I’m a British-Greek freelance illustrator who moved to Chislehurst a little more than a year ago, with a newly-gained BA Honours Degree in Illustration from the University of Derby. I have developed a technique that incorporates...
Chislehurst has been the place I call home for nearly 30 years. I have so many memories all based here, from feeding the ducks at the pond, working in a local care home in my teenage years, enjoying social times in the wonderful restaurants and pubs, walking down to...
Having grown up in Orpington, just a few miles down the road, this was the extent of my knowledge of Chislehurst back in 1998: “Call when the train goes through Chislehurst, and I’ll come and pick you up from the station.” As far as I was concerned, Chislehurst was...
