Town Talk
Local news for Snodland and Halling
Eva, 101, records her lifetime of memories
A FORMERSnodland residentwho is 101 years old wants to share the memories of her life with readers of Town Talk. King George Vwas on the throne
Izzy groomed
for show fame A 10-YEAR-OLD Snodland girl and her pet have won a major prize at Crufts dog show. Izzy King of Charles Close and
Lola, her Tibetan Terrier, qualified for Crufts as young groomer of the year in November at Discover Dogs, run by the Kennel Club. She had to complete a full groom in front of the judges. Al- though she has been going to shows since she was six it was her first grooming competition. Her mother Lucy has seven
dogs and has been showing for many years. Izzy has a Chihuahua which is due to have puppies soon.
when EvaMay Keeley was born on August 7, 1914, at the outbreak of WWI, the youngest of 10 children. Eva, who now lives at Nevill
Court,West Malling, said: "Imetmy husband, Gilbert, at a dance in our village, Halling. I was about 15 years old and I went with my sister, Hilda, who was five years older than me and who met her future husband, Jack, at the same time. "In time we both married; Hilda
had two girls, Jean and Hazel. We had a son, Brian, and 21 years after we had a daughter, Gillian. "We had a house in Snodland
near the station opposite the church [Church Terrace]. We had lovely neighbours and we were very happy and friendly." Eva lived in Snodland during the
war with Brian. Gilbert joined the RAF and was away for three years. She remembers the barrage bal- loons, which were a defence against low-flying aircraft and
blacking out the windows at night. "There were big guns at Burham,
just across the river from us, and they were very noisy when there was an air raid on," she wrote. "We had food rationed and it was a job to make it go round sometimes. "We had lots of raids – very fright- ening. A bomb dropped very close to us on the gas works. Our windows were blown out and we were sleeping in the Morri-
son shelter in our living room. There was another bomb near at Malling Road. A little girl lost her life. I'm not sure if anyone else was killed." After the war the family moved to
a club in Gravesend where Gilbert and Eva were steward and stew- ardess. They later moved back to
Snodland as steward and stew- ardess at Snodland WorkingMens Club in Holborough Road. The club was on the opposite
side of the road to the present building, which was then the Co- op. Eva remembers there was a li- brary in front of the building where the ladies were allowed, as they could not go in the club. The men would go into the club
and buy the ladies a drink which they would take to them in the li- brary. "We had lots of regular cus- tomers and a lot of the men played bowls at the local bowling club," Eva continued. "It opened six days a week at first and later we had to work seven days. "When our daughter was five
years old we moved to East Malling." Eva says she is very happy at
Nevill Place. She is looked after by carers and has visits from her daughter, nieces and nephews. She closed her story with the words: "I am now 101 years old. No more stories to tell. It is Easter 2016. From Eva."
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