Comments on: In The Cherry Orchards Of Kent https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/04/21/in-the-cherry-orchards-of-kent/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 21 Apr 2016 19:58:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: JM Parham https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/04/21/in-the-cherry-orchards-of-kent/#comment-1086216 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 19:58:50 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145079#comment-1086216 Recall picking cherries in Kent back in the ’80s. One of the orchards I worked in the trees were so tall we had to use special iron reinforced ladders over 60 feet high that took two men to get up into the trees, then you’d have to ‘walk’ them round, and most of the cherries were at the top. It was crazy, with lots of kids running round shouting and dragging bits of corrugated iron on the ground which they’d beat with sticks to scare off the birds, and blanks being fired by canons powered with calor gas. I guess the trees are grown smaller these days and covered with netting when the fruit appears to keep out the birds.

Nice pics,

best wishes.

John of Whitechapel

]]> By: Jill https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/04/21/in-the-cherry-orchards-of-kent/#comment-1086202 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 18:27:43 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145079#comment-1086202 Lovely pictures evoking home thoughts from Bermuda. My grandparents lived outside Sittingbourne and I have vivid memories of the cherry orchards and, unfortunately, their grubbing out. It’s so good to see that the varieties are still preserved. Thanks, GA!

]]> By: belle https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/04/21/in-the-cherry-orchards-of-kent/#comment-1086143 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 13:11:23 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145079#comment-1086143 intoxicating!

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/04/21/in-the-cherry-orchards-of-kent/#comment-1086139 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 12:43:20 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145079#comment-1086139 Overwhelming — and the right theme to the 90th birthday of HRH Queen Elizabeth II !

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/04/21/in-the-cherry-orchards-of-kent/#comment-1086133 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:59:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145079#comment-1086133 Gorgeous, pics, GA – and such a variety of colors. Thanks for the trip….

]]> By: Caroline Bottomley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/04/21/in-the-cherry-orchards-of-kent/#comment-1086097 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 06:34:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145079#comment-1086097 Lovely!
Blossom not out in our NW London garden yet – but budding!

]]> By: Jeanette https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/04/21/in-the-cherry-orchards-of-kent/#comment-1086090 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 05:59:39 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=145079#comment-1086090 So pretty to look ar now but all those big fat juicy cherries still to comr. Yum! Living in Kent is good sometimes.

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