Comments on: In The Orchards Of Kent https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/04/11/in-the-orchards-of-kent-iiii/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:47:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/04/11/in-the-orchards-of-kent-iiii/#comment-2003981 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:47:33 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206585#comment-2003981 What a wonderful sight. I don’t recall the Cherry trees, but my older brother was a Climber, and would sometimes take me to Harrison’s Rocks in Kent trying to teach me to climb. I remember we’d get the train to either Groombridge or Eridge, and then walk across the Hop fields up to the Rocks. I’m sad to say he never made a climber of me, and I’m still wobbly just on the 2nd step of a ladder!

]]> By: Christine Dalton https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/04/11/in-the-orchards-of-kent-iiii/#comment-2002973 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:32:49 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206585#comment-2002973 Such a shame on the last comment tht they will be replaced by vines!
When I see blossom you can’t help smiling

]]> By: Eve https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/04/11/in-the-orchards-of-kent-iiii/#comment-2002963 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:11:06 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206585#comment-2002963 I love to see the blossom trees emerge in Springtime, so pretty – especially in London’s busy city streets – the sight transports one’s thoughts instantly like a breath of fresh air to healthy greener pastures.

]]> By: JerryW https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/04/11/in-the-orchards-of-kent-iiii/#comment-2002891 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:49:20 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206585#comment-2002891 I used to be surrounded by such trees, where I live in rural Kent. Mostly, they had replaced the earlier hop gardens, leaving only oasthouses behind.
Now they are themselves going, to be replaced by extensive vineyards as the climate becomes steadily more welcoming. So the world turns!

]]> By: ANDY STROWMAN https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/04/11/in-the-orchards-of-kent-iiii/#comment-2002816 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:15:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206585#comment-2002816 Sweet .

Reminds me of my days at Oaklands College as a student in Hertfordshire.

We had rows like that in triage .

Cox’s Orange Pippin , Egremont Russet , Worcester Permian .

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