Property News · February 25, 2012

Let's move to Sandwich, Kent


A living period drama set stuck out on the end of nowhere? Magnificent!What’s going for it? I had rather a row with Mrs D in Sandwich (about a crab sandwich, can you believe it?), so the place has soured somewhat for me. But the very reason remains as to why we were there in the first place: Sandwich’s general magnificence. If I said the place was like a living period drama set, you’d (quite rightly) want to run for the hills. But don’t. True, its small plot is stuffed tight with curling lanes and historic walls and evocative corners where, for instance, Thomas Paine ate his daily breakfast. Yet, despite regular appearances in guidebooks, people seem to ignore it. It’s not peppered with cutesy candle shops. It’s not the new Whitstable. It’s not even that rammed with tourists. What was once a dirty old port, shoved by nature and silt into premature retirement around the 16th century, is stuck out on the end of nowhere, for you and me to enjoy. This is a place where the tide has gone out. The best things about Sandwich? The silence that descends after St Peter’s 8pm curfew bell. And it has a neighbouring hamlet called Ham.The case against Permanently Sunday morning. The local economy’s been awfully hit by Pfizer’s retreat. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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