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Pumpkin Man

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:57:31 +0100

Autumn is well and truly here, the colours have, and still are, fantastic, evenings are drawing in and halloween is looming.
When I saw this pattern for Jack O' Lantern, (fondly known by us as 'Pumpkin Man') I had to make him. His big fat smiling face would cheer any gloomy day.
Christmas will be upon us before we know it, do come back and see what we have for Christmas characters.

New additions

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:32:24 +0100

The 2011 Kemsing Calendar and Kemsing Christmas Cards are available in the Shop now and take a look at the Picture of the Week.

Albert & Mabel

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:02:17 +0100

As summer draws to a close I wanted to just slot in Albert and Mabel. Memories of holidays and hay days these two lovely Victorian characters bring a smile.
We hope you had a good Summer and lets hope a lovely colourful Autumn follows.

Postman

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:24:41 +0100

For more years than I can remember I have knitted.Taught by my Mum at an early age, I have tried my hand at most things.
As knitted garments went out of fashion I started to knit character dolls and toys, most of the patterns I use are either Jean Greenhowe or Alan Dart.
The one I knitted for Kemsing Post Office is the Hedgehog Postman and he is permanently on display. There are many more characters I would like to share with you so do come back and look for character updates.

COASTERS

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:06:51 +0100

I have added a Notelet and Coaster page today.

Otford Cards

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:09:59 +0100

A bit delayed but they are in the shop now

Additions

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:33:30 +0100

I have added a bespoke card page today.
This is all about the customisation card service we provide.
Your image and messages to a card.

have a look at the samples

john

site update

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:08:48 +0100

I have added a link on the home page for a Picture of the week.
Just a bit of fun, and interesting to.

Tomorrow I will be adding some Otford cards to the site.

john

A Real Character

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:52:24 +0100

Margaret Douglas-Graham 20.08.1933 - 04.05.2006

There are many in the village who knew Miss Graham (as she liked to be called!!)
We only knew her for a few years but in that time built quite a rapport with her.
A very independent lady, the one thing she loved was animals, especially cats. Her one dread was leaving her cat with nobody to care for it.
We could go on forever about Margaret, a real character and we all miss her striding through the village wielding her stick.
Margaret is buried in the the churchyard of St Marys Church.

Information on Kemsing Post Office

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:27:57 +0100

My First Blog

I am completely new to this so I am going to start by giving a bit of history about our Post Office.

Kemsing Post Office has been about for a long time, as far as we know, it probably was in existence before 1900. It came to its present location, 1 St Ediths Road, Kemsing, in 1939. It must have been really strange as there was no counter as such, you stood outside and were served through the window. It was in an extension on the side of the house but it is now in what was the main living room of the house. The part of the extension that was the Post Office is now Carols, a hairdresser, the other half is our kitchen. The house is really nice, it was built as part of a pair in 1745.

Thats part 1, I will add more each day if I get the time.