My debt to the man who was ‘Mr Ashford’

First published in Kentish Express This week’s Express Cuttings looks back at a piece published in Tuesday Express, a forerunner to the Ashford Extra, on December 3, 1974, and describes both the enthusiasm and reservations of 16-year-old Howard Turner surrounding the Changing Face of Ashford. Many local people will remember Mr Turner’s late father...

Ashford’s links with America

First published in Your Ashford The US election may seem a long way from Ashford, but the town’s links with the country date back 30 years before the Pilgrim Fathers and the Mayflower. The town of Hopewell in Virginia, our twin town, is named after the ship captained by Frances Epes who was bom...

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