Tailer's Family - journeying!
Project: Kent - Rochester
No. 2 - 5:- Exploring Rochester - High Street
City of Great Expectations - Charles Dickens..
High Street
Johnstones Tool Specialists
We are a traditional UK family run Tool Shop in Medway Kent, formerly known as Alan G Smith (Gravesend) Ltd, centred in the heart of historic Rochester High Street.
We cover a wide range of products and between us have more than seventy years of experience so come and visit us and be transported back in time, we are always happy to help, and with over 26,000 lines we are sure to have something to interest you, including DIY and Woodworking HandTools, with well known suppliers Stanley and Ceka among them, also a range mini pliers ideal for jewellery making and working on electronics.
We have been a centre of excellence for Swiss Army Knives and Multi tools for three years and a long-standing member of the British Hardware Association. We deal with many big name brands, including Bosch, Dewalt, and Black & Decker power tools and accessories and some lesser known brands such as Einhell and Ryobi .Proxxon, which specialise in electric tools and accessories designed for the model making enthusiast.
We also stock a wide range of hardware and ironmongory , fixtures and fittings such as door furniture including Brass, Chrome, and Wrought Iron.We are also suppliers of a wide range of wood finishing and metal polishing products, so you see there are lots of reasons to pay us a visit, we look forward to greeting you!!!! www.johnstonestools.co.uk/
High Street, is also part of part of Watling Street.
Watling Street is the name given to an ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Celts mainly between the modern cities of Canterbury and St Albans. The Romans later paved the route, part of which is identified on the Antonine Itinerary as Iter III: "Item a Londinio ad portum Dubris" - from London to the port of Dover. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon Wæcelinga Stræt, which has come to be understood as the A2 road from Dover to London, and then the A5 road from London to Wroxeter. Originally the word "street" simply meant a paved road (Latin: "via strata"), and did not have the modern association with populated areas. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watling_Street
the Roman road from London to Kent coast. Countless travellers have passed this way since Roman times, because it remained the main highway to the Continent until the 20th Century. The High Street formed part of the A2 trunk route up to 1980.
Rochester was an important centre even before the Romans settled here soon after 43A.D. Their encampment developed into a walled town called Durobrivae, which means 'The stronghold by the bridge.' Long stretches of the remaining medieval city wall follow the line of these earliest Roman defences. One part visible from the High Street has survived to its full height, complete with battlements, because it once formed part of the 19th century building - now demolished - which housed Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School.
A Walk around thye City of Rochester
To see Large:-
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Taken on
July 18, 2007 at 12:22 BST
Project: Kent - Rochester
No. 2 - 5:- Exploring Rochester - High Street
City of Great Expectations - Charles Dickens..
High Street
Johnstones Tool Specialists
We are a traditional UK family run Tool Shop in Medway Kent, formerly known as Alan G Smith (Gravesend) Ltd, centred in the heart of historic Rochester High Street.
We cover a wide range of products and between us have more than seventy years of experience so come and visit us and be transported back in time, we are always happy to help, and with over 26,000 lines we are sure to have something to interest you, including DIY and Woodworking HandTools, with well known suppliers Stanley and Ceka among them, also a range mini pliers ideal for jewellery making and working on electronics.
We have been a centre of excellence for Swiss Army Knives and Multi tools for three years and a long-standing member of the British Hardware Association. We deal with many big name brands, including Bosch, Dewalt, and Black & Decker power tools and accessories and some lesser known brands such as Einhell and Ryobi .Proxxon, which specialise in electric tools and accessories designed for the model making enthusiast.
We also stock a wide range of hardware and ironmongory , fixtures and fittings such as door furniture including Brass, Chrome, and Wrought Iron.We are also suppliers of a wide range of wood finishing and metal polishing products, so you see there are lots of reasons to pay us a visit, we look forward to greeting you!!!! www.johnstonestools.co.uk/
High Street, is also part of part of Watling Street.
Watling Street is the name given to an ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Celts mainly between the modern cities of Canterbury and St Albans. The Romans later paved the route, part of which is identified on the Antonine Itinerary as Iter III: "Item a Londinio ad portum Dubris" - from London to the port of Dover. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon Wæcelinga Stræt, which has come to be understood as the A2 road from Dover to London, and then the A5 road from London to Wroxeter. Originally the word "street" simply meant a paved road (Latin: "via strata"), and did not have the modern association with populated areas. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watling_Street
the Roman road from London to Kent coast. Countless travellers have passed this way since Roman times, because it remained the main highway to the Continent until the 20th Century. The High Street formed part of the A2 trunk route up to 1980.
Rochester was an important centre even before the Romans settled here soon after 43A.D. Their encampment developed into a walled town called Durobrivae, which means 'The stronghold by the bridge.' Long stretches of the remaining medieval city wall follow the line of these earliest Roman defences. One part visible from the High Street has survived to its full height, complete with battlements, because it once formed part of the 19th century building - now demolished - which housed Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School.
A Walk around thye City of Rochester
To see Large:-
farm4.static.flickr.com/3359/3641308851_25407595a5_b.jpg
Taken on
July 18, 2007 at 12:22 BST