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The Century was situated on School Lane.

Source: Colin Winn

I was born in Durham close, Shepway, Maidstone in 1952, very close to the site of the pub. It was my parents first and only home up until the death of my widowed mother in Sept 2013, They moved in very soon after its construction with my older brother in late 1950. When I was small school lane was a single track road with earth banks on the south side. The site where the pub was built was a wooden construction general store and newsagents run by the Munn family. After a few years this was replaced by a brick-built store. This was later sold and was converted into a pub and off licence around 1961. The Munns opened a purpose built shop at the top end of Willington street.

Derek Parket (February 2025)

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