Bull Farm fire (1934)

Post date: Aug 22, 2020 3:20:19 PM

Extract from Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald - Saturday 29 September 1934

A row of 20 hop-pickers' huts at Bull Farm, Mereworth, was destroyed by fire on Friday. Maidstone fire brigade saved another row of 24 close by. At the time that the outbreak was discovered the pickers were about to leave and their goods and chattels were stacked outside ready for removal.