Whitstable People: Ritchie Harnett
House prices are driving people away.
People on Island Wall, Nelson Road and the adjoining streets, will have noticed that they have a new postman.
This is because their old postman, Ritchie Harnett, has moved to Grimsby.
There’s been a lot of talk about house prices in the paper recently. Ritchie’s move is the perfect illustration of that.
He has a growing family to care for and needed more space. He simply couldn’t afford to get a bigger house in the town on his income.
His family have lived in Whitstable for generations. He was born and brought up here. He went to school here. His relatives are here. His roots are here. Everything he has ever known is in this town.
On the other hand, most of his contemporaries have long since moved away. They too, like him, couldn’t afford to live in Whitstable any longer.
It’s…
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