MISS MOLLETT'S - Key Persons

Jessie Blanche Mollett was born in Richmond, Surrey on 13th November, 1881. She eventually moved to Rye where she opened an antique shop She later moved to Appledore in the 1920s to the property now known as Old Way Cottage where she lived until her death on 28th February, 1970 at the age of 88. During her time in the village she bought several properties and opened the tea room and guest house pictured. This thrived until the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 when she gave up the business. She is buried in Appledore Churchyard nearby.