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Rainham Community Award Winners 2025
The Rainham Community Awards presentation took place at St Margaret's Church on 13th September...
Fairyland Club Wigmore Gillingham Kent
Fairylands Club Wigmore Gillingham Kent
Rainham Historical Society 10th Anniversary 1988
These photos were taken in 1988 to mark the 10th anniversary of Rainham Historical Society by...
Fairview Avenue Pre-Fabs
After the Second World War in 1946 my parents along with many others were given a prefab to live...
Rainham Church School Football Team 1958
Rainham Church School Football Team 1958
Rainham's Confusing Buildings - Vicarage, Parsonage and Church House
The buildings associated with the church in Rainham can be rather confusing as there seem to be...
Rainham Photos on Glass Plate Negatives from 1910
This photo of Rainham High Street might be familiar as it has been used in the Old Photos of...
Memories of First Howard School Intake - September 1975
I was part of the original intake of pupils to the 'new' Howard School in September 1975.
Howard School 50th Anniversary - School Reports Summer 1976
Howard School reports Summer 1976
Action Forum - September 2025
Cover is a photo of Rainham High Street around 1910 showing one of the first trams outside the...
Sittingbourne A2 Canterbury Road around 1910 in Old Photos
Old Photo of Sittingbourne A2 Canterbury Road around 1910
The Grand Picture Variety Theatre/Cinema Jeffrey Street/Skinner Street Gillingham Old Photos
Much of this area has changed beyond recognition in the last 100 years with the Grand Cinema/Grand...
Old Photos of Green Street/Lynsted Teynham Around 1910
The glass plates included views of Rainham as well as other parts of Kent which is where these...
Action Forum - August 2025
Cover picture is a sketch of the Rainham Oast Community Centre as it was in the late 1960s before...
Cozenton Park Rainham Kiddies Funfair July 2025
Cozenton Park Rainham Kiddies Funfair July 2025
Levan Strice Woods, Local Nature Reserve, Wigmore, Rainham Kent
Did you know there is a secret, hidden nature reserve in the heart of Wigmore called Levan Strice
Bluebirds Majorettes Hempstead Kent 1970s
The Bluebirds Majorettes were based in Hempstead Kent 1970s and organised by Mrs Tutt who lived at...
Action Forum -July 2025
Cover picture is of a restored Short Scion Floatplane G-AEZF
Action Forum -June 2025
Cover picture is of the centre of Rainham around 1987 showing an unknown street cleaner (now...
Original Rainham Fire Station - Webster Road
The Rainham Fire station was originally in Webster Road.
The Colour Shop, High Street, Rainham Kent
The Colour Shop was located on Rainham High Street. The photo below shows its closing down sale in...
Action Forum -May 2025
Cover picture is of Three Mariners Pub in the 1950s
Conningsby House Rainham High Street
The cover of Action Forum recently featured a view of Rainham High Street in 1963, which shows a...
Mattocks Sweet Shop Confectionery Store Rainham Kent
Originally 89-91 High Street was rented out to Mattocks Sweet shop
E&E Blacker Sweet Shop Rainham Kent (Shop keepers Mary Lane, Parker, Murray)
E&E Blacker Sweet Shop Rainham Kent (Shop keepers Mary Lane, Parker, Murray) photo showing E&E...
Rainham Spectacular - Cozenton Park 1973
These fantastic photos from the 1973 Rainham Spectacular were taken by Stephen Hales.
Action Forum -April 2025
Cover picture is of Cozenton Park during the 1973 Rainham Spectacular
Gibraltar Gun Emplacement - Elm Court Hempstead Kent (World War II)
Elm court during the Second World War was called Gibraltar Gun Emplacement.
Motney Hill Sewage Treatment Works Rebuilding Open Day 1950s
These photos were taken after the Motney Hill Sewage/Wastewater treatment works was extended and...
Rainham's Goldfinger Route By Terry Crowdy
‘Goldfinger’ - the most iconic 007 movie, certainly of the Sean Connery era.
Motney Hill Sewage Treatment Works - Aerial View 1950s
This aerial photo of Motney Hill Sewage (Waste Water) treatment works was taken in the 1950s after...
Action Forum -March 2025
Action Forum March 2025. Cover picture is of Gibraltar Gun Emplacement in Hempstead, now Elm Court...
Old Photos of School Avenue Gillingham 1966
These photos of School Avenue Gillingham were taken in November 1966
Old Hempstead - Sketches by Ted Quy
These Hempstead sketches were drawn from memory by Ted Quy
Mierscourt Road/Cherry Tree Road/Shelden Drive 1990
These photos of Mierscourt Road, Shelden Drive and Cherry Tree Road were taken in 1990/1991
Old Photos of Three Mariners Pub Rainham Kent
The Three Mariners pub is located on Lower Rainham Road. This photo was taken in approx 1950.
History of Rainham Shopping Centre
Plans for Rainham Shopping Centre were developed during the 1960s as part of a grand plan to...
The Rainham We Lost by Freddie Cooper (Part 3 - July 1999)
The Cozenton name is though to have derived from the personal name of ‘CUSA’. the farmstead of...
Church School Demolition 1977 (Station Road now Rainham Shopping Centre)
Demolition of Church School Station Road Rainham Kent 1977. Photos from Fred Moore
The Former Wakeley Brickworks in Poot Lane Upchurch
During the second part of the 19th century brickfields and small brickworks sprung up along the...
The Wakeley Family Influence on Upchurch
The Wakeley family began farming at Westmoor Farm in Rainham during the 18th century. They became...
Apprentice Indenture - George William Kingston to William Henry Wood Haberdasher
George William Kingston Indenture 1851 Haberdasher William Henry Wood
Rotunda Amusements Folkestone Seafront - Advert 1993
This advert for Rotunda Amusement Park on Folkestone Seafront was published in 1993
Rainham's Coronation Clock
History of Rainham's Coronation Clock
Rainham Station Rebuilding 1971
Anyone going to catch a train from Rainham station is likely to get covered in mud before their...
THE RAINHAM WE LOST (Part 1-May 1999)
This month we begin a five-part series prepared for us by Freddie Cooper on Cozenton Farm
Wigmore DIY Shop/Shell Sherlodge Petrol Station Hoath Lane Rainham Kent
The shop next to Wigmore DIY on Hoath Lane was Armitage Television, Sherlodge Garage in the...
Appletree Court Rainham McCarthy & Stone Retirement Housing
McCarthy & Stone Retirement Housing development called Appletree Court was built in High Street,...
Rainham Healthy Living Centre Construction - History Photos
The Rainham Healthy Living centre was built on the site of the old Co-op Store and former Church...
Action Forum -Jan/Feb 2025
Cover picture is of Rainham High Street in 1963
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