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Oast Rainham History Talk - 25 March 2019
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Wigmore Estate Plans 1911
464 hits17 March 2019These maps show the layout of the Wigmore Estate being sold in 1911 -
The Oast Rainham - Midsummer Kent Beer Festival 2019
1239 hits14 March 2019The Oast Rainham - Kent Beer and Music Festival on 21/22 June 2019 -
Camp School Maidstone Road 1955/57
502 hits06 February 2019These Camp School photos from 1955-57 were kindly sent in by John Clements -
Excalibur Nightclub - Gillingham - King Charles Hotel
975 hits30 December 2018Originally built in 1948 as a NAAFI (navy army airforce institute) club, the building co... -
Action Forum - November 2018
268 hits29 December 2018Action Forum magazine from November 2018.Cover photo of Rainham War Memorial in 1920 -
Action Forum - October 2018
160 hits28 December 2018Action Forum magazine from October 2018.Cover photo of Hempstead Valley Shopping centre... -
Action Forum - September 2018
167 hits27 December 2018Action Forum magazine from August 2018.Cover photo of Howard School. Article inside abo... -
Action Forum - August 2018
141 hits26 December 2018Action Forum magazine from August 2018.Cover photo of Howard School. Article inside abo... -
Life in Rainham Kent in 1968
1352 hits23 November 2018The year began with a serious flu epidemic that affected thousands of people in the Medw... -
Action Forum - May 2018
244 hits22 November 2018Action Forum magazine from May 2018. Cover photo of Memorial to British Aviation at Eas... -
Old Road Maps of Rainham & Kent Motorways 1964
1529 hits20 November 2018These maps show the Kent motorway network in 1964 with M2 and A20(M) Maidstone Bypass wh... -
Gillingham Northern Relief Road A289 & Medway Tunnel
21974 hits20 November 2018Gillingham Northern Relief Road/Wainscott Bypass Kent and Medway Tunnel Photos for A289 ... -
Action Forum - April 2018
333 hits19 November 2018Cover photo of Hempstead United Football Club in 1970 Back row: Terry Marks, Martin A... -
Action Forum - March 2018
251 hits18 November 2018Cover photo of Lidsing chapel demolished in 1885 in Action Forum March 2018 -
Action Forum - July 2018
256 hits04 November 2018Photo of Camp school football team 1956-57 in Action Forum July 2018 -
Action Forum - January 2018
178 hits04 November 2018Cover photo of Rainham Ladies Civil Defence Football club 1944 in Action Forum Jan 2018 -
Savacentre/Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre 40th Anniversary
1244 hits21 October 20182018 marks the 40th anniversary of the opening of Hempstead Valley shopping centre often... -
Rainham Maps of 1869 & 1931 Compared to 2018 Planned Developments
1191 hits07 October 2018Maps of Rainham from 1869, 1931 and 2018 showing the massive increase in population and ... -
Rainham Spectacular 1972 - Recognise the Faces?
3945 hits23 September 2018These photos were taken in the mid 1970s at the Rainham Spectacular - do you recognise y... -
Gooding / Mudge Family - Rainham Hop pickers 1926
1483 hits02 September 2018Rainham hop pickers 1926. Great Grannie Mudge is the lady in the centre. She lived in So... -
Fred Packham Rainham Haulier - F.Packham Haulage Company
606 hits29 July 2018Mr Fred Packham was a local Rainham haulier running a haulage company in the 1930 -
Old Photos of Station Road Rainham Kent
8642 hits16 June 2018Old Photos of Station Road Rainham Kent taken over the last 100 years -
How Rainham Kent Street Names have changed over the years
16191 hits04 June 2018How Rainham Kent Street Names have changed over the years. Names of roads are now differ... -
Hidden Old Shop Signs in Rainham
1975 hits03 June 2018The recent discovery of an old hidden shop sign when Computacabs office was being conver... -
A Trip Down Memory Lane - As an 8 year old in Rainham in 1955
14080 hits02 June 2018A Trip Down Memory Lane by Colin Macgregor I lived in Quinnell Street in Rainham in 195... -
Oast Community Centre 1980s (RWCA)
1757 hits28 May 2018The Oast was purchased in 1970 for use as a Community Centre by RWCA (Rainham and Wigmor... -
H Wells General Stores - Grocery Shop in Rainham
1880 hits27 May 2018H Wells Grocery Shop Rainham on Corner of Wakeley / Station Road RAINHAM -
Explore Your Streets - Medway Archives
817 hits27 May 2018Explore Your Streets, Chatham High Street, 1945 - 1990 -
Rainham Kent Brickfields 1881 - Horace Smith
3210 hits29 April 2018My great-great grandfather Horace Smith was a timekeeper at a brick field in Rainham. In... -
High Street Rainham Barclays Bank
4282 hits29 April 2018These shots of Rainham High Street show how it has changed over the years between 1930 a... -
Rochester Sweeps Festival 5/6/7 May 2018 - Event Programme
678 hits20 April 2018The festival celebrates the traditional holiday chimney sweeps enjoyed on the 1 May each... -
Gordon House Hotel Beer Festival 2018
360 hits20 April 2018The Gordon Hotel in Rochester holds an annual Beer festival during the Sweeps festival w... -
Action Forum - May 1981
1484 hits14 April 2018Cover promoting the 10th Rainham Spectacular in May 1981 showing Bamptons Estate agents ... -
Herbert Road Coronation Street Party 1953
1758 hits07 March 2018Herbert Road Street Party in June 1953 for Elizabeth R 1953 Coronation -
History Talk - Medway Breweries and Old Pubs - 20/4/2018
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Old Aerial Photos of Rainham from 1930 & 1990
2986 hits22 February 2018These old Aerial Photos of Rainham are from 1930 & 1990 and show the development and cha... -
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Joe Ennis - Rides from Rainham
1569 hits14 January 2018Joe Ennis has written for Action Forum for many years with a series of articles about th... -
Action Forum - December 2017
734 hits28 December 2017Cover photo of a tableau from the Nativity play c1947 in St Margarets Hall Orchard Stree... -
Action Forum - November 2017
642 hits26 December 2017Cover photo of the crowds at Rainham War memorial in November 2015 -
Tesco Extra Bowaters Rainham - When did Tesco Gillingham Open?
2206 hits20 December 2017Tesco Bowaters Rainham - When was the Opening Date? Big Tesco opened in 1994. Tesco Extr... -
Rainham Christmas Lights in the 1970s
2675 hits17 December 2017Rainham Christmas Lights in 1970s. Many shops had lights and decorations and the bracket... -
Rainham Community Centre Poster 1972
1298 hits03 December 2017The oast houses became available in 1970 and were purchased to be converted to a new com... -
Photos of Orchard Street Rainham - Then and Now
3046 hits14 November 2017Orchard Street runs from the A2 and connects with Thames Avenue, Broadview Ave and Arthu... -
Rainham Spectacular Programme 1977 - Glimpse into History!
1498 hits12 November 20171977 was the Queen's Silver Jubilee and the programme had a patriotic Jubilee theme to i... -
Miss Rainham 1981 - Kim Unger
2002 hits08 November 2017Kim Unger was crowned Miss Rainham in 1981. This photo was taken during the rather we... -
Action Forum - October 2017
688 hits06 November 2017Cover photo of West Moor Farm Moor Street Rainham where Fred Scott arranged the last bar... -
Rainham Pram Race 1981
2014 hits30 October 2017Photos of the annual Rainham Pram Race 1981 with Railway Hotel in background -
Oasthouse Local History Quiz - 11th November 2017
468 hits22 October 2017A Medway Towns Local History Quiz - 11th November 2017 -
University of Kent lectures in Medway - Nov/Dec 2017
432 hits17 October 2017University of Kent lectures in Medway - Nov/Dec 2017 -
The Railway Pub Football Team, Station Road Rainham
1684 hits15 October 2017The Railway Pub, Station Road, Rainham football team pictured on Boxing Day 1971 .Some n... -
Action Forum - September 2017
592 hits15 October 2017Action Forum magazine- published Sept 2017. Cover photo of Railway Pub Football team in... -
Rainham Spectacular Programme 1975
1183 hits14 October 2017Rainham Spectacular Programme from 1975 gives a great glimpse into life in Rainham and s... -
Action Forum - August 2017
1523 hits09 October 2017Action Forum magazine- published Aug 2017. Cover photo of White Horse Pub Rainham in ar... -
Action Forum - July 2017
704 hits01 October 2017Action Forum magazine- published July 2017. Cover photo of Aylesford priory - The Fri... -
Rainham Spectacular Fair at Cozenton Park 1972 - 1981
2851 hits01 October 2017Rainham Spectacular Fair at Cozenton Park during the 1970s was a fundraising event for t... -
Action Forum - June 2017
887 hits30 September 2017Action Forum magazine- published June 2017. Cover photo of Berengrave Lane in early... -
Platform Row Cottages Rainham (Wakeley Oast house/Station Road)
1474 hits24 September 2017There was a row of cottages alongside Wakeley's Oast which were demolished as part of th... -
Independent Rainham Photography Exhibition
1880 hits24 July 2017Independent Rainham Photography Exhibition until 31st July celebrating the independent s... -
Rainham Mark Grammar School RMGS Hovercraft 1987
1332 hits12 July 2017The Design & Technology department and A level students at Rainham Mark Grammar School b... -
Building of Charlotte Drive Estate off Marshall Road 1987
1921 hits11 July 2017Charlotte Drive off Marshall Road Rainham Kent was constructed by the demolition of 33 ... -
Rainham Kent Station Through the Years
2537 hits24 June 2017Photos showing Rainham Station from around 1895 to 1972 and 1987 -
The White Horse Pub Through the Years
2649 hits24 June 2017The White Horse pub is central to Rainham located on the A2 junction with Station Road a... -
Action Forum - May 2017
1107 hits08 June 2017Action Forum magazine May 2017- Cover photo of children of Bredhurst School dressed for ... -
Action Forum - April 2017
1243 hits15 May 2017Action Forum magazine April 2017- published Cover photo of Barclays Bank and the Church ... -
Rainham Historical Society Programme 2017
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Rochester Sweeps Festival 2017 Programme
1181 hits25 April 2017The festival celebrates the traditional holiday chimney sweeps enjoyed on the 1 May each... -
Photo of Locomotive 73088 BR Standard 4-6-0 at Rainham Station
1693 hits15 March 2017Locomotive No. 73088, one of 12 BR Standard 4-6-0 engines built in the 1950s which from ... -
Action Forum - March 2017
1237 hits13 March 2017Action Forum magazine- published march 2017. Cover photo of Loco No. 73088 pulling expre... -
Prince of Ales Micropub Anniversary Festival 10/11/12 March 2017
948 hits03 March 2017Back in March 2016 a brand new micropub opened in Rainham called the Prince of Ales -
Bredhurst School May Day 150th Anniversary
2767 hits28 February 2017Bredhurst School May Day 150th Anniversary -
Temperance Hotel Station Road Rainham
1684 hits26 February 2017The Temperance Hotel was located on Station Road in Rainham opposite the train station. ... -
National School in Station Road Rainham
1480 hits26 February 2017The National School (later C of E) at the top of Station Road had been built in 1846 -
Action Forum - Dec 2000
895 hits26 February 2017Action Forum magazine- published December 2000. Action Forum - December 2000 Click to ... -
Edwards Family of Walnut Tree Farm Rainham
1905 hits24 February 2017The photo shows the Edwards family fruit picking at Walnut Tree Farm, Lower Rainham Road... -
Rainham & District Co-op Share Book
1935 hits22 February 2017I wonder how many local residents recognise or had one of these Rainham & District Co-op... -
The Long Winter 1962-63 (Guardian pamphlet)
3377 hits21 February 2017By any standard the winter of 1962-3 was one of the hardest Great Britain has ever had. ... -
House Price Predictions 1989!
1869 hits21 February 2017This article about house prices booming was written in December 1989 shortly before the ... -
Growing up in Rainham in the 1940s
29696 hits20 February 2017This article by Brian Vale tells what it was like growing up in Rainham in the 1940s -
History of Bloors Place Rainham Kent
3353 hits18 February 2017Bloors Place stands on the Lower Rainham Road, not far from the riverside and Bloors Wha... -
Doctor Dennys Drake of Ashe House Rainham Kent
1622 hits17 February 2017I recently received a request for information about the location of Ashe House that was ... -
Prestige Launderette Rainham 1972
2677 hits17 February 2017Photo of Prestige Launderette Rainham at 35 Station Road taken in about 1972. -
Herta's Hairdressers Rainham
2117 hits16 February 2017Herta's Hairdressers Rainham - International Hair Stylists -
Rainham Royal Mail Sorting Office
2405 hits15 February 2017Until the early 2000s the Royal Mail sorting office was in the centre of Rainham opposit... -
Action Forum - Jan 2017
1428 hits15 February 2017Action Forum magazine- published Jan 2017. Cover drawing of Bloors Place in 1880 -
Milton Road now Webster Road Rainham Kent
1532 hits12 February 2017Many of the street names in Rainham have changed over the years. Webster Road was origin... -
Reads Terrace Orchard Street Rainham
1510 hits11 February 2017Many of the older houses in Rainham and elsewhere were given names for various blocks of... -
Richard Arthur Light (Richard Onyx/Owyn Light) - Mysterious Disappearance in 1919
1218 hits08 February 2017Richard Arthur Onyx Owyn Light seems to have been disowned by his family and moved aroun... -
Cricketers Pub Rainham Kent
7179 hits06 February 2017Photos of Cricketers Pub Rainham Kent 1950 and 2001 -
Chatham Naval War Memorial Great Lines Gillingham
1741 hits06 February 2017Chatham War Memorial Great Lines Gillingham -
Aerial Photos of Rainham 2013
1839 hits31 January 2017These photos of Rainham from the air were taken in 2013. Thanks to Den Lyon for providin... -
VE Day party for children on Thames Ave Rainham
1938 hits28 January 2017This photo of the VE Day party for children was taken on Thames Ave, Rainham Kent -
Natwest Bank Rainham 1970s
2012 hits25 January 2017This photo of the Natwest branch in Rainham was taken in around 1972. Incredibly this is... -
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Great Lines Steam Fair 1965
1577 hits24 January 2017I spotted this video on YouTube showing a steam fair at Great Lines in around 1965. Qual... -
Maidstone Road Rainham from the Air 2016
1849 hits23 January 2017This aerial photo of Maidstone Road was taken in 2016 showing the view towards Gillingha... -
Beveridges Chemist Shop Rainham
1426 hits23 January 2017Beveridges the chemist shop on the A2 at the top of Holding St -
Old Midland Bank, High Street, Rainham Kent
2973 hits23 January 2017Midland Bank was originally located on the A2 opposite Maidstone Road and next to Hidson... -
Little Crown Pub Chatham
1313 hits22 January 2017Little Crown pub in Chatham High Street which had a sign showing 1892
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