This photo is of 2nd Wigmore Brownies taken in April 1982. The brownies met at Fairview School in Rainham Kent. Marion James is the 4th from left in pirate hat. Jeannie Cutting is first left in pirate costume. I believe the Brownie leader is Mrs Eileen Sargeson
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A little while ago there were a few questions about a palm tree in the centre of Rainham behind the White Horse pub on Rainham High Street and next to the location of the former Co-op department store where the new NHS Health Centre is now located. This palm tree used to be located in the garden of the former Church House opposite Rainham Church that was demolished in the 1960s.
The site of both the Co-op department store and Church House has been redeveloped as the NHS Healthy Living Centre but the tree remains!
At the weekend when I was in town I thought I'd have a look and see if the palm tree was still in place. Remarkably despite all the development there is still a palm tree to the side of the White Horse pub and adjacent to the NHS centre in the middle of the footpath leading from Station Road to High Street. You can see Rainham church in the background with the NHS centre to the left and White Horse on right of the picture of the palm tree.
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E Nicholson was a sweet/confectionery shop located at 53 Rainham High Street and run by a Miss Nicholson. This photo is from around 1930
The building was later the location of Lloyds Bank which closed in 2019
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The garage for W& R Durell was located on the corner of the A2 and Maidstone Road in Rainham. They were a Motor Garage and Car Repairs and the photo shows their phone number as Medway 31222.
This photo is from 1984 and even as late as this date the very old fashioned pumps were still visible at the front of the garage. Waiting to be repaired is an Austin Maxi car and in the distance behind the Manor Farm Beefeater restaurant is a Skoda Estelle saloon car.
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This Old Photo of Men of Kent Pub Rainham - High Street Otterham Quay Lane was part of a slide show given in 2006. The photo isn't dated but must be around 1950s-1960s as it refers to a car park next to the Men of Kent pub on High Street A2 Rainham Kent
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