This promotion for shopping in Rainham was published in Action Forum magazine and shows some of the shops that were trading in the area in 1977.
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W& R Durell - Motor Garage and Car Repairs Rainham Kent
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Action Forum - April 2024
128 hits27 March 2024Cover picture is of Rainham Station on Station Road in 1984 -
Elm Plastics Rainham - Mr Robert Michalkiewicz Background and History
194 hits26 March 2024Mr Robert Michalkiewicz came to England from Poland and was a pilot during the Battle of... -
Action Forum - March 2024
82 hits01 March 2024Cover picture is of staff from Rainham based company Elm Plastics -
SUNBURST BOOKS - Kent’s largest charity second hand bookshop.
345 hits16 February 2024SUNBURST BOOKS Rainham Kent, Kent’s largest charity secondhand bookshop. 21 & 23 Stati... -
Rainham's George Meegan - Walk Across America
496 hits17 January 2024George Meegan is one of the people celebrated with a wall display in the Railway Pub in ... -
Rainham Girls School, Orchard Street 1941/2
955 hits03 January 2024Rainham Girls School, Orchard Street, c. 1941/2 -
Elm Plastics Ltd - Rainham Kent - History
140 hits01 January 2024According to Kelly's directory, Elm Plastics was based at 22 Motney Hill Road in Rainham -
Action Forum - Jan/Feb 2024
652 hits01 January 2024Cover picture is of Rainham Flying Ace Sgt Harold Howes -
Action Forum - December 2023
196 hits30 November 2023Cover picture is of Rainham milkman Bill Eatwell who worked for Terry's Dairy in the 195... -
Old Photo of Men of Kent Pub Rainham - High Street Otterham Quay
912 hits26 November 2023Old Photo of Men of Kent Pub Rainham - High Street Otterham Quay -
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Reminiscences of a milk boy - Terry's Dairy Rainham & Wigmore
621 hits26 November 2023Although modern day progress has meant a good number of the houses in Rainham and Wigmor... -
BJ Seeley Fancy Draper, Glover & Hosier Rochester Kent
1054 hits05 November 2023BJ Seeley Fancy Draper, Glover & Hosier Rochester former Elizabeth's of Rochester restau... -
The Oasthouse Theatre - Diamond Anniversary 2023
652 hits29 October 2023RaTS was founded back in 1948 and, until the society acquired its own theatre, it perfor... -
Elm Plastics Staff Photo - Motney Hill Road Rainham Kent
1276 hits29 October 2023Elm Plastics Ltd., Motney Hill Road, Rainham, Gillingham -
Action Forum - November 2023
381 hits25 October 2023Cover picture is of Rainham Oasthouse theatre production of Billy Liar in 1963. They cel... -
Battle of Britain Hero - Sgt Harold Norman Howes DFM 740896
883 hits03 October 2023Battle of Britain Hero - Sgt Harold Norman Howes DFM 740896 Rainham Churchyard St Marga... -
Action Forum - October 2023
292 hits29 September 2023Cover picture is of a class at Rainham Secondary School for Girls in around 1939. -
Anchorians War Memorial plaque in their clubhouse in Gillingham Kent
400 hits29 August 2023Cover picture is of Anchorians War Memorial plaque in their clubhouse in Gillingham Kent... -
Action Forum - September 2023
354 hits29 August 2023Cover picture is of Anchorians War Memorial plaque in their clubhouse in Gillingham Kent... -
Action Forum - August 2023
712 hits30 July 2023Cover picture is of Knights Stores Motney Hill Road, Lower Rainham Kent in the 1950s. Th... -
Action Forum - July 2023
387 hits02 July 2023Cover picture is of Knights Stores Motney Hill Road, Lower Rainham Kent in the 1950s. Th... -
Action Forum - June 2023
308 hits02 June 2023Action Forum magazine number 590 , June 2023. Cover picture is of Fancy Dress Competiti... -
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Action Forum - May 2023
464 hits02 May 2023Cover picture is of Army & Navy pub during Lower Rainham Coronation Celebrations in 1953... -
Macklands House Rainham Kent
1744 hits10 April 2023THE STORY OF MACKLANDS HOUSE in Station Road, Rainham Kent -
R Johnsons Ironmongers and Tool Shop Station Road Rainham Kent
1905 hits07 April 2023R Johnsons Ironmongers and Tool Shop Station Road Rainham Kent -
Rainham High Street 1963 showing Coningsby House
2589 hits06 April 2023This fascinating photo of Rainham High Street taken in 1963 showing Coningsby House was ... -
Fanny Walter of Rainham Kent Berengrove House
1587 hits06 April 2023Fanny Walter of Berengrove House Rainham Kent -
Alfred Champion, President of Co-operative Society Rainham Kent
1288 hits06 April 2023Alfred Champion, President of Co-operative Society Rainham Kent -
John Willoughby Gray and Felicity Pownall-Gray Bloor's Place Rainham
1410 hits02 April 2023Willoughby Gray and Felicity Pownall-Gray and they lived in Bloor's Place on the Lower R... -
Knights Stores Motney Hill Lower Rainham Road (Elm Cottage Stores, Hills stores)
3778 hits02 April 2023This photo of Knights Stores on the corner of Motney Hill Road and Lower Rainham Road in... -
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Action Forum - March 2023
475 hits24 February 2023Cover picture is of an event in the garden of 82 Edwin Road in the 1930s - Can you ident... -
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Rainham Post Office 1870 Postmistress Mary Ann Brearey
2043 hits25 January 2023I have been researching my family over the last few years and found that my Great Great ... -
Miss Rainham Spectacular 1978 Melanie-Jane Webb
2078 hits24 January 2023Action Forum from June 1978 showing a photo of Miss Rainham Melanie-Jane Webb along with... -
Rainham Shopping Centre Plans 1970s (AF 1976)
2217 hits20 January 2023Planning permission for the development of Rainham Shopping Centre was granted in 1976 a... -
Action Forum - Jan/Feb 2023
879 hits14 January 2023Cover picture is of Rainham station and Oast houses taken in the 1960s -
Action Forum - December 1999 Number 340
670 hits12 January 2023Cover photo is the children of the Camp School in a tableau from their 1954 Nativity pla... -
End of an Era - Closure of Rainham Co-op Stores in 1998
2591 hits11 January 2023It’s obviously a period of great change as the management of The Rainham & District Co-... -
Action Forum - November 1999 Number 339
499 hits11 January 2023Cover photo is of a coach trip to Southend in the 1950s from the White Horse pub in Rain... -
Action Forum - October 1999 Number 338
591 hits10 January 2023Cover photo is an aerial view of Cozenton Farm in the 1950s -
Post War Prefabs in Rainham Kent
1774 hits10 January 2023Post War Prefabs in Rainham Kent. This article about prefab (pre-fabricated houses from ... -
Hookers Garage - Cycling & Motor Works - 1900 Rainham Kent
1641 hits10 January 2023In the early 1900s there was Hooker's Garage for Cycle and Motor Works situated on the A... -
Action Forum - September 1999 Number 337
430 hits09 January 2023Cover photo is the Mayor of Medway Dair Liyanage with Bill Thythall of Macmillan Cancer ... -
Rainham Shopping Centre Problems 2002
1608 hits08 January 2023The news of the enforced closure of 10 shops within the Rainham Centre has obviously ca...
