This is a selection of some key newspaper front pages and their headlines during the 1980s. A further selection will be added later. Some key events covered by these newspaper headlines are the Great Storm of 1987, first articles mentioning global warming, IRA Brighton Hotel bomb in 1984, Romanian Revolution 1989, Lockerbie PanAm plane terrorist bombing, Chernobyl nuclear accident headlines showing crisis developing in April/May 1985, Black Monday share crash in 1987, Herald of Free enterprise ferry disaster, INF Arms treaty signing, Poll tax riots, PW Botha South Africa clampdown
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These aerial photos of Rainham were taken in around 1930 and 1990 covering the area around Rainham train station. You can see the difference in the railway buildings between the 2 photos a nd the amount of housing development that has grown around Rainham.
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In 1930 you can still see the Railway Hotel on the corner of Station Road and Platform Row Cottages Rainham (next to Wakeley Oast house/Station Road)
By 1990 there is a new station building but The Railway pub is still present but now surrounded by houses in adjacent roads. You can also see the large car park next to Rainham Rec on Station Road.
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I've been experimenting with showing old and new photos together with a slider to compare them. Unfortunately I've had to create a separate webpage to host the Time Machine in order to get the coding to work
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This one of Hoath Way in around 1930
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The building now occupied by the Manor Farm pub & restaurant used to be the Gas showrooms as can be seen from this old photo.
The Manor Farm Pub and Beefeater restaurant in High Street Rainham Kent used to be the Gas Showrooms for the area. The gas showrooms were built around 1928 and converted to Manor Farm Beefeater Pub Restaurant in the 1980s.
The photo below is of Manor Farm Beefeater pub in 2001 before the outside was painted cream colour.
The Premier Inn was added to the site in 2011 covering part of the Manor Farm pub car park.
Manor Farm Beefeater Pub Restaurant High Street Rainham Kent in 2003 prior to construction of Premier Inn hotel in the car park to the right of this picture.
This photo was taken shortly after the Manor farm was repainted with the current yellow over the original lattice brickwork as part of their refurbishment
The photos below are from 2010 during the winter snow
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Midland Bank was originally located on the A2 opposite Maidstone Road and next to Hidsons car dealership. This photo was taken in the early 1970s, probably around 1972 based on the cars in the Hidsons showroom that were selling Humber & Hillman cars at the time.
The Midland Bank site building was demolished in the early 1990s and the Hidsons site extended. Midland Bank then moved to the precinct but that branch was closed in 2013.
This is the same location in 2014
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Subcategories
Rainham Roads Article Count: 28
Roads around the Rainham - old photos of how roads used to look in days gone by
Rainham People Article Count: 34
Decades - Old Photos Article Count: 9
Old photos by decade