Articles about Rainham

Rainham Community Award Winners 2025

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 planting trees

Fairview Avenue Pre-Fabs

After the Second World War in 1946 my parents along with many others were given a prefab to live in at Wigmore

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 many duplications and contradictions but this is partly due to the length of time that the church has stood here.

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 Rainham book previously but this updated picture comes with a fascinating story!

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 Cricketers pub and White Horse

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 Picture Variety Theatre demolished in the 1960s and many of the building frontages being completely redesigned.

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 Teynham photos came from. They date from around 1907-1910 and the images would likely have been postcards originally.

Action Forum - August 2025

Cover picture is a sketch of the Rainham Oast Community Centre as it was in the late 1960s before the conversion

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 the top of Hempstead Road.

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 identified as Tom Pye)

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 1985

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 detached house on the left, opposite Orchard Street

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 Blacker shop sign in High Street Rainham.

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 rebuilt in the 1950s

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 the site was redeveloped to cope with the expanding population of Rainham

Action Forum -March 2025

Action Forum March 2025. Cover picture is of Gibraltar Gun Emplacement in Hempstead, now Elm Court drawn by Ted Quy.

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 revitalise the centre of Rainham and make it pedestrianised

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 Cusa‘s family

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 Kent coast from Gravesend to Faversham, an area highly suitable for brick making because of an abundance of brick earth and the rivers Medway and Swale which allowed for barge transportation.

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