Jan-Feb 2015
Bringing Kent’s history to life
£4.00 – £5.00
Bringing Kent’s history to life
£4.00 – £5.00
Hampton: Ripper detective’s final days battling against the cruel sea
Dover: Battle-scarred war memorial honoured
Faversham: Tributes to an inspiring historian and conservationist
Gravesend: The brave Indian Air pilot saved by his turban
Margate: Creator of Dreamland’s Jolly Dog found
Sevenoaks: Queen wields bodkin to seal farmer’s role
Gillingham: The vanishing borough
Faversham: When it went bitter for women brewers
Blackfen: Hamlet transformed into suburb
Gillingham: History of town tabernacle
Ramsgate, Margate, Westgate and Broadstairs: Dirty beds and inferior lodgings, a scandal by the sea
Knole: Witchmarks to protect the king from dark forces
Deal: The virtuous maiden who devoted her life to children
Woodchurch: A big lad, yes, but he didn’t deserve insulting
Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone, Canterbury and Sanbdwich: A tough but golden age for Kent theatre
Otterham Quay: Tiny port with an admirable naval past
Denton and Gravesend: Offshore hospitals halted the spread of disease
Dove: The hotels of Hellfire Corner
Hawkhurst: Fanny Hopkins, the first female bank manager
