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- Bygone Kent Magazine | Bringing the County's History to Life
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‘Wicked old lady’ in the dock: perhaps her uncles had given her an alibi. Maybe Emma was innocent of murdering her father. But she was jailed for a series of frauds
Was his verse the worst? The Kent-based poet laureate was a figure of fun (but he had a lovely garden)
It’s hideous, said the archbishop: planners wanted a new city. The old guard fought modernity and Canterbury was saddled with an architectural compromise
A fly on the window: fitting church memorial for entomologist who perished in No Man’s Land
That’s magic! Conjurer’s career didn’t stop with stage tricks. His parents were horrified
Weeping relic: Boxley’s money-making Rood of Grace was no miracle but a devious fake
Medway wreck: boatman’s cunning failed him at Rochester Bridge
Eagle-tamer resisted Nazi honey trap: sniper studied birdlife from the trenches and became a film star
Oven vaults: the ‘exceptional’ tombs where coffins rest above ground
Book review: Trains and trams … and a hovercraft
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# About Bygone Kent
### Established over 40 years, Bygone Kent is a treasure trove of the county's history published six times a year and available in electronic or printed versions.
Published by Bygone Kent Ltd
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