tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.comments2024-03-12T08:14:06.224+00:00Kent Today & YesterdayLights 2 Flaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14383019714425986128noreply@blogger.comBlogger341125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-64284753968795513002018-03-03T18:17:03.815+00:002018-03-03T18:17:03.815+00:00March 2018. I walked down The Shore and past the ...March 2018. I walked down The Shore and past the Henley building this morning. It is still there and really is a stunning piece of architecture, but becoming more dilapidated now. The newer building to the side seems to have some structural problems.<br /><br />I noticed the land to the side along Crete Hall Road which has been cleared, some time ago, has discrete signs for Homes England so I expect a big housing development is in planning.<br /><br />The area is very run down but reminds me of London Docklands 30 years ago, and with so much happening around Ebbsfleet I can only hope this will be regenerated sympathetically over the next decade.<br /><br />Like others here I hope the Henley building is preserved and reused for posterity.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10782821503948088724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-53269697359649907252018-02-22T16:24:07.141+00:002018-02-22T16:24:07.141+00:00this is 2018. My name is gareth george.I'm 80 ...this is 2018. My name is gareth george.I'm 80 yrs old now. I was a maintenance fitter at AEI cables Gravesend between 1970 and 1975 before moving to north Wales to Wylfa power station. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-33236390899691371752017-11-16T12:25:42.256+00:002017-11-16T12:25:42.256+00:00The memorial is still there. The office block is a...The memorial is still there. The office block is also still in use for the cement logistics part of Tarmac Cement (formally lafarge, Blue Circle, APCM etc etc).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138284463458954167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-91757385563594908862017-10-23T10:17:17.151+01:002017-10-23T10:17:17.151+01:00Hi Hilda, thanks for the comment. That would be ve...Hi Hilda, thanks for the comment. That would be very interesting. My email is glen (@) wavecrest (dot) co (dot) uk Glen / Kent Today and Yesterdayhttp://kenttodayandyesterday.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-81160261873193428302017-10-23T10:12:48.259+01:002017-10-23T10:12:48.259+01:00I have photo of Lord Dufferin ashes being taken fr...I have photo of Lord Dufferin ashes being taken from family home to be buried .wonder if this would be of interest to anyone here .Hilda Collins Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15096231219999230478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-39410902962576398002017-10-23T10:09:52.859+01:002017-10-23T10:09:52.859+01:00My grandmother worked for years for Lord Dufferin ...My grandmother worked for years for Lord Dufferin .i have found a photo among her effects of lord Dufferins ashes being taken for burial on back of lorry .i wondered if this would be of interest to anybody here .Hilda Collins Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15096231219999230478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-15725902775105394262017-10-23T10:09:51.389+01:002017-10-23T10:09:51.389+01:00My grandmother worked for years for Lord Dufferin ...My grandmother worked for years for Lord Dufferin .i have found a photo among her effects of lord Dufferins ashes being taken for burial on back of lorry .i wondered if this would be of interest to anybody here .Hilda Collins Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15096231219999230478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-79464975183872189392017-08-23T20:55:16.834+01:002017-08-23T20:55:16.834+01:00got anything on a tin chapel found in Somerset bar...got anything on a tin chapel found in Somerset barracks, Shorncliffe garrison, Sandgate, about to be demolished in a housing scheme?Roger Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15092727313649168175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-62126396352344909722017-07-24T07:21:45.338+01:002017-07-24T07:21:45.338+01:00Thank you for this information. I am sorry for the...Thank you for this information. I am sorry for the loss of your uncle. F/O Levett (Arthur) was my Grandfather. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02887261065112038153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-25030142597168248802016-12-22T18:15:29.231+00:002016-12-22T18:15:29.231+00:00The nice people at the Greaseproof Mill once cut m...The nice people at the Greaseproof Mill once cut me a 100 or so sheets of dark brown glassine [think 'After Eight'] for a booklet I was printing about John Tate who was England's first papermaker and whose mill was thereaboutsnehoChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937068074934170255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-6545437643619666322016-12-20T21:59:46.516+00:002016-12-20T21:59:46.516+00:00I worked for Wiggins Teape from 1970 until 1975 at...I worked for Wiggins Teape from 1970 until 1975 at the Greaseproof Mill. At that time they were making glassine mainly but also the black paper for the Polaroid film cassette so I don't understand that its states that the Greaseproof Mill shut in 1957. I do remember years later driving passed and seeing a housing estate on the site. Dartford Mill was still running with No3,4,5 and 6 machines. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11389685617211235666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-10969154302758989992016-11-22T13:25:26.210+00:002016-11-22T13:25:26.210+00:00Troubles just beginning then. I have seen a blog c...Troubles just beginning then. I have seen a blog concerning the 400kv Thames tunnel to which I have replied but can't read all the blogAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07044347793317016997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-78060917569215411412016-11-22T12:46:07.895+00:002016-11-22T12:46:07.895+00:00Hi there, I am putting together a publication on t...Hi there, I am putting together a publication on the Thames and was wondering if you could let me have a little more information on the 400kv cable crossing and hopefully a photo if you have one?<br /><br />Rob PooleAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07044347793317016997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-50345627915136967602016-11-11T21:18:34.702+00:002016-11-11T21:18:34.702+00:00Further to previous discrepancy about Kitty's ...Further to previous discrepancy about Kitty's daughter, Vera, I have since found another entry noting that Vera was Michael Levenston's daughter?! It's all getting very confusing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-81214947195732285012016-11-11T21:02:29.261+00:002016-11-11T21:02:29.261+00:00Having inherited a box of vintage postcards I am r...Having inherited a box of vintage postcards I am researching the various personalities. I have one signed postcard of Kitty Gordon. During my research I have come across a slight discrepancy with your information regarding her daughter, Vera. According to other sources, Vera was the daughter of Kitty and her first husband, Maxwell James, and that she became Cynthia Vera Beresford (Actress) when Kitty married Captain Henry Beresford.<br />Obviously lots of information gets confused over the years but thank you for your input for my search.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-3215449625789040422016-11-07T18:53:12.008+00:002016-11-07T18:53:12.008+00:00I lived in Dartford and often spent my lunchtimes ...I lived in Dartford and often spent my lunchtimes from school in that cemetery, but I never knew about this memorial or the story behind it. Thank you so much Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09324848376482378932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-37988494245696878522016-05-11T21:21:51.632+01:002016-05-11T21:21:51.632+01:00There is a stone horse trough in Pembury village c...There is a stone horse trough in Pembury village commerating the martyrdom.Michaellitten@aol.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-29845942453548566222015-11-03T16:44:19.163+00:002015-11-03T16:44:19.163+00:00Saw the crest on Blackfriars Bridge today and wond...Saw the crest on Blackfriars Bridge today and wondered about the significance of Invicta. Now I know ☺ Fascinating bit of history and thanks for satisfying my curiosity.Les Wilsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-66211387459859057662015-08-22T10:44:01.783+01:002015-08-22T10:44:01.783+01:00Thanks for that. It prompted me to get out in the ...Thanks for that. It prompted me to get out in the Bodleian all the books with Kent/Dartford + photos/postcards in the title and it was not in any of them [though I found others of interest], so I'll ask Gravesend library what they have, minus those I've looked atnehoChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937068074934170255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-81959179006266521282015-08-19T15:09:47.529+01:002015-08-19T15:09:47.529+01:00If I remember rightly the book was about Dartford ...If I remember rightly the book was about Dartford in general and mainly text with a few photos.Glen / Kent Today & Yesterdayhttp://kenttodayandyesterday.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-61458684388688476282015-08-19T14:45:02.148+01:002015-08-19T14:45:02.148+01:00Thanks again, one last question to aid my search: ...Thanks again, one last question to aid my search: do you remember if it was just a book of old photos, or was it specifically PCs and all of Kent or more specific?nehoChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937068074934170255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-51218784628687929822015-08-18T11:13:23.259+01:002015-08-18T11:13:23.259+01:00The book I found was old, probably from the 50'...The book I found was old, probably from the 50's I reckon. Glen / Kent Today & Yesterdayhttp://kenttodayandyesterday.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-36249949619964643632015-08-17T21:20:36.077+01:002015-08-17T21:20:36.077+01:00I also found Kent in old photographs, Dave Randle....I also found Kent in old photographs, Dave Randle. Stroud, c2005nehoChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937068074934170255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-58913911666521997392015-08-17T21:14:56.311+01:002015-08-17T21:14:56.311+01:00Thanks for the reply. Is this too new a title to b...Thanks for the reply. Is this too new a title to be it? Dartford: a century of change, 1910-2010: a book of photographs compiled by Dartford Historical & Antiquarian Society 2013.<br />CnehoChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937068074934170255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2980451224965693513.post-45462028499852484262015-08-17T19:24:17.446+01:002015-08-17T19:24:17.446+01:00Thanks for your comment. These pictures were from ...Thanks for your comment. These pictures were from an old book I borrowed from Gravesend Library. Unfortunately I can't remember the name of the book :-(Lights 2 Flaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14383019714425986128noreply@blogger.com