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Schooldays
Billingham Campus School consisted of four halls - Bede, pictured in the foreground, Davy behind and Faraday furthest away. The fourth hall, Stephenson was about 800 yards away, not pictured. There was a sports block with a swimming pool which can just be seen to the left of this photograph.
A memory of Billingham in 1968 by
Jenkins Farm My Grandparents Orchard
I remember visiting my Grandparents orchard which was on the bend at the bottom of the hill leading into Upchurch coming in from Gillingham, and opposite was a cattle farm owned by the Jenkins family. I spent ...Read more
A memory of Upchurch in 1957 by
Priestfield Road
I was born in Priestfield Road and lived there until my family moved across the river to to Hoo when I was 14 years-old. I have fond memories of peers with whom I would play either in the road or we'd go to The Rookery, Strand or ...Read more
A memory of Gillingham by
Lyminge Close
In the mid 50s we moved to Gillingham Lyminge close. We were the first occupants. I think it was number 10 anyway, the corner house facing NE. I with 2 friends started the Twdall scout group and as we had nowhere to go, we used the ...Read more
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Gillingham, Engine Shed
I lived in Malvern Road and later in Napier road. Spent many happy hours around the engine shed area "spotting". Also doing bike rides along the shore towards Rainham. My farther ran the timber yard in Jeffery street. happy days.. I'm 88 and still holding on in Gravesend, my birth place.
A memory of Gillingham by
Le Fevers And Coo Op Denson 'winkle Pickers'
I went to Gillingham Technical School in Green Street and at the end of the school day ran down Gardiner Street, making a left turn into Gillingham High Street. This picture shows my homeward view with ...Read more
A memory of Gillingham in 1960 by
The Keelings 1940 Evacuees
My sister, Joy, elder brother, Richard and myself, John Keeling, were evacuated to Llanharan in June 1940. After a short time Richard and myself were placed with a lovely old lady at 12 Seymour Avenue, Mrs Surridge. I ...Read more
A memory of Llanharan in 1940 by
Gillingham High St
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A memory of Gillingham in 1960 by
My Early Childhood
Most of the photos here are from 1955. I was a five year old boy living in Greatham in 1955 with my dad, who was the local 'Bobby', my mam and my younger brother. We lived at 3 Egerton Terrace which was a terraced house with an ...Read more
A memory of Greatham in 1955 by
My Short Life In Gillingham Kent
I was born in a naval nursing home called "Canada House" on the 18th November 1954. I was the first child and boy - I was spoilt. I went to school at Byron Road Infants school until I was 6 then we moved to ...Read more
A memory of Gillingham in 1960 by
Captions
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The Wheatsheaf Public House on the left is now a jewellers shop, and Matthews, the Gillingham brewery, closed down soon after this picture was taken.
Gillingham is Dorset's northernmost town - both Wiltshire and Somerset are within an easy walk.
As well as the ever- popular ball games, picnics and simply watching the boats go by, the Strand at Gillingham also offered a paddling pool, a boating pool, a children's playground, miniature
The Wheatsheaf Public House on the right is now a jewellers shop, and Matthews, the Gillingham brewery, closed down soon after this picture was taken.
In 1933, 70 acres of chalk downland were acquired by Chatham and Gillingham councils to create this beautiful open countryside nature reserve between the two towns.
attack, they were never needed militarily, except for the kind of exercises Mr Pickwick (and his creator, Charles Dickens) witnessed, but they provide 90 acres of public open space between Chatham and Gillingham
Trees line one side, and telegraph poles the other side of this section of the A2 from Rainham to Gillingham, where Mrs Hall had her hairdresser's shop, E H Chatfield was the confectioner and
The Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham Observer had been the local newspaper since 1870.
Although wholly in Gillingham, it was known as the Chatham School until 1962, when Queen Elizabeth II granted it the 'Royal' title.
attack, they were never needed militarily, except for the kind of exercises Mr Pickwick (and his creator, Charles Dickens) witnessed, but they provide 90 acres of public open space between Chatham and Gillingham
Here we have a clear, open view across the John Whitehead Park to the Stockton and Billingham Technical College in the distance, with the community centre just visible on the extreme left.
Billingham owes its development to the Great War, when a small chemical works opened nearby for the production of synthetic ammonia for use in explosives.
Billingham Town Centre was developed in the 1950s and 1960s, paid for largely by the local rates from the massive ICI factory in the neighbourhood, which employed almost 20,000 people at that time.
The builder of Syerston Hall, William Fillingham, has a connection with Balderton in that his ancestors were farmers there.
The builder of Syerston Hall, William Fillingham, has a con- nection with Balderton in that his ancestors were farmers there.
The founders of the modern Billingham Town Centre felt the need to introduce features which helped to take away the starkness of the new surroundings.
Towards the right we can see part of the Billingham Forum Theatre, and nearer is the round glass-enclosed staircase to the art gallery.
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