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My name is Bob Dunford born 1937. The Dock Road tragedy is the worst memory of them all. The night before went swimming with all my mates in the naval cadets. Next day, I and my friend Peter Gerard ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham by Bob Dunford

I lived in Medway Road from 1934-1956. I also remember the doodle bugs (as did Gordon Savage, I remember him), the dockyard heavy guns, and school. I was due to start school on the day war started and finally went to ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham in 1940 by Joan Lemar

I was born in 1940 in Gillingham Kent , my Dad used to work for Short's the aircraft builders. We moved to Redhill when I was a baby. One of my earliest memories was seeing the Olympic Torch runner coming down Redstone Hill in ...Read more

A memory of Redhill in 1948 by Bruce Cordy

I have lived in Hemsworth all my life from being 4 years old and I remember a family called Farrel - one was Mr Jack Farrel - the others were Percy Fillingham, Trevor Morrison, Alec Garbutt, Jim ...Read more

A memory of Hemsworth in 1950 by Jack Palmer

I was born in 1942 and brought up in Walthamstow in NE London. We were a working class family and Dad always managed to provide us with 2 weeks' holiday somewhere. How we came to holiday in Wroxall is still a bit of a ...Read more

A memory of Wroxall by Roy Beiley

I was born and bred in Gillingham spent most of my childhood at the pier. This all started when I was about five years old. My grandfather worked as a coxswain on one of the two NAFFI boats they worked from the admiralty Pier which is ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham by g.jones

I lived in Gillingham and before the war we usually went to Sheerness for a weeks holiday always staying at the same Guest House. The Guest House was about a mile from the sea front and we had to be out in the morning by 9.30 ...Read more

A memory of Sheerness by hachesney

It sounds really funny and familiar to hear:: Jezreels, Canada House ( where I went after my daughter was born 1986 !), Littlewoods, Lefevres, Darland Banks - I love it. I lived in Barnsole Road from 1969 - 1979 and loved all of it. I ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham by sue.daffodil

I was born at Luton Chatham as was my Dad and Grandparents. I used to sat around the cafe with my mates in the paddock watching the Pentagon being built. After going to Fort Pitt my first job in 1976 was working as an office ...Read more

A memory of Chatham

me and my brother drove for the M/D in the mid 1960s at that time a few younger peaple were starting onthe company the money was not very good but we made so menny good friends there and being a young guy the girl conductors ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham by woolg.chris