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I was a war baby and born in Dartford but moved to Gravesend when I was about 4. Moved to Kingsfarm area when about 7. Sadly my mother died when I was 9 and I was taken in by my great uncle and aunt in Denton. ...Read more

A memory of Northfleet in 1959 by Keith Henry

I think I must have known Colin King. He would have been a neighbour of Brian Cordell, a very good friend of mine from a very young age till the late 50's. I was born at 21 Highfield Road. Colin would be the same age as my brother ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1940 by Frank Bedford

I lived at 11 Church Lane with my sister Anne and parents, John and Barbara Mawson, until 1978. It was my grandfather's house (William Henry Cazaly) that he bought in the 1950's and had sold it to my parents in 1965. ...Read more

A memory of Walthamstow in 1969 by Joy Connell

I worked on the Gravesend - Tilbury ferries for around 18 months. I crewed both passenger and car ferries. Unfortunately in those days we did not have expensive cameras or any camera to record our time there. I was born in Gravesend and ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend in 1958 by David Hills

My Uncle, Albert Card, had a dance band and used to play at the Royal Clarendon after WW2. My mother took me there to see him play. He was a very talented musician and had won the Nat Gonella Award for trumpet playing. Nita Jenkins

A memory of Gravesend by nita_luce

My name is Richard Canham and I spent the first four years of my life here at the Gravesend Orphanage in Kent with my older brother Gary. Despite being very young I still have vivid memory's of this place. We were there from ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend by rtcanhan