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Shorne Woods Clay Works project gets air time

Posted on 21st October 2021 by Ruiha Smalley

Andrew was recently interviewed on the BBC radio Kent show ‘The Wake Up Call’. Click here to listen – https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09xt344 If anyone has memories about the Park, and particularly the clay works, we would love to hear from you. 2024 … Continue reading →

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Clay Works at Shorne

Posted on 30th September 2021 by Ruiha Smalley

The clayworks projects at Shorne are coming to an end. We confirmed that the bank carrying our narrow gauge railways has been revetted and reinforced with a series of vertical rails set into the old concrete road. These rails held … Continue reading →

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Alan Hills: Shorne Woods clay pit operation

Posted on 23rd March 2020 by Ruiha Smalley

Some notes taken in discussion with Alan Hills about the workings of the clay pits at Shorne Woods. Alan worked in the Clay Pit from 1959 – 1963. Navvy Driver load clay into hopper which had a screw blades rotating, … Continue reading →

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Peter Beech: memories of Shorne, the airfields and Clay Works

Posted on 28th September 2017 by Ruiha Smalley

I have lived in Thong for all of my 84 years, the first six weeks on the Shorne/Ifield Road and then two houses in Thong Lane. I have lived at my current address, Little Westwood, Thong Lane, Gravesend for the … Continue reading →

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