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Tag Archives: industry
Clay works air raid shelter
The excavation of the clay works air raid shelter was undertaken in February 2016. The entrance and part of the roof had been demolished and the rubble dropped into the shelter and also the entrance, so access was not immediately … Continue reading
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Tagged excavation, industry, shorne woods country park, world war II
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Peter Dadson: memories of Shorne Woods clay works
I lived on Painters Ash Estate and went to Colyer Road school (Now Northfleet School for Boys). I left there in 1959, when I was 15 and went to work for Blue Circle at Bevan’s cement works, Northfleet. I wanted … Continue reading
Ted Goodwin and his sister Patricia Cox remember their Dad and the clay works in Shorne woods
Our dad’s name was Edgar (Ted) Amos Goodwin and our mum was Rosina. Our dad was born in 1910 and worked for AEI at Northfleet for 25 years before taking the job of Wet Miller, in the wash plant at … Continue reading
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Tagged artefacts, excavation, industry, shorne woods country park, social history
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Shorne Woods clay works project gets air time
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.
Clay works at Shorne
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