Tag Archives: social history

DH Mosquito crash

Posted on 23rd December 2015 by Ruiha Smalley

An investigation into a 1944 DH Mosquito crash at RAF Gravesend, described by Ben Parish. Ben Parish remembers: Mr Parish recalled that in early 1944, when the ‘Aerodrome was home to DH Mosquito’s, one of the aircraft failed to takeoff and … Continue reading →

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Rose Hill, Sittingbourne

Posted on 1st December 2015 by Ruiha Smalley

In the spring of 2015 the Heritage Lottery gave Kent County Council funding for the Woodland Wildlife Hidden Histories Project. This enabled community archaeology to be undertaken at Rose Hill, Sittingbourne. Those involved included Grove Park Primary School, the North Downs … Continue reading →

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England’s Places archives

Posted on 7th November 2015 by Ruiha Smalley

One of the most well-known collections in the Historic England Archive, the Architectural Reed Box Collection, has now been scanned and made available online. The collection consists of over 600,000 photographic prints taken of cities, towns and villages around England, … Continue reading →

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World War II: ‘Wartime Domesday’ book showing life in 1939 to be made publicly available online

Posted on 2nd November 2015 by Ruiha Smalley

In a move that will transform the study of key aspects of 20th century British social history, one of the country’s most important data collections is being made available to historians and the general public from 2 November. Historical researchers have … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Eve 1943

Posted on 13th September 2015 by Ruiha Smalley

An investigation into the the Gravesend crash of a USAAF fighter, on New Year’s Eve 1943 Ray Clarke remembers “I was ploughing when I heard a terrific roar of an aeroplane clearly in distress. The plough horses frightened by this broke … Continue reading →

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