-
Recent Posts
Tags
- anglo-saxon
- archaeology
- artefacts
- bronze Age
- ceramic
- clay works
- cobham hall
- cobham landscape detectives
- cobham village
- community
- conservation
- education
- environmental
- excavation
- fieldwalking
- flint
- fort amherst
- gravesend
- greenwich
- history
- hoo peninsula
- industry
- iron age
- landscape
- LiDAR
- lullingstone
- mausoleum cottage
- medieval
- mesolithic
- metal
- photography
- prehistory
- RAF
- randall manor
- ranscombe farm
- roman
- shorne woods country park
- social history
- stone
- survey
- thanet
- tile
- trosley
- world war II
- YAC
-
-
Tag Archives: social history
Reg Rootes: memories of Shorne Woods
I was born in Harvel in 1928 but moved to Garden Road Cottage, Shorne in 1929 and moved to Boghurst (Boughurst is a Meopham family name) Cottage, 44 Brewers Road, Shorne, DA13 3HD in 1934. Our family was told that … Continue reading
Anita Bridger: memories of the military camps
I know that we were living in the Laughing Waters camp in 1948 as that was the year my sister Wendy was born (now Wendy Johnson) but by 1949 we had moved to the Lodge Lane camp. I don’t remember anything … Continue reading
Betty Bicker-Robinson: memories of Park House, Cobham
Early life I was born in New Barn as Betty King and lived there until we moved to Gravesend when I was about 10 but this was only for a short while and then we moved again, this time to … Continue reading
Posted in Oral History
Tagged cobham village, mausoleum cottage, social history, world war II
6 Comments
Ben Parish: memories of Shorne
First of all it is probably best if I begin by amplifying some of Reg’s memories with some of my own. We both lived near the woods and each of us was able to lean over the fence of our respective … Continue reading
Posted in Oral History
Tagged RAF, shorne woods country park, social history, world war II
11 Comments
Video: Saving Cobham Dairy
The Landmark Trust are embarking on a mission to rescue Grade II* listed Cobham Dairy before it decays beyond repair. Designed in 1794 by James Wyatt, the Gothic-revival eye-catcher sits in the grounds of Cobham Hall in Kent. Click here … Continue reading
Posted in News & Events
Tagged cobham landscape detectives, cobham village, social history
Leave a comment