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Kent Today & Yesterday

http://kenttodayandyesterday.blogspot.com

This a blog about my home county of Kent, UK known as the Garden of England.

Here you will find everything you wanted to know about Kent - forthcoming events, places to go, things to see and do, interesting facts and trivia, articles on famous people past and present, articles of historical interest.

In fact something for everyone!

• Added on: Aug 7th, 2009
• Country: United Kingdom
• Language: English

• Author: Glen
• Listed in: Destinations History
• Tags: kent uk kent england events in kent kent history famous people in kent steam railways in kent

Recent Posts

• Day trip to Rochester

  Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 18:39 in charles dickens, saxons, bishop of rochester, rochester castle, rochester cathedral, gundulf, cloudesley shovell, rochester kent

  The historic city of Rochester is one of my favourite places to visit in Kent. The town's skyline is dominated by the Norman Castle built by Gundulf Bishop of Rochester in around 1087. Gundulf was a Norman monk who came to England in 1070 shortly aft...

• W T Henleys / AEI Cable Works Northfleet

  Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 20:11 in pluto, gravesend, henleys, cable works, northfleet, aei cables, aei compounds, crete hall road, w t henley

  In October it was announced that one of the last manufacturing companies based by the River Thames in Northfleet, Henleys/AEI, would be moving it's remaining operations to a new site in Sandwich after more than 100 years in the town.Cable making fini...

• Milton Church, Gravesend - Porcupines and Masons!

  Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 19:18 in henry viii, edward vi, porcupine, coat of arms, gravesend, ellenor lions hospice, penshurst place, sir henry sidney, church in kent, st peter st paul milton, milton church, masonic gravestone

  I have been living in Gravesend for just over ten years now and a few weeks ago I was walking into town with the family when we noticed that they were holding a coffee morning for the local Ellenor Lions Hospice at the St Peter & St Paul Church (...

• Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Gala Pictures

  Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 19:37 in hurricane, winston churchill, typhoon, steam engine in kent, steam railway in kent, romney hythe dymchurch railway steam diesel gala, rhdr, northern chief, southern maid

  The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway (RHDR) held a steam and diesel gala over the weekend of 3rd/4th October 2009.Here are some pictures to give you a flavour of the event!The Winston Churchill on the turntable at Hythe was completed by the York...

• Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway Steam and Diesel Gala

  Posted on Thursday October 1st, 2009 at 19:14 in steam railway in kent, places to go in kent, romney hythe dymchurch railway steam diesel gala, rhdr, laurel and hardy visit to romney hythe dymchurch railway

  Southern Maid arriving at Dymchurch The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway is holding another of it's popular Steam & Diesel Galas this weekend 3rd/4th October. Eight vintage steam locomotives such as the Southern Maid pictured above and two m...

• Manston Airport and the Hurricane and Spitfire Memorial

  Posted on Monday September 28th, 2009 at 19:50 in raf manston, kent international airport, places to go in kent, manston airport, spitfire and hurricane memorial, history of manston, tb752, lf751, tf-amc

  A few weeks ago we were heading for a family day on the beach at Broadstairs.... The old control tower On the way I decided to make a small diversion to see what was happening at Manston Airport (or Kent International Airport as it is now known). I...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Phil Nash

An excellent blog about all things associated with Kent, the traditional 'Garden of England'. Glen's posts are interesting, insightful and accompanied by some excellent photographs.

Posted: November 18th, 2009 | More Reviews From cityrambler | Report This Comment

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