LATEST NEWS
New Northfleet Book - Just Published.
A History of Pitcher's Dockyard Northfleet 1788 - 1866
    by Christopher Sotheby Pitcher
        & Kenneth McGoverin.
For Details please see page under "More" above.
"Other Northfleet and Area Publications".

 
OUR LATEST MAGAZINE - Winter 2019 Edition
Number 21 - BUY YOUR COPY NOW - £3.50
Details under 1) N.H.G. Publications.

Reports of our meetings can be found under 3) N.H.G. Meeting Reports, above.

FOR DETAILS OF OUR NEXT MEETINGS - PLEASE SEE BELOW
Unfortunately due to the numbers attending,
our meetings are now Members Only.

CAN YOU HELP? - THE NORTHFLEET COUNTY YOUTH CLUB - SEE BELOW.
We are also looking for a picture of the Rosherville Labour Exchange which was demolished in the late 1960's - 1970's. It was situated about where the ALDI supermarket is now. Please help and get in touch. Thank you very much.

The Northfleet History Group
meet on the first Tuesday
of each month.
All indoor meetings are held at
St BOTOLPH'S CHURCH HALL,
THE HILL, NORTHFLEET.
Sat Nav. DA11 9EU
at 1.30pm for 2.00pm.
Fees: All Members £1.00
Tea and biscuits 50p.

NORTHFLEET HISTORY
GROUP

For further information and enquires,

Please contact:
Ken McGoverin on 01474 355569
or
Stan Martin on 01474 355020

Thank You

HELP REQUIRED

       Can anybody provide any Information, Memories or Pictures on The Northfleet County Youth Club which was based in the large house next to the London Road Library from the late 1940's to the 1970's.
        Originally for boys, but in 1956-1957 it was opened to girls. Both Christine Niblett (Tina Harris nee Niblett) and Jean Sutherland were among the first four girls. There was a boys football team and also rowing teams that participating in the Gravesend regatta.

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2020 January - June
Programme

January 7th
Christoph Bull
Northfleet
The Day Before Yesterday

February 4th
Sandra Soder
More Local Pictures

March 3rd
Ian Bevan
Victorian London

 April 7th
Bob Pool
Defending Thameside



May 5th
Bob Ogley
Kent at War 1939-1945

June 2nd
Melanie Gibson-Barton
The Suffragettes

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2019 September - December
Programme

September 3rd
Stuart Robinson
The Great Fire of London

October 1st
Ken Chamberlain
H.M.S. Worcester

November 5th
Melanie Gibson-Barton
From Passchendaele
to Peace

December 4th
Our usual Christmas social meeting with quizzes, raffle and refreshments.
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Donations of food for the table and raffle prizes would be most welcome.

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2019 January - June
Programme

January 8th
Wilf Lower
Medway Tales

February 5th
Stuart Robinson
Whitechapel: 1888 A Year of Murder & the Age of Poverty

March 5th
Sandra Soder
More Local Pictures to
Jog Your Memory

April 2nd
Ian Bevan
Sir Christopher Wren

May 7th
Christoph Bull
Gravesend
Round and About

June 4th
Michael Wenban
Life on the Thames

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2018 September - December
Programme

September 4th
Les Allman
Victorian London

October 2nd
Melanie Gibson-Barton
The Belgian Royal Family
Murder, Madness and Mayhem?

November 6th
Bob Poole
Local Trams

December 4th

Our usual Christmas social meeting with quizzes, raffle and refreshments.
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Donations of food for the table and raffle prizes would be most welcome.

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2018 January - June
Programme

January 2nd
Melanie Gibson-Barton
The Belgian Royal Family
Murder, Madness and Mayhem?

February 6th
Brian Portway
Local Journalist

March 6th
Ian Tomson
Bletchley Park

April 3rd
Sandra Soder
Even More
Local Pictures

May 1st
Christoph Bull
"Cobham - A Kentish Gem"

June 5th
Tony Farnham
Romance of the London River

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2017 September - December Programme

September 5th
Melanie Gibson-Barton
Edith Cavell

November 7th
Bob Appleton
Gravesend - Tilbury Ferry

October 3rd
Peter Daniel
Legacy of Vickers Crayford

December 5th
Our usual Christmas social meeting with quizzes, raffle and refreshments.
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Donations of food for the table, and raffle prizes would be most welcome.

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2017 January - June Programme

JANUARY 3rd
Christoph Bull
Greenhithe - Greyhithe

FEBRUARY 7th
J. Stafford
London River Pilots

MARCH 7th
Sandra Soder
More Local Photos

APRIL 4th
Mark Bathhurst
The Medway Queen

MAY 2nd
Peter Daniel
Hiram Maxim

JUNE 6th
Wilf Lower
Broadly Speaking

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2016 July - December Programme

If you have any interesting stories of growing up in Northfleet or any other local stories. Alec would like to hear them for the magazine.

JULY 19th
Outing to Michelham Priory

SEPTEMBER 6th
Peter Hartley
A Royal Interlude

​October 4th
Ian Bevan
What the Victorians did for us

November 1st
Stuart Robinson
London - The Dark City

December 6th
Our usual Christmas social meeting with quizzes, raffle and refreshments.
​
Donations of food for the table, and raffle prizes would be most welcome.

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2016 January - June Programme

5th JANUARY 2016
Dr. P. Stone
Richard III - A Bloody Tyrant?

2nd FEBRUARY 2016
Sandra Soder
Some More Old Photos
of Local Interest.

1st MARCH 2016
David Rouse
The Thames and
Medway Canal.

5th APRIL 2016
Christoph Bull
Gravesend Round and About.

3rd MAY 2016
Steve Hooking
Woolwich Women
at War.

7th JUNE 2016
Melanie Gibson-Barton
Bruges, It's More Than
Just Chocolate.