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Northfleet History Group Magazine SUMMER 2023 - Number 28 ● Editorial. ● Guest Speakers. ● "We will remember them". ● Attending Lawn Road School during the First World War. ● A footballing legend. ● "Amusing, but not vulgar". ● Defending the Thames Estuary. ● William Aspdin and his "folly". ● Mills used wind and water power. ● Where in Northfleet? ● Under the Thames to Tilbury. ● BVPM had it all wrapped up! ● The year 1940 ends quietly; then blitz resumes. ● Sunday morning song contest. ● Northfleet to the wide world. Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
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WINTER 2022 - Number 27
● Editorial.
● From our Readers.
● Watercress, teas and a zoo.
● Brewery sold "The Last Drop".
● Crowds saw the new Cunarder.
● The night of the hurricane.
● Drill Hall is part of our national heritage.
● Firefloats and Fireboats.
● Britain's worst river disaster
● Capt. Eric James Cairns, MBE.
● Where in Northfleet?
● Ferry much better than filming?
● A Policeman's lot in wartime.
● The day the balloon went up.
● In days gone by.
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Northfleet History Group Magazine SUMMER 2022 - Number 26 ● Editorial. ● From our Readers. ● Northfleet Castle. ● Uncles drove for pioneering bus company. ● Accidental discovery started a whole industry. ● Where in Northfleet? ● "Fire Queen" and "Jenny Lind". ● A boat trip to Rosherville. ● A very influential vicar. ● Gran's house in Rose Street. ● "A penny for your thoughts". ● The Battle of Perry Street. ● Our "Mr Northfleet". Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
Northfleet History Group Magazine WINTER 2021 - Number 25 ● Editorial. ● Northfleet - unequalled in Europe! ● Perry Street; old and new. ● Northfleet's high flyer. ● Where in Northfleet? ● Spot holds special memories ● The High Street had it all! ● Ebbsfleet Pleasure Ground. ● A Festival to lift our spirits. ● Northfleet lower lighthouse. ● Northfleet barrack field. ● When outings were a rare treat. ● From our Readers. Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
Northfleet History Group Magazine SUMMER 2021 - Number 24 ● Editorial. ● Happy Northfleet Memories. ● Where in Northfleet? ● Kington House: a mystery solved. ● 100 Years of River Ebbsfleet. ● Bowater's were world leaders in newsprint. ● Rosherville pier was the gateway to the Gardens. ● A fireman's lot. ● A rival to Sherlock Holmes. ● Full steam ahead for Northfleet! ● From our Readers. ● In days gone by. Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
Northfleet History Group Magazine WINTER 2020 - Number 23 ● Editorial. ● Guest Speakers (November 2019 - March 2020). ● Henley's cables connected the world. ● Gordon taught in Perry Street. ● Where in Northfleet? ● Grandfather's Bakery in Coopers Road. ● Northfleet UDC Fire Brigade. ● "Open all hours" in the High Street since 1900. ● Memories of life in 1940. ● The last letters home. ● From our Readers. ● Food for thought. ● In days gone by. Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
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SUMMER 2020 - Number 22 ● Editorial. ● The Creek was the cradle of the cement industry. ● The infamous channel "hit and run". ● My year in a Suffolk village. ● The history of Shaw's Laundry. ● The forge was vital in the days of horse power. ● "Everything for the sick room". ● River pilots saved the day. ● Where in Northfleet? ● A schoolboy during the Battle of Britain. ● A memorial to an Admiral. ● The Magic Box. ● Any old iron? ● In days gone by. Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
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WINTER 2019 - Number 21 ● Editorial. ● Talks and Visits (November 2018 - October 2019). ● Group Outings 2019. ● Carl Ekman, the man who revolutionised papermaking. ● Northfleet scouts ended the 1930s on the crest of a wave! ● Where in Northfleet? ● A good childhood despite the war. ● Northfleet's trams had a good track record. ● Baldwin's was a major part of the Perry Street scene. ● Northfleet Board School (Part 2). ● A natural bird sanctuary. ● Ships, trains and planes. ● Watching the times change. ● The big freeze of 1947. ● From our Readers. ● A whale of a time! ● In days gone by. Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
Northfleet History Group Magazine SUMMER 2019 - Number 20 ● Editorial. ● My wartime childhood recollections. ● Dad's army was deadly serious. ● Northfleet Board School. ● Prefabs were ideal homes. ● Cement-maker's daughter was a militant suffragette. ● Long player in the High Street. ● The seaside on his doorstep. ● Bags of trouble! ● Education and religion in Perry Street. ● What's in a name? ● Where in Northfleet? ● Messing about on the river. ● Fond memories of life in Samaritan Grove. ● From our Readers. ● Life in the "Good old Days". Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
Northfleet History Group Magazine WINTER 2018 - Number 19 ● Editorial. ● Talks and Visits (November 2017 - October 2018). ● Group Outings 2018. ● How Northfleet High Street was changed for ever. ● Visit some of the farms around Northfleet. ● It was "Nil by mouth" for my patient! ● Where in Northfleet? ● 100 years since the Armistice. ● Voices from the Great War. ● Northfleret scouts were kept busy during the Great War. ● Northfleet's hero of the First World War. ● A tribute to his mother and father from a soldier in the Great War. ● Huggens College transformed. ● Northfleet under fire! ● We loved the great outdoors. ● From our Readers. ● My Christmas List. Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
Northfleet History Group Magazine SUMMER 2018 - Number 18 ● Editorial. ● From our readers ................. ● A potted history of Perry Street. ● It was grim in the Workhouse. ● Where in Northfleet? ● Dover Road Infants School: The early years. ● The tenants of Wombwell Hall. ● Highs and lows of wartime. ● Rosherville's lost railway. ● Northfleet revisited. ● A hectic wartime workload. ● Bareham's were a cut above! ● Remembering Tilbury Hotel. ● Too hot to handle! ● POWs were often seen locally. ● Smoke signalled real gypsies. Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
Northfleet History Group Magazine SUMMER 2017 - Number 16 ● Editorial. ● A favourite Sunday tea. ● Where in Northfleet? ● Memories of World War II. ● "Little school" was first class. ● Boyhood days in Waterdales. ● Scouts' Gang Shows become a Northfleet tradition. ● It was "Make do and mend" on the Home Front. ● Who's this week's star baker? ● Keeping Northfleet clean and tidy. ● Crimean War brought work for hard-up Northfleet families. ● Grandad's sandwich surprise. ● End of "Chapel by the Brewery". ● My friend David. Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
Northfleet History Group Magazine WINTER 2016 - Number 15 ● Editorial. ● Talks and visits. November 2915 - October 2016. ● Group Outings 2016. ● Henry Gaylor & Son. High Class Bakers of Hamerton Road. ● Tragedy for Taunton Road. ● Trams along the "branch" line. ● Kent Fortress: Grove House. ● The Northfleet Volunteers. ● A shop of sweet delight. ● Thomas Bevan: Cement giant who built Factory Hall. ● Packham's of Perry Street. ● Over 40 happy years with Northfleet WRVS. ● A chorister at St. Botolph's. ● Christmas remembered. ● Cycling memories. ● Shell shocked! Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
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Northfleet History Group Magazine WINTER 2015 - Number 13 ● Talks and visits November 2014 - October 2015. ● Group Outings 2015. ● Growing up at Elm Cottage. ● Northfleet's music maestro. ● Generated in Northfleet. ● Centenary of the Catholic Church. ● Northfleet's Boot Warehouse. ● Sleeping in the tunnel. ● My days at Northfleet School for Girls. ● The High Street's Codfather. ● The best exotic Rosherville Hotel. ● Our street games were great. ● Perry Street in days gone by. Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
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WINTER 2014 - Number 11 The contents of the N.H.G. 11th magazine Local People in the Great War :- ● Talks and Visits. November 2013 - October 2014. ● Group Outings - 2014. ● Gone, But Not Forgotten. ● The Lamplighter. ● A Wartime Childhood. ● Dad was World Darts Champion. ● Johnson's, the Greengrocers of Northfleet High Street. ● A Letter from Home. ● A Tragic Accident. ● Grandad was Lost at Sea. ● I Became a Tram "Clippie". ● All the King's Horses. ● Northfleet's Last Stand. ● School Friends Remembered. ● Washing Day, Bath Night and Tales from "The Echo". ● Memories of Springhead. ● The Big Brownie Birthday. Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
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SUMMER 2014 - Number 10 The contents of the N.H.G. 10th magazine Celebrating the Group's 10th birthday :- ● Into the second decade. ● How it all began. ● On our 10th anniversary. ● Where were you on the day war was declared? ● Memories of a Perry Street VIP. ● A watercress tea at Springhead. ● Northfleet's fabulous Silver Band. ● "It'll all be over by Christmas". ● Corner shops and neighbours. ● Our 1940s playground. ● Memories of Northfleet from a £10 Pom. ● Gone for ever! ● More school day memories. Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
Northfleet History Group Magazine WINTER 2013 - Number 9 The contents of the N.H.G. 9th magazine :- ● A year of anniversaries. ● Talks and visits November 2012 - October 2013. ● Group outings. ● Living and shopkeeping in ration book years. ● The Great Flood of 1953. ● Keeping warm in the 1940's. ● The customer is always right!. ● The Southwoods of Old Perry Street. ● My night to remember. ● A busy working life. ● Celebrating Christmas. ● A tangled family tree. Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
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SUMMER 2013 - Number 8 The contents of the N.H.G. 8th magazine :- ● More of your memories. ● Festive end of an active year. ● Across the fields to father. ● School, shops and silent films. ● The day war broke out. ● All good fun at Ebbsfleet park. ● Hop picking was a holiday. ● Happy and Glorious (Coronation celebrations). ● Those youth club days. ● "Wings for Victory". ● Pub was a wartime lookout. ● The class of 1949. ● Bombs and a blue dress. ● A package tour of Peru (with a difference!). ● Roshervilles Gardens re-created in miniature. ● Local news over 100 years. Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
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2012 - Number 7 The contents of the N.H.G. 7th magazine :- ● History in the making. ● Talks and visits November 2011 - October 2012. ● Group Outings 2012. ● A Gravesend connection. ● The first flying bomb. ● Nothfleet's 1,000th council house. ● De Warren House demolished. ● 75 years of service. ● Bevan's rail link re-opened. ● Training ship Warspite at Greenhithe. ● A "sheltered" life. ● Northfleet's adopted warship. ● Perry Street and the Rainbow. ● Gathering winter fuel. ● Silver shoes. ● A very merry Christmas. Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
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2011 - Number 6 The contents of the N.H.G. 6th magazine :- ● Have You Got Mail? ● An Education in Life. ● Tribute to Northfleett's Hero. ● Bygone Buildings. ● Diphtheria. ● Outing to the Brighton Pavilion. ● Visit to Shorne Church. ● The Day We Went To Blenhiem. ● Early Years. ● Street Party. ● Origin of Street Names. ● The Sturge School. ● Coldharbour Crossroads. Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
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Northfleet History Group Magazine 2010 - Number 5 The contents of the N.H.G. 5th magazine :- ● Northfleet's Good Samaritan - John Huggens. ● The Rosher Tomb. ● 17 Kent Home Guard. ● Visit to Windsor. ● Bygone Buildings. ● The Procession. ● Living Down Samaritan Grove. ● Origin of Street Names. ● A Day Never Forgotten - 16th August 1940. ● Eton, Mudeford & Gravesend. Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
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2009 - Number 4 The contents of the N.H.G. 4th magazine :- ● A Year of Firsts - Secretary's Report ● Northfleet Power Station 1963-1986. ● Northfleet Notables. ● Visit to Petworth House. ● College Street Social Club. ● Childhood memories of Wycliffe. ● Photos, Post-Mortems and Public Acclaim. ● Bygone Buildings. ● Shopping in Northfleet High Street 1934. ● Origin of Street Names. ● Remember, Remember the 5th of November. Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
Northfleet History Group Magazine 2008 - Number 3 The contents of the N.H.G. 3rd magazine :- ● What A Year. ● Paraffin Man. ● Gostling's Chimney. ● 1st Daylight Bombing Raid. ● Northfleet Guides. ● Wood St Methodist Chapel. ● Memories of Northfleet Yesteryear. ● Preparations for War. ● Talks and Visits. UNFORTUNATELY NOW SOLD OUT BUT COMPUTER PRINTED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
Northfleet History Group Magazine Winter 2007 - Number 2 The contents of the N.H.G. 2nd magazine :- ● Moving On. ● Memories of Northfleet Silver Band. ● Slaves Alley. ● Get Fell In. ● Ghosts under the A226. ● Family Ties ... Knots & Tangles. ● Christmas was always such fun. ● Tour de France and more ... Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |
Northfleet History Group Magazine Spring 2007 - Number 1 The contents of the N.H.G. 1st magazine :- ● Moving On. ● How the Group Began. ● Starting Work - Stan Martin at Everards. ● Life at Lawn Road - Joyce Merchant. ● A Selection of Wartime Memories. ● 60 Years Ago in Northfleet. ● Your Godfather Was Who? ● The Muffin Man in the 1930's. UNFORTUNATELY NOW SOLD OUT BUT COMPUTER PRINTED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE Price £3.50 including (UK) Inland Postage. |