The Oast Rainham - Then and Now

Jas has kindly sent in this edited image of the Oast Community Centre in Rainham combining a current photo with one showing the hops being loaded from approx 1930s

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Articles about Rainham History

HOW SHOULD THE OLD CO-OP SITE BE DEVELOPED? (Written April 1998)

Probably the last act of Gillingham Borough Council before it amalgamated with Rochester to become...
Action Forum - July 2024

Action Forum magazine number 602, July 2024. Cover picture is of Westminster Bank in High Street...
Action Forum - June 2024

Action Forum magazine number 601 , June 2024. Cover picture is of WR Durrell garage on A2 High...
Action Forum - May 2024

Action Forum magazine number 600, May 2024. Cover picture is of Station Road Church School May Day in...
W& R Durell - Motor Garage and Car Repairs Rainham Kent

The garage for W& R Durell was located on the corner of the A2 and Maidstone Road in Rainham. They...
Action Forum - April 2024

Action Forum magazine number 599 , March 2024. Cover picture is of Rainham Station on Station Road in...
Elm Plastics Rainham - Mr Robert Michalkiewicz Background and History

Elm Plastics by Peter Douglas Winn Mr Robert Michalkiewicz came to England from Poland and was a...
Action Forum - March 2024

Action Forum magazine number 598 , March 2024. Cover picture is of staff from Rainham based...
SUNBURST BOOKS - Kent’s largest charity second hand bookshop.

SUNBURST BOOKS Rainham Kent - February 2024 21 & 23 Station Road, Rainham, Kent. ME8 7RS. 01634...
Rainham's George Meegan - Walk Across America

George Meegan is one of the people celebrated with a wall display in the Railway Pub in Rainham...
Rainham Girls School, Orchard Street 1941/2

The attached photo was taken in the quad at Rainham Girls School, Orchard Street, c. 1941/2. My...
Elm Plastics Ltd - Rainham Kent - History

According to Kelly's directory, Elm Plastics was based at 22 Motney Hill Road in Rainham, now a...
Action Forum - Jan/Feb 2024

Action Forum magazine number 597 , Jan/Feb 2024. Cover picture is of Rainham Flying Ace Sgt Harold...
Action Forum - December 2023

Action Forum magazine number 596 , December 2023. Cover picture is of Rainham milkman Bill Eatwell who...
Old Photo of Men of Kent Pub Rainham - High Street Otterham Quay

This Old Photo of Men of Kent Pub Rainham - High Street Otterham Quay Lane was part of a slide...
Siloam in Rainham - Part 1

SILOAM in Rainham Part 1 The house that stands today is surrounded by ﬁelds and situated about...
SILOAM in Rainham. Part 2

In his History of Kent Hasted also says this of James Donet, who died in 1409, ‘On his death...
Reminiscences of a milk boy - Terry's Dairy Rainham & Wigmore

Although modern day progress has meant a good number of the houses in Rainham and Wigmore have...
BJ Seeley Fancy Draper, Glover & Hosier Rochester Kent

While walking down Rochester High Street I noticed that the former Elizabeth's of Rochester...
The Oasthouse Theatre - Diamond Anniversary 2023

The Oasthouse Theatre RaTS was founded back in 1948 and, until the society acquired its own...
Elm Plastics Staff Photo - Motney Hill Road Rainham Kent

Elm Plastics was based in Motney Hill Road in Rainham Gillingham Kent. These photos show some of...
Action Forum - November 2023

Action Forum magazine number 595 , November 2023. Cover picture is of Rainham Oasthouse theatre...
Battle of Britain Hero - Sgt Harold Norman Howes DFM 740896

Sgt H N HOWES DFM 740896 Harold Norman Howes was born in Gillingham, Kent on 24th December 1915...
Action Forum - October 2023

Action Forum magazine number 594 , September 2023. Cover picture is of a class at Rainham...
Anchorians War Memorial plaque in their clubhouse in Gillingham Kent

Action Forum magazine number 593 , September 2023. Cover picture is of Anchorians War Memorial...
Action Forum - September 2023

Action Forum magazine number 593 , September 2023. Cover picture is of Anchorians War Memorial...
Action Forum - August 2023

Action Forum magazine number 592 , August 2023. Cover picture is of Rainham Mark, Belisha Beacon,...
Action Forum - July 2023

Action Forum magazine number 591 , July 2023. Cover picture is of Knights Stores Motney Hill Road,...
Action Forum - June 2023

Action Forum magazine number 590 , June 2023. Cover picture is of Fancy Dress Competition at...
Walk Around Rainham - 1978 Style!

The total length of this walk is about 6 miles. However by studying the map you can quite easily...
Action Forum - May 2023

Action Forum magazine number 589 , May 2023. Cover picture is of Army & Navy pub during Lower...
Macklands House Rainham Kent

THE STORY OF MACKLANDS HOUSE in Station Road, Rainham Kent The story of Macklands House begins...
R Johnsons Ironmongers and Tool Shop Station Road Rainham Kent

Johnsons Tool and Ironmongery Specialists was a popular store on Station Road/Henry Street Rainham...
Rainham High Street 1963 showing Coningsby House

This fascinating photo of Rainham High Street taken in 1963 was kindly provided by Joe Ennis and...
Fanny Walter of Rainham Kent Berengrove House

Fanny Walter was a member of the family at Berengrove House, and lived from 1839 until 1929. The...
Alfred Champion, President of Co-operative Society Rainham Kent

This was supplied by Paul Stephens Just a quick Image of My Grandfather notice in the local paper...
John Willoughby Gray and Felicity Pownall-Gray Bloor's Place Rainham

John Willoughby Gray and Felicity Pownall-Gray and they lived in Bloor's Place on the Lower...
Knights Stores Motney Hill Lower Rainham Road (Elm Cottage Stores, Hills stores)

This photo of Knights Stores on the corner of Motney Hill Road and Lower Rainham Road in Rainham...
Action Forum - April 2023

Action Forum magazine number 588 , April 2023. Cover picture is of Springtime flowers in Finwell...
Action Forum - March 2023

Action Forum magazine number 587 , March 2023. Cover picture is of an event in the garden of 82...
Edwin Road Events in 1930s

These 2 photos have been kindly supplied by Brian Teather. These were taken at the site of 82...
Rainham Shops in November 1977

This promotion for shopping in Rainham was published in Action Forum magazine and shows some of...
Rainham Post Office 1870 Postmistress Mary Ann Brearey

I have been researching my family over the last few years and found that my Great Great...
Miss Rainham Spectacular 1978 Melanie-Jane Webb

Action Forum from June 1978 showing a photo of Miss Rainham Melanie-Jane Webb of Lonsdale Drive...
Rainham Shopping Centre Plans 1970s (AF 1976)

Article from Action Forum - September 1976 Planning permission has now been granted for the ...
Action Forum - Jan/Feb 2023

Action Forum magazine number 586 , January/Feb 2023. Cover picture is of Rainham station and Oast...
Action Forum - December 1999 Number 340

Cover photo is the children of the Camp School in a tableau from their 1954 Nativity play
End of an Era - Closure of Rainham Co-op Stores in 1998

THE END OF AN ERA - RAINHAM CO-OP TO CLOSE I had expected to be writing, this month, about the end ...
Action Forum - November 1999 Number 339

Cover photo is of a coach trip to Southend in the 1950s from the White Horse pub in Rainham...
Action Forum - October 1999 Number 338

Cover photo is an aerial view of Cozenton Farm in the 1950s

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