Articles about Rainham Kent History
This area contains articles about the history of Rainham, Kent and memories of life in the area over the last century or so. Unfortunately, many of the articles I have are only in paper form and need to be converted into web pages. I apologise for any spelling mistakes, the text has been converted by computer and some errors may have been missed. If you have any articles or suggestions, please get in touch.
Articles about Bygone Life in Rainham Kent
Tudor House, Twydall Lane by Freddie Cooper (Feb 2010)
Pump Farm in the 1950s by Stan Randall (Feb 2010)
Christmas in Rainham in the 1950s (Feb 2010)
Parliamentary Recognition for Rainham Kent (Feb 2010)
Bargain House in Rainham (Feb 2010)
Snow in Rainham 1987
Greens of Rainham (Jan 2009)
Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre Construction (added Dec 2008)
Jezreel's Tower - Watling Street Gillingham (added Jan 2008)
Examples of Constant Change in Rainham
- Feb 2005
Notes
and Photographs from John Godfrey (added Dec 2004)
How
Rainham Street Names have changed (added August 2004)
History
of The Green Lion Public House, Rainham (June 2004)
Rainham Horticultural
Society Show Programme 1953 (Added July 2004)
Maps of Rainham and surrounding areas
Council Acquires East Hoath Wood Wigmore (added April 2004)
Last
Prize Fight Took Place Here (added April 2004)
Edmund Drake,
Vicar of Upchurch (added April
2004)
Rainham's
War Memorial - Paul Bishop (added Feb 2004)
Rainham
A Century Ago Part 2-Freddie Cooper (May 2001)
Rainham
A Century Ago Part 1-Freddie Cooper (Mar 2001)
The
Changing Face of Rainham-Freddie Cooper (November 2002)
The
Changing Face of Rainham-Freddie Cooper (December 2002)
Dene
Holes-Andrew James (Sept 2001)
Watts
The Chemist - Action Forum(July 2002)
How
Berengrave Lane Got So Named - Freddie Cooper (Dec 2001)
The
Lord Stanley Public House-Andrew James (Sept 2001)
The
Lord Stanley Public House-Freddie Cooper (Nov 2001)
Local Documents about Rainham
These documents are not historical records but show more about everyday life.
Wards Construction - Rainham Park/Parkwood Homes Brochure from 1960s
Early Rainham Telephone Numbers from 1908 showing local business at the time (Nov 2008)
Rainham Horticultural Society Show Programme 1957
Fairview School Oral History Project - video and transcripts of interviews including Freddie Cooper
