This photo is of the Mr Rochester competitors at the 1981 Dicken's Festival, do you recognise anyone?
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The Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977 was an event that had celebrations across the country and Rainham was no exception. These photos were taken in Roystons Close of the party and Chalky Bank Road (of the bunting), Rainham in June 1977. Photos thanks to Eddy Newport.
The photo below was of the street party in Bettescombe Road Rainham in June 1977
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The Rainham Coop Store stood opposite St Margaret's Church next to the White Horse pub and sold items such as clothing, shoes and homeware. It was demolished in 1997 and the site left vacant for some time before the NHS Rainham Healthy Living Centre was built. The store had an upstairs/upper floor called Rainham Co-operative Hall that was used by various groups for meetings and social events like dances.
Sandra Perkins has been in touch and said "My Mothers parents and my Grandparents, Royston & Ethel Black were Old Time Dance teachers at the Co-op. Upstairs in the hall was one of many places they taught, they lived in Rainham most of their married lives until their deaths"
These photos of the demolition in November 1997 were kindly provided by Peter Manning
The scene in 2001 following the demolition looking towards the church & White Horse pub.
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St Margarets Church Hall was built on Orchard Street Rainham and opened in 1937. By the late 1990s the hall had become outdated and it was decided that a replacement could be built nearer the church on land that was freed up by the cancellation of the Rainham Bypass project
Construction of the new Millennium centre began in the late 1990s for opening in the millennium celebrations and the old church hall in Orchard Street was demolished to make way for new flats in 2001.
These photos were taken by Virginia Smith, proprietor and manager of the Peter Pan preschool.
Former Church Hall site, now flats on Hurst Close/Orchard Street
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This photo is of the Rainham Rangerettes performing at Gillingham Carnival in the 1970s. Do you recognise anyone or know the date it was taken?
The car being driven with the music system on seems to be an Austin Maxi registration AKE934K
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