| Date |
Title/Contributors |
Comment |
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| 23/4/08 |
Collar's
Boat Yard
by Jean Martin
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A fascinating new
article kindly produced by Jean Martin on
the subject of the town's most influential boatyard of
the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The
yard's slipways launched many of the town's most
famous oyster yawls... including such craft as Gamecock
and Rosa and Ada.
The article contains some lovely tales of old
Whitstable including... how one of the Collar ladies hid
a keg of brandy from the duty men.... how a local spirit
runner hitched a lift to escape deportation.... how an
apprentice was expected to behave.
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| 6/4/08 |
Old
Field Names of Whitstable
by Brian Smith
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Brian takes us back to
the 1860s and maps the names of nearly 200 local
fields. Along the way, he also discusses the fascinating
origins behind the titles.
We hope our readers will join in the discussion by
spotting and reporting any modern day terms that derive
from the field names.
Many of the field names have been used to name modern
day roads or houses. Others have been put to even more
fascinating uses... such as the house names of the Sir
William Nottidge School of the 1950s (Torrith, Sedberry,
Minters and Coppins).
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| 31/3/08 |
Chat
Column for w/c 31/3/08
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This Chat column delves
even further into the history of Tankerton College of
the early twentieth century.
Jean Martin provides photos from the college
prospectus and portraits of the Osbourne family who
established the school back in 1899.
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| 25/3/08 |
Whitstable
Regatta - Glimpses of the Past
by Richard Perks
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Richard was involved in
organising the 182nd and 183rd event back in 1986/7.
In his article, he discusses the history of the event
back to the very first regatta in 1792 and looks at the
activities involved in organising it all.
Watch out for a photo of the greasy pole!
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| 25/3/08 |
Chat
Column for W/C 24/3/08 |
Includes a draft
article on Tankerton College of the early 20th century
and a mystery surrounding an old photo of the Sea
Scouts.
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| 13/3/08 |
The
King's Leigh School of Tankerton |
A new permanent article
that examines a very unusual school called the King's
Leigh. This operated in the 1930s.
It was the subject of a Chat Column article and
several visitors book entries. The various contributions
have now enabled us to piece together a basic picturet.
Thanks go to Sandford MacLean, Brian Eames, Diana
Suard and Peter Dalrymple for their
contributions.
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| 12/3/08 |
The
Whitstable and Tankerton Collgiate School (ie The Tom
Cats) |
A rewrite of an
existing article to include extra information from
Catherine Goodwin and David Roberts.
The WTCS was a well known private school of the
1940s/50s and it gained the name 'The Whitstable Tom cat
School. We take a look behind the scenes at the school's
owners and school life.
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| 6/3/08 |
The
Maunsell Forts
Photos by Peter Dalrymple |
An overview of the
World War II forts in the Thames estuary... with
memories of war time amd pirate radio.
A super collection of photos by Peter.
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| 6/3/08 |
The
Kentish Flats Wind Farm
Photos by Peter Dalrymple |
Views and general
details of the wind farm with a lovely range of photos
taken by Peter Dalrymple
|
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| 25/2/08 |
The
Canterbury & Whitstable Railway Line
by Brian Smith |
A fascinating overview
of the old line
|
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| 25/2/08 |
Chat
Column for w/c 25/2/08 |
A collection of
material contributed by our readers AND a new draft
article on the old harbour lands.
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| 25/2/08 |
May
Day 2008
|
A look ahead to May
Day, photos from past events and a request from Oyster
Morris for a little bit of help |
|
| 27/1/08 |
The
Swale Barge Match
Photos of Peter Dalrymple |
A pictorial of super
scenes from the barge match of 2007 |
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| 27/1/08 |
Active
Barges
Photos of Peter Dalrymple |
There are now just 30
or so Thames barges active in the UK. Peter's photos
give us a closer look at ten of these. |
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| 13/1/08 |
Sir
William Nottidge School Mag of 1956/57 Material
supplied by Ken Allen |
Yes... old editions of
The Quiver mag have been added to our Sir William
Nottidge school menu! |
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