Bygone Kent magazine

Kent's only local history magazine delves deep into the county's fascinating past

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Book review: Chatham — a town knocked to pieces Buy it here https://t.co/sGvbJ4olWT

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Eat your greens, and dig the good earth, but stop kissing babies: fruitarian, lawyer, surgeon, friend of #Gandhi … Josiah Oldfield led a full life but his lasting legacy is his blueprint for a simple life and healthy diet #Doddington Buy it here https://t.co/sGvbJ4olWT

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The sultan and the showgirl: she was a dancer. He was a much-married playboy. Their relationship was ended by a bomb in #Canterbury #HerneBay Buy it here https://t.co/sGvbJ4olWT

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Up in smoke: shoes, a shirt, a trip to Croydon … all were gifts from a village charity that took its income from rents in the City of London and is still working today #Brasted #Sundridge Buy it here https://t.co/sGvbJ4olWT

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A rebel in the struggle against conformity: prolific memoirist, detective novelist and #Rochester bookseller served time for an offence that led to a change in the law #Edenbridge #Gravesend Buy it here https://t.co/sGvbJ4olWT

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A life of sex, horror and … am dram: scriptwriter Tudor Gates could turn his hand successfully to many genres in film, television and the stage. His dabbling with property, however, was a disaster #Birchington #Ramsgate Buy it here https://t.co/sGvbJ4olWT

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The May and June issue of Bygone Kent is now out. Buy it here https://t.co/sGvbJ4olWT

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It’s not an old hut — it’s a piece of Olympic history: The Finnish ambassador has joined a campaign to save a sauna near #Maidstone #Aylesford https://t.co/sGvbJ4olWT

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The other architect of New Delhi: India’s capital was not just the work of Lutyens #Cobham #Rochester #Tonbridge #Owletts https://t.co/sGvbJ4olWT

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A true rival to Conan Doyle? A #Gravesend doctor invented the crime genre howcatchem and used the device prolifically #Frindsbury #Rochester #Higham https://t.co/sGvbJ4olWT

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Cold war invasion: US airmen arrived in their thousands at #Manston in the 1950s as nuclear catastrophe loomed. They brought prosperity ... and disaster #Ramsgate #Margate #StPeter’s https://t.co/sGvbJ4olWT

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Glass-smashers and peaceful protesters: the suffragettes’ campaign fell into two camps #Rochester #Maidstone #Sevenoaks #Gillingham https://t.co/sGvbJ4olWT

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Queen of #Ramsgate: an earl’s daughter married a son of George III — twice. But both unions were void, and she set up home in fashionable Kent #Broadstairs #Margate https://t.co/sGvbJ4olWT

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A final glimpse of Everest heroes: with a telephoto lens John Noel spotted Mallory and Irvine as they plodded towards the summit in 1924. His photographs record a lost pioneering age, preserved by his daughter #Ashford https://t.co/LTPzcDZU2W

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In death, the great novelist evolves into a video mystery: the author who has entertained and inspired millions is poised to be launched on a new platform . . . with a little help from our editor #Higham https://t.co/LTPzcDZU2W

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Swim sham: axle-grease doctor was trying to prove a point about Channel craze but her deception left her career floundering #Dover #Hythe https://t.co/LTPzcDZU2W

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Christmas quiz: a poser from Edwardian times #Maidstone #Canterbury #Bobbing #Dartford #Fordwich https://t.co/LTPzcDZU2W

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Nondescript bungalow’s secret: The secret link to Churchill’s ruthless guerrilla defence force as Britain prepared for Nazi invasion #Challock #Wickhambreaux #Lynsted #Charing #Nonington #Tunstall https://t.co/LTPzcDZU2W