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Kent Collection

Background imageKent Collection: Hop Picking fun for all the family. Young and old pick hops by the binful. 1950s

Hop Picking fun for all the family. Young and old pick hops by the binful. 1950s

Background imageKent Collection: Coronation - children having a street party to celebrate. Norfolk Crescent, Sidcup photographer

Coronation - children having a street party to celebrate. Norfolk Crescent, Sidcup photographer: John Topham colourised from original black & white image 2 June 1953

Background imageKent Collection: Home front 1940. Destroyed house in the Dartford area after a German air raid

Home front 1940. Destroyed house in the Dartford area after a German air raid

Background imageKent Collection: This archway was once the entrance to a large mansion at Westwick, Norfolk. Now itis

This archway was once the entrance to a large mansion at Westwick, Norfolk. Now itis on the main Aylsham-Norwich road, and is just another of the ancient monuments left for present day traffic to

Background imageKent Collection: Small tan terrier dog {Lakeland / Border cross} with favourite soft toy on garden lawn

Small tan terrier dog {Lakeland / Border cross} with favourite soft toy on garden lawn
Small tan terrier dog {Lakeland/Border cross} with favourite soft toy on garden lawn credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

Background imageKent Collection: Once a week, along with the cheese, the bacon and the groceries, a shop in old fashioned

Once a week, along with the cheese, the bacon and the groceries, a shop in old fashioned Chilham becomes the village library. July 7th 1950

Background imageKent Collection: House party at Falconhurst 1906

House party at Falconhurst 1906

Background imageKent Collection: Keston Ponds, Kent

Keston Ponds, Kent

Background imageKent Collection: The new railway station at Hastings, Kent. 6 July 1931

The new railway station at Hastings, Kent. 6 July 1931

Background imageKent Collection: A destroyed home, after a German air raid

A destroyed home, after a German air raid

Background imageKent Collection: Home front 1940. Destroyed home in the Crayford area, after a German air raid

Home front 1940. Destroyed home in the Crayford area, after a German air raid

Background imageKent Collection: Donkeys on the sands of Ramsgate beach. 22 May 1926

Donkeys on the sands of Ramsgate beach. 22 May 1926

Background imageKent Collection: A view over Chislehurst, Kent. 1935

A view over Chislehurst, Kent. 1935

Background imageKent Collection: UFO photographed from Cranbrook High School, Cranbrook, England in December 1944 (14

UFO photographed from Cranbrook High School, Cranbrook, England in December 1944 (14:30) by Robert Dowsing. Wendelle Stevens archives with arrangement with Charles Walker

Background imageKent Collection: White iceberg full blown rose in garden setting. credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen

White iceberg full blown rose in garden setting. credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

Background imageKent Collection: Here is a job that could be speeded up - that of painting white lines and dashes on the roads

Here is a job that could be speeded up - that of painting white lines and dashes on the roads. This picture was taken at Seal, Kent - where the march of time, in this respect, is rather slow

Background imageKent Collection: Royal Tunbridge Wells - ?2004 TopFoto

Royal Tunbridge Wells - ?2004 TopFoto

Background imageKent Collection: Home front 1940. The aftermath of a German air raid in which landmines (dropped

Home front 1940. The aftermath of a German air raid in which landmines (dropped by parachute) were dropped in Sidcup, destroying a complete Street in the process

Background imageKent Collection: A house in the Bexley area, showing considerable damage, surrounded by debris after

A house in the Bexley area, showing considerable damage, surrounded by debris after a near miss from German bombs

Background imageKent Collection: Home front 1940. A residential area showing signs of being heavily damaged after

Home front 1940. A residential area showing signs of being heavily damaged after a night raid from German bombers in the Bexleyheath area. (Lower left can be seen an Anderson shelter)

Background imageKent Collection: Home front 1940. House in the residential area of Bexley badly hit during the German

Home front 1940. House in the residential area of Bexley badly hit during the German air onslaught

Background imageKent Collection: Donkeys on the sands at Ramsgate beach with their happy young riders. 22 May 1926

Donkeys on the sands at Ramsgate beach with their happy young riders. 22 May 1926

Background imageKent Collection: Kent - Dartford Paper Mills fire which burnt for three days - 3 March 1949

Kent - Dartford Paper Mills fire which burnt for three days - 3 March 1949 eTopFoto

Background imageKent Collection: John Topham press cuttings - top publishing pictures were put in elephant folio cuttings

John Topham press cuttings - top publishing pictures were put in elephant folio cuttings books which started in 1933 and continued through to 1969 eTopFoto

Background imageKent Collection: Beating out a crop fire A TopFoto

Beating out a crop fire A TopFoto
Beating out a crop fire eTopFoto

Background imageKent Collection: Voluntary keep fit classes for youngsters. Sidcup, 1937

Voluntary keep fit classes for youngsters. Sidcup, 1937

Background imageKent Collection: Elephants crossing, Footscray. 1935

Elephants crossing, Footscray. 1935

Background imageKent Collection: Flooding in Eynsford, Kent. A motorist uses a hose to extend the exhaust of his

Flooding in Eynsford, Kent. A motorist uses a hose to extend the exhaust of his car in order to keep the water out of it. 1937

Background imageKent Collection: Young women sunbathing at Gravesend baths 4 May 1946

Young women sunbathing at Gravesend baths 4 May 1946

Background imageKent Collection: A farmer using a horse drawn machine to spread fertilizer on a field. 1939

A farmer using a horse drawn machine to spread fertilizer on a field. 1939

Background imageKent Collection: A Russian choir at practice in Chislehurst. 1938

A Russian choir at practice in Chislehurst. 1938

Background imageKent Collection: Fire at the Darford Paper Mills in Kent which burnt for three days - 3 March 1949

Fire at the Darford Paper Mills in Kent which burnt for three days - 3 March 1949 eTopFoto

Background imageKent Collection: An aerial view of Tilbury Docks on the river Thames in Essex. 1939

An aerial view of Tilbury Docks on the river Thames in Essex. 1939

Background imageKent Collection: A farm labourer in Orpington, 1935, driving his cart into the water to swell the wood

A farm labourer in Orpington, 1935, driving his cart into the water to swell the wood and thus tighten the wheels

Background imageKent Collection: A judge in the Sheep auction ring at Tenterden. 3rd May 1948

A judge in the Sheep auction ring at Tenterden. 3rd May 1948

Background imageKent Collection: Boys sliding in Playground Orpington 1937

Boys sliding in Playground Orpington 1937

Background imageKent Collection: Hop Picking Beltring, Kent Children having great fun riding a cart horse round

Hop Picking Beltring, Kent Children having great fun riding a cart horse round the hop fields 16th december 1946

Background imageKent Collection: 1936 Opening of Bexley Heath Swimming Baths A keep fit craze swept the nation

1936 Opening of Bexley Heath Swimming Baths A keep fit craze swept the nation. Bexley Heath opened its public swimming bath in typical English weather

Background imageKent Collection: Foreground of buttercups and grasses with country landscape in background

Foreground of buttercups and grasses with country landscape in background credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

Background imageKent Collection: Southern Hospital Dartford. 16 April 1947

Southern Hospital Dartford. 16 April 1947

Background imageKent Collection: Milk vans in Leaves Green. 1937

Milk vans in Leaves Green. 1937

Background imageKent Collection: Little creamy white rose growing in profusion in summer garden credit: Marie-Louise

Little creamy white rose growing in profusion in summer garden credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

Background imageKent Collection: Harvest wreath of red apples strung on wire into a circle and decorated with bunches

Harvest wreath of red apples strung on wire into a circle and decorated with bunches of berries, in country churchyard. Part of a flower festival credit

Background imageKent Collection: Bluebells growing wild in woods in Kent UK. credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen

Bluebells growing wild in woods in Kent UK. credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

Background imageKent Collection: Holstein cows grazing on hilly field on organic farm in the weald of Kent UK credit

Holstein cows grazing on hilly field on organic farm in the weald of Kent UK credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

Background imageKent Collection: Wisteria on tiled wall of Kentish house UK credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen

Wisteria on tiled wall of Kentish house UK credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

Background imageKent Collection: Common daisy on old brick path, Kent UK credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen

Common daisy on old brick path, Kent UK credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto



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