Images Dated 1st September 2015

One year old Kent Nystrom is happy just sitting in the little truck watching mummy

One year old Kent Nystrom is happy just sitting in the little truck watching mummy participate in the national Varpa Championships which proceded despite the rain. Varpa is a traditional Swedish game and Kent's mother is seen holding the stone "Varpa" during play.
14th July 1965

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Naval cadets from the Thames Nautical College training ship HMS Worcester are being

Naval cadets from the Thames Nautical College training ship HMS Worcester are being evacuated from Greenhithe to the countryside.
Here the Worcester Boys are messing around in the grounds of Foots Cray Place, Kent, which is their new quarters for the duration of the war.
2 September 1939

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A recent picture taken in Wellington Harbour shows a short Sunderland flying boat

A recent picture taken in Wellington Harbour shows a short Sunderland flying boat of the Royal New Zealand Air Force and a Fokker Friendship belonging to the National Airways Corporation of New Zealand. The Sunderland a Mark 5 was built at Rochester in Kent in 1944-45. This is thought to be the oldest operational type of aircraft in the world. The first one was built in 1937. The Friendship one of 8 operated on the internal routes of New Zealand by NAC was built by the Fokker company at Schiphol Suid Amsterdam in 1961

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