Kent Life Collection (#14)

Dog in front of its tree kennel at Penshurst 1933

A general view of the new coal electric power station under construction near Dartford, Kent. 1938

St Martin s, the new Church in Barnehurst, Kent. 1936

Mr Greenfield at an old dilapidated cottage, wich is to be used as a museum in Eynsford, Kent. 12 December 1938

A farmer and his team of horses plough a field in Sidcup, Kent. 1936

Spectators try to keep warm and dry during the Lacrosse match - East versus West - at Farringtons School, Chislehurst, Kent. 1938

Birds nests in the back of an advertising hoarding, Ruxley, Kent. 1938

Apple tree laden with fruit. 1935

A new ambulance, parked outside Sidcup fire station, Kent. 1937

Runners from the Dartford Harriers during a road race. 25 October 1935

The opening of Swanscombe Baths in Kent. The bathers posing for a group photo. 1936

Trimming the topiary chess men in the garden at Hever Castle Near Edenbridge Kent 1962

Flooded streets in Sidcup, Kent. Double dekker bus plows through the water. 1937

The new ambulance headquarters in Dartford, Kent. 1937

Children enjoying the paddling pool in St Mary Cray, Kent. 1936

The Dartford Carnival Queen with her attendees arriving for the queens coronation. 1938

What a dog has to put up with... seems to be the thoughts of Major, a spaniel
What a dog has to put up with. ....seems to be the thoughts of " Major", a spaniel owned by Mrs. Margaret Hale of Crayford, Kent

Armistice Memorial Service in Orpington, Kent. The British Legion marching through the street. 6 November 1938

Halfway house, Swanley, Kent. 1935

An interior view of St Martin s, the new church in Barnehurst, Kent. 1936

Osterberg College students. 14 July 1937

Territorial Army Artillery dinner. Chairman of Erith Urban District Council, Councillor W J Ebben, Captain M A Galbraith, Frank Clarke, L R HIll OBE and Major R L Whitmore. 1937

Members of the public relax on the opened beaches of the river Thames in Gravesend, Kent, during low tide. 1937

American hill climb ( Motorcycle Club Sidcup ), Farningham. 1937

John Woods Farm Labourers Party at Swanley in Kent. September, 1937

Lovers Lane, Swanscombe. 1938

Bedford, Kolster Brandes Radio. 16 August 1937

Civic service at the Dartford Parish Church in Kent. 1936

Millwall footballers enjoy a break from the pitch and relax on the Beckenham golf course. Jack Sykes drives the ball. 1939

Gravesend Water Works in Kent. The boiler room. 1939

Bergman Osterberg College of Physical Education in Darford, Kent. Girls Hungarian dancing. 1936

Dartford bowls, Mayor of Dartford bowling. 1938

Territorial Army recruits at camp in Lympne, Kent. A Territorial is having his back scrubbed. 1939

The construction of the London County Council housing estate at Chislehurst, Kent. 1935

Swanley College sports day. Apple bobbing. 1935

Two special trains were used to move a farm - lock, stock and barrel, from Edenbridge, Kent, to Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The first train took the dead stock and equipment, and the second the animals

Ploughman and his horse Wrotham Kent 1947

Elderberry blossom in Maplescombe make a pretty foreground to the oast houses. 1936

The dinner lady serving lunch at a girls school in Orpington, Kent. 1937

Improvement works being carried out on the Sidcup memorial in Kent. 1938

Territorial Army recruits at camp in Lympne, Kent. A Territorial on guard. 1939

MEMORY LANE Photographs from the 1930s, 40s and 50s by JOHN TOPHAM eTopFoto

Aerial view of Drive Cottage, Hever, Kent, England 15 September 1962

A Tudor pagaent in Westerham, Kent. 1939

First Christmas Fat Stock Show since the war at Edenbridge. D. Fawkes and R. A. Ashby judging piglets. 24th November 1952

A tudor cottage in St Pauls Cray, Kent. 1939

Boys enjoying the snow on Chislehurst Common on their toboggan. 1936

First Christmas Fat Stock Show since the War at Edenbridge. Mr. S. Warnett ( in trilby ) and Dick Foster ( in cap ) judging class 1 ( for steers ) at the Edenbridge, Kent, Christmas Fat Stock Show

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