Kent Life Collection (#89)

A general view of Hever Castle. 1938

Petts Wood Operatic Society performing on stage. 1936

A horse show in Westerham, Kent. The show jumping competition. 1936

Agricultural Machinery : Mr Chris Lambert, of Horsmonden, Kent, was a steam haulage contractor. A greater part of his work was steam ploughing - where two traction engines hauled a plough on a steel

The Honourable Mrs Morrison of Kemnal Warren, Chiselhurst, Kent. 1935

Dartford Football Club in action. The goalkeeper clears the ball. 1936

Workers from the Demolition and Construction Company Ltd use their Bedford Tram Tower truck to work on the overhead electrical trolleybus wires. 1936

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

Janet Lyddon of Bexley, Kent. She was holidaying on a farm in the Lake District, and is seen, in pouring rain, bringing in the morning milk and eggs from the farm

Fruit packing at Thomas Neame fruit farm, Faversham, Kent. 1935

Sidcup Church Hall foundation stone laying. 1938

Queen Victoria, the Prince Consort and John Bull with his bulldog arrive
" Queen Victoria ", " the Prince Consort " and " John Bull " with his bulldog arrive at the Victorian Ball at Dartford, Kent. 1938

Pat Stoddart playing an accordion at the Chislehurst Conservative Childrens Party in Kent. 1939

SOME MENU! Mr. A. Goord, last of a long association with the Chequers Inn of Dickens
SOME MENU! Mr.A.Goord, last of a long association with the " Chequers Inn" of Dickens fame at Higham, Kent, will be taking this old menu with him when he retires shortly

Bedford, Kolster Brandes Radio. 1937

The opening of the Plaza Cinema, Blackfen, Kent. 26 July 1937

Thames Barges moored next to The Cutty Sark on the River Thames off Greenhithe, Kent. 24 June 1948

Mr J H Smiths garden in Mottigham, Kent. 1938

Iron metal and waste merchants. 1937

Children in fancy dress costumes a the NSPCC ( National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ) party at Erith, Kent. 1935

Crayford honey festival. 1935

A young girl in traditional Dutch dress, part of the Dartford Carnival procession. 1939

Hop pickers in East Peckham. Young and old working in the hop field. 1 September 1938

Blackfen and Lamorbey Residents Association dinner. 1938

A Bedford truck being loaded up at the Lime Works in Dunton Green, Kent. 1938

A double decker bus driving past some old cottages on a street in Ashford, Kent. 11 January 1939

Lighthouse keeper J H Sole checks the Dungeness lighthouse bulb in the lantern room. 10 February 1939

Pigs at Homewoods Farm in Seal, Kent. Farmer stands next to tethered sow. 1937

Miss C. Hall, Pagent, Kent Womens Institute, With Car. 1934
Miss C.Hall, Pagent, Kent Womens Institute, With Car. 1934

Announcing the new King in Dartford. The royal proclamation of the accession of Edward VIII is read out in Dartford, Kent. 1936

Tarring roads in Swanley, Kent. 1936

Redevelopment at Sidcup train station, Kent. 1938

Unloading boxes from a truck which belongs to Besto the fruit packaging company from Kent. 1937

Demolition of the old Shoreham Paper Mill. 10 February 1936

The opening of Margaret McMillan House by HRH Prince Albert, The Duke of York. The McMillan House is a purpose built outdoor center for children, located in Wrotham, Kent

Road safety island under construction in Eltham, Kent. 1939

Children of St Mary Cray Council School in Bromley, Kent, perform in a stage concert. 1939

The West Kent Hunt met in the grounds of Hever Castle Near Edenbridge Kent The Master of the hunt As Gasalee talking to Mrs Fairclough Col Astor is seen on the left 1955

Home defence troops are left in drag as their Christmas charity performance was interrupted by a coastal alert near Gravesend 1940 eJohn Topham / TopFoto

The brewery in Dartford, Kent, is being demolished by demolition contractors Syd Bishop & Sons Ltd. 1939

John Barnes at a opening ceremony at Well Hall in Eltham, Kent. 1936

Boys have good fun with an improvised raft on the village pond at Orpington, Kent. There is a feeling of safety since the water is barely two feet deep

Loading books onto the mobile library outside the Kent County Library in Blackfen, London. 1939

3 December 1952 Leading the fox hunt through Edenbridge High Street. Edenbridge, Kent, England. ?John Topham / TopFoto

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

The coat and badge presentation for the Erith Charter to the Mayor and Mayoress, Mr G C Humphrey and Mrs H C Humphrey. 28 September 1938

Granny Burton. 1935

The owner of a cottage in Chislehurst, Kent. 1939

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