by geofframbler Posted on October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 The First Children’s Home in Medway? 1615! Read More
by geofframbler Posted on March 15, 2019March 15, 2019 Evelyn Dunbar 1906 – 1960 – artist and “insistent feminist” Read More
by geofframbler Posted on February 25, 2019March 14, 2019 Bertha – from France — ‘Mother of England’? And how Kent got two Cathedrals? Read More
by geofframbler Posted on January 8, 2019March 14, 2019 A dark period in the history of St. Barts that delivered a “burning injustice to women” Read More
by geofframbler Posted on December 25, 2018 Christmas Day 1914 – Air battle fought over Cliffe – disturbing lunch and a wedding! Read More
by geofframbler Posted on November 11, 2018November 11, 2018 At 11:30am, 11 November 1918, the Bells of Rochester Cathedral rung-out to announce Peace. Read More
by geofframbler Posted on October 23, 2018October 25, 2018 Spymaster of Rochester from 1908-1913 Read More
by geofframbler Posted on September 25, 2018September 28, 2018 Spanish Flu – arrives in Rochester Read More
by geofframbler Posted on August 28, 2018September 3, 2018 La Providence – an account of the Huguenot’s arrival in Rochester Read More
by geofframbler Posted on August 16, 2018March 14, 2019 St. Bart’s, Rochester, 1914/1918 – and its matron honoured by the King. Read More
by geofframbler Posted on June 30, 2018January 6, 2019 Modern St. Bart’s – Rochester – its first 50 years Read More
by geofframbler Posted on June 3, 2018March 14, 2019 Rochester and the women’s suffrage movement Read More
by geofframbler Posted on May 9, 2018May 10, 2018 St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, Rochester, 1078 to 1864 Read More
by geofframbler Posted on April 3, 2018December 30, 2018 Nature has it sorted! A symbiotic relationship between deer and jackdaws Read More
by geofframbler Posted on March 25, 2018April 2, 2018 Rochester MP’s campaign ends flogging in the British Army Read More
by geofframbler Posted on March 6, 2018March 14, 2019 1,000 Rochester women chase a bigamist out of the City. Read More
by geofframbler Posted on February 27, 2018 Three men with Rochester connections who ‘helped’ Britannia Rule the Waves. Read More
by geofframbler Posted on February 11, 2018March 14, 2019 An amazing story of a first and lasting love. Read More
by geofframbler Posted on January 23, 2018January 24, 2018 The River Medway’s Missing Monsters! Read More
by geofframbler Posted on January 12, 2018January 12, 2018 Lady Jane Grey – beheaded 17 days after the fall of Rochester. Read More
by geofframbler Posted on January 10, 2018April 4, 2020 Early balloon flights from Rochester Read More
by geofframbler Posted on January 10, 2018June 11, 2019 Rochester’s ‘Chamber of Horrors’ – 1938 Read More
by geofframbler Posted on January 10, 2018January 11, 2018 Three Dickens’ associations in Rochester Read More
by geofframbler Posted on January 10, 2018March 14, 2019 A New Year ‘Love Story’ that started in Rochester? Read More
by geofframbler Posted on January 10, 2018December 2, 2019 1951 – Death of 24 Cadets in Dock Road, Gillingham Read More
by geofframbler Posted on January 10, 2018January 11, 2018 Body of executed boy given to Rochester surgeons Read More
by geofframbler Posted on January 10, 2018March 9, 2018 Rochester’s fire service gets a motor fire engine Read More
