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Kent's only local history magazine delves deep into the county's fascinating past

02/06/2025

While both plaques have now been recovered, one has been substantially damaged according to police.

Crispin’s collection: Sopwith Camel comes to grief and a rail adventure from Chartham. bygonekent.org.uk
02/05/2025

Crispin’s collection: Sopwith Camel comes to grief and a rail adventure from Chartham. bygonekent.org.uk

By the time we got to Pluck’s Gutter, we were 400 strong: It was hardly Woodstock. The organiser wanted to raise enough ...
02/05/2025

By the time we got to Pluck’s Gutter, we were 400 strong: It was hardly Woodstock. The organiser wanted to raise enough for a minibus. bygonekent.org.uk

Rare piece of Victorian satire (with awful puns) Feeble jokes apart, this prickly publication was firmly anti-Establishm...
02/05/2025

Rare piece of Victorian satire (with awful puns) Feeble jokes apart, this prickly publication was firmly anti-Establishment and asked the right questions. bygonekent.org.uk

Saint’s skull spirited away by daughter: Thomas More was powerful, clever, devout and honest – but none of that could sa...
02/05/2025

Saint’s skull spirited away by daughter: Thomas More was powerful, clever, devout and honest – but none of that could save him. Now his head is buried in Canterbury. bygonekent.org.uk

Margate’ s fertile Waste Land: Here by the sea and sands, T. S. Eliot recuperated from a breakdown and beat his writer’s...
01/05/2025

Margate’ s fertile Waste Land: Here by the sea and sands, T. S. Eliot recuperated from a breakdown and beat his writer’s block with rest, tram rides and watching the world from a shelter. bygonekent.org.uk

Crewman’s fateful error: She was fast, fine, sheathed in copper to protect her wood and provided excellent accommodation...
01/05/2025

Crewman’s fateful error: She was fast, fine, sheathed in copper to protect her wood and provided excellent accommodation. But Enchantress still came to grief off Lydd. bygonekent.org.uk

Moving tale of Kitty, the Marlowe memorial: Some thought commemorating the life of the Canterbury playwright was long ov...
01/05/2025

Moving tale of Kitty, the Marlowe memorial: Some thought commemorating the life of the Canterbury playwright was long overdue, but the citizens didn’t seem that bothered. bygonekent.org.uk

01/05/2025

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