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A collection of short articles including.... more on the fascinating story of the yawl Emeline from Derek Weatherall, Jessie Cole, Ray Harman and John Harman... a photo of the 1950s pony rides at Beach Walk from Jock Harnett.... a carnival photo of the 1950s from Jan Smith... and a lovely shot of Autumn in Canada from Glennis Harwig. 

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We continue to work towards a permanent feature on the old Canterbury-Whitstable Railway. This week, we include a substantial draft article that examines the stretch of track between Westgate Terrace and All Saints Church. 

The article includes maps and cross sections ... substantial contributions from Brian Smith and Terry Phillips... and current day photos from Peter Dalrymple.

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Tower Parade

In our Chat Column of 7/7/08, Dave Jordan kindly provided a postcard of Tower Parade during the flood of 1897. It caused quite a discussion regarding the way in which that locality developed. Now, thanks to Jean Martin, we can look in more depth at the issues.... and link it to our Canterbury & Whitstable railway article.

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More information has arrived for the Schools section of the site and we review it all here. It includes....  a lovely article by Sidney Walker on Clare House... a photo from Jock Harnett that must be one of the strangest in our whole school collection.... and a constructed picture of the Endowed of bygone days from Brian Smith.

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Thanks to Jock Harnett and Alf Tilley, we feature Sea Scout Sports Day programs from the 1930s and put names to some scout carnival photos of the past.

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Yes, we can trip back nearly 60 years and get a feel for the Carnival of 1949... thanks to Jock Harnett's carefully preserved program.

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Jock Harnett's old Carnival Program of 1949 allows us to take a lighthearted look at Whitstable' business world in the post war years..... by studying the adverts!

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Human Cost of a Lost Ship

In the Visitors Book, we recently discussed the emotion and hardship caused by the sinking of the brigantine Kathleen back in 1891. Diana Suard now relates the personal suffered by three orphans whose father was lost ats sea on another vessel several decades earlier..