This was one of several events held to raise money towards the construction of Brasted open-air bathing pool on the site where Brasted recreational ground now stands. The pool was sited where the children’s playground sits now, and was fed by an underground stream with an overflow into the river Darent just north of the ...
Reference: WH0844
Twenty three years before the formation of the town’s Senior Youth Club, young people associated with St. Mary’s Church were already coming together as a group to provide entertainment with music and plays. This programme from 1930 is typical of those events. Some interesting points that have surfaced are that there was a distinct ‘HOBA’ ...
Reference: WH0853
King Edward VII had died of a heart attack on May 6th 1910. In Sevenoaks the decision was made to “…erect a Hospital worthy of the late King’s memory” capitalised by grants, fund-raising events and public subscription, and to that effect on April 15th 1911, the Westerham Town Band were approached to deliver an open-air ...
Reference: WH0876
