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MEDWAY'S PAST IS BOTH FASCINATING AND
CRUCIAL to the life of Great Britain. Some historians say the towns'
expectations have risen and fallen with the fortunes of the empire.
Medway's past should be cherished in
the hope that history can teach us to learn from our mistakes.
I have followed this principle over the past
five years while writing the Memories page in the Medway News. In autumn 2006
Trinity Mirror, the huge publishing concern that owned the Kent newspaper group, dropped
contributing Memories editors, denying loyal readers the chance to read my
honeyed words every Friday.
The News and its sister papers were sold to Northcliffe Media, part of the Daily Mail group,
which has shut the office in New Road Avenue and moved operations to a business park
in Gillingham, where it shares offices and an editor with its slightly older
sister the East Kent
Gazette.
This website includes a selection based
on the features I wrote for the News Memories page. All the
material has been extensively revised with extra information and more images.
Many of the features are new and exclusive to this site.
I shall add new pages as often as
possible, so log on and enjoy ... and please write in by clicking here.
Stephen Rayner
This site is not
affiliated to the Medway News, but we're related by marriage.
Click here
for an index to the Chatham News 1895-1965
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