Local and Family History Open Day 2007

On Saturday 15 September 2007 Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre hosted the third bi-annual Open Day at the Civic and Presentation suites at the Civic Centre Strood.

Below are pictures of some of the displays by participating Societies:

1/21: Opening the event was well known Kent author Bob Ogley, who also gave two talks during the day on Kent in the 19th Century, and Kent in the 20th Century.
2/21: Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre
3/21: Friends of Medway Archives
4/21: Kent Family History Society and Bookstall
5/21: Kent Family History Society and Bookstall
6/21: Association of Men of Kent and Kentish Men
7/21: Centre for Kentish Studies
8/21: Chatham Dockyard Historical Society
9/21: Chatham Historical Society
10/21: City of Rochester Society
11/21: Gillingham and Rainham Historical Society
12/21: Kent Fire and Rescue Museum
13/21: Royal Engineers Museum
14/21: The Orders and Medals Research Society
15/21: WWI Researcher Michael De Caville and Rueben Childs
16/21: Local authors Bruce Aubrey and Brian Joyce of the Pocock Press
17/21: Bob Ogley with Medway Councillor Howard Doe
18/21: Higham Historical Society
19/21: Friends of Medway Libraries, who manned the door and directed the public to the various displays
20/21: Strood Historical Society
21/21: Baggins of Rochester

Other societies taking part were

  • Chatham Traction Appreciation Society
  • Drill Hall Library from the University of Kent
  • Snodland Historical Society
  • Short Bros Commemoration Society
  • Lower Medway Archaeological Research Group
  • Victoria County History