Latest posts tagged with #WestKent on Bluesky
Our Manager Nicola reached Lands End yesterday and has made fantastic progress today.
Please consider donating to this fundraising effort at www.justgiving.com/page/nicola-...
#tonbridgecharity #tonbridge #tonbridgebusiness #counselling #tonbridgecounselling #affordablecounselling #westkent
In the 52 years since I came back to the UK I don't think I've heard rain so loud as it was this morning in the pre-dawn. It was tropical nay monsoonal!! #WestKent
Blurb: This book offers a fresh perspective on British history in the long 19th century through the lens of a study of Sevenoaks and the surrounding West Kent area. During this period of dramatic change, the economic, social, political, religious and cultural interests of individuals were subject to different risk factors; the responses they made (and the reasons for those choices) provide valuable insights and enable the writing of highly nuanced local history. The fundamental risk factors affecting the lives of West Kent's inhabitants (especially the poor) included the struggle to obtain basic necessities, the dangers of giving birth, industrial injuries, and being a victim of crime. Secure work and strong family networks were essential to limiting risks, as well as charity, education, health insurance and access to medical care. Finally, the authors consider the advent of motor vehicles, which combined both risk and choice in exciting but potentially dangerous ways.
Newly acquired & available to read in our Search Room:
'Sevenoaks 1790-1914: Risk and Choice in West Kent' by Iain Taylor and David Killingray, 2022
🔎 To view, request ref. BK/C334850563
📚 For blurb, click ALT ☟
#Sevenoaks #WestKent #LocalHistory
#PicOfTheDay The secluded Stump Road @cwgc.bsky.social #Cemetery #Grandcourt #Somme. It was started in December 1916 after attacks throughout 1916, & over seeing the ground the #WestKent regiment fought over in November that year. Just over 250 men now stand easy here including Cpl Bunce. #WW1
