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      • March meeting 2014 Tony Miles WW1 Medals
  • Memories
    • My time at White Oak Hospital from September to December 1943 by Elizabeth Cox (nee Brown)
    • History of Little Hoppers Hospital
    • Local Anderson Shelters
    • William Rolfe, Prisoner of War
    • Brief History of Recorded Music
    • Holiday with pay
    • The Tight-Rope Dancers and Stilt-Vaulters
    • The White City
    • Remembering the 1960s
    • Jane Montague - My family's experience of winning a prize in the 1960s
    • Henry Mayhew Crime and Punishment - Transportation
    • A day among the strawberries. An interview with a grower
    • A Memory of Hextable Home for Little Boys
    • Rosemary Tully nee Hall childhood memories
    • A family memory of Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
    • Swanley Bus Conductor 1960's
    • Message in a Bottle Swanley Village 1880
    • Memories of Swanley 1939 - 50 Terry Fox
    • Hop Kiln Cottages Button Street
    • Parkwood Hall 1970 -1974
    • Hextable Home for Little Boys 1920's -1930's
    • Guide to Swanley and District early 1950's
    • Tom Rand Swanley Sports Stand and Gala
    • UPDATED MARCH 2023 White Oak Hospital Nurses
    • John Jarman Decorating Stores
    • Early days of Woodlands Rise, Woodlands Close and Haven Close and memories of a 1950's - 1960's childhood in Swanley from Iain Elliott
    • Mary Thomas Memories of Hextable and Swanley Village
    • Pilot Sergeant George Sutton Family Archive
    • A City On A Hill
    • Coleby Cultivators Ltd
    • Fred Atkins Coaches and Hextable Memories Juliet Evans
    • Great Aunt Frances by Keith Whitmore
    • Edith Allchin's Trip to Swanley Village 1905 recorded by Keith Whitmore
    • Peggy Lambert's memories of life in White Oak Hospital
    • Memories of Hextable and Swanley Village
  • Swanley War Memorial The First World War The Stories Behind The Names
    • The names WW1 Swanley War Memorial
    • REVIEWS Swanley War Memorial The First World War The Stories Behind The Names
    • Photos from the WW1 Somme Cemeteries
    • WORLD WAR 2 TRIBUTE BOOK
    • Remembrance Wood
    • Remembrance Day 11. 11. 2018
    • 2020 Remembrance Sunday
  • Galleries
    • Mark Bennett's aerial photography footage of Swanley
    • Gallery One Swanley Views
    • Gallery Two Swanley Views
    • Gallery Three Coach Trip to Houses of Parliament 16.3.15
    • Gallery Four Five Wents to Birchwood
    • Gallery Five Parkwood Hall 25.8.16
    • Gallery Six Swanley Working Mens Club
    • Gallery Seven Swanley Village
    • Gallery Eight Hextable
    • Gallery Nine Swanley War Memorial
    • Gallery Ten SwanleyJunction Station
    • Gallery Eleven Local views Swanley Village Hextable and Crockenhill
    • Gallery Twelve: Wrigley's Swanley High Street 1929
    • Gallery Thirteen: James Dickson Innes
    • 2020 - 2022 Meeting Speaker Photos
  • Outings
    • Visit to Rochester 25.04.25
    • Bluetown Outing 4.10.18
    • Parkwood Hall visit 25.8.16
    • Houses of Parliament 16.3.15
    • Cobham Hall Outing 14.8.17
    • Tour of Swanley Bus Garage September 2022
  • In the Community
    • Swanley Park Spring Fair May 2014
    • Sevenoaks Local History Fair 22.3.14
    • Report on Sevenoaks History Fair 22.3.14
    • Swanley Square Shopping Centre
    • The Woodlands 'Murals'
  • Swanley History Group The First 10 Years
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Swanley History Group is a Community Organisation run by and for anyone interested in preserving the history and heritage of Swanley, Kent and the surrounding area.
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We aim to collect and preserve photos, books, newspaper cuttings,postcards and other ephemera which relate to the history of the area and its people as  well as documenting personal stories and memories.

We hold monthly meetings for the presentation and discussion of historical topics which relate to the area, or are of general social history interest often using outside speakers.


If you have any material which may be of interest to us please contact us at [email protected]

Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month
Everyone welcome. No need to book.
7.00pm for 7.30 pm start at THE ALEXANDRA SUITE, St. Mary’s Road, Swanley, BR8 7BU

Everyone welcome. 
  
Members £3 Visitors £4 Annual membership £5 which includes a monthly newsletter. Join at any of our meetings - just ask a committee member on the front desk and you'll be given a short form to fill out.

The programme is subject to change at short notice should circumstances change.


2026 Programme on Upcoming Events pages


        
                 
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