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Delve into Sevenoaks’ 900-year-old heritage at exhibition in Sevenoaks library
A FASCINATING and informative exhibition about the history of Sevenoaks has been organised by the Sevenoaks Society at the Kaleidoscope Gallery in Sevenoaks library. It is open from 19 June to 6 July during normal library hours apply and admission is free.
D-Day remembered in Sevenoaks
SEVENOAKS commemorated the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings at a wreath-laying ceremony at the Vine War Memorial on Thursday 6 June 2019.
Sevenoaks artist creates a beach of Bootprints in memory of soldiers who died during preperations for D-Day invasion
Artist Martin Barraud recently unveiled a poignant tribute as part of the events which are being held this week to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy during the Second World War.
This is not the first time there has been a clandestine element to the birth of a Royal baby
Following Prince Harry and Meghan's decision not to disclose the location of the birth of their first child for now, My Sevenoaks Community Publisher and Editor Frank Baldwin recalls his own brush with the clandestine birth of a royal baby
The day a lion cub went on the prowl at the site of the new Sevenoaks car park
THE NEW Sevenoaks Town multi-decked Car Park opened on 8 April and is providing 480 long-stay parking spaces to the town. It sits on the former Buckhurst 2 car park site next to the leisure centre, swimming pool and town library. But can you remember what was there before?
Wildernesse House opens its doors to the Sevenoaks Community so they can see the impressive refurbishment work
MEMBERS of the Sevenoaks community and several town dignitaries were invited to take a tour of the refurbished Wildernesse House – formally Dorton House School for the Blind – on Thursday (28 March).
Roger Bushell, The Great Escape mastermind, was based at Biggin Hill at the start of the war – but the Spitfire pilot had already made a name for himself before hostilities broke out
A MASS POW escape plan was masterminded by Spitfire pilot Roger Bushell who was based for part of the second world war at Biggin Hill. But it is another fact about Bushell that caught the eye of Frank Baldwin, the editor and publisher of the My Sevenoaks Community website.
Local historian encourages Sevenoaks residents to attend centenary memorial service for wartime nurse who is buried in Riverhead
LOCAL historian, Matthew Ball, has organised a memorial to a Sevenoaks nurse who served throughout the war.
It’s full steam ahead at Bat & Ball Station as guests gather for a preview of the refurbishments
A HOST of local dignitaries, council leaders, guests and a ‘celebrity’ in the form of former MP turned TV presenter Michael Portillo, were given a preview of the renovated Bat & Ball Station this week.
Do you remember swimming in your pyjamas? Old photos of maintenance work at former town swimming pool brings back memories
MANY older Sevenoaks residents can remember learning to swim, particularly during their school days, at the former town swimming pool in Eardley Road which first opened in 1914.
