There’s quite a bit going on around the Hoo Peninsula this Christmas. I’ve already mentioned events happening in Hoo , so now it’s the turn ...

The latest edition of The Beacon parish magazine is now available. Copies may be purchased from local shops in Hoo, including Choicemeats at...

There’s lots of festive fun to be had in Hoo this Christmas, with at least four Christmas events taking place in the village. Well that’s fo...

Tickets are going fast for the Kent Police Male Voice Choir concert at Hoo Parish Church in a couple of weeks. But there’s still plenty of t...

Following on from an article that I wrote on this site in September , the Chairman of the Isle of Grain Youth Soccer School, Paul Peachey, h...

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I’d been invited to join the judging panel for High Halstow’s annual photographic competition. The...

Yesterday I wrote about my visit to northern France to visit the graves of my ancestors William Watson and Harry Stratford. I first learnt a...

I’ve mentioned my family history research a few times on this site, and this time last year I wrote about two recently identified relatives...

Students and staff from the Hundred of Hoo School will once again be showing their support for the armed services by undertaking the third a...

The November edition of the High Halstow Times is now available. Just click on the image below to see the full copy. This month’s edition...

That’s the subject of a talk that will be given by John Vigar on Monday 14 November at Cooling Village Hall, at 7pm. The event will follow...

If you fancy localising the Christmas cards you send this year, with festive images of Rochester, then look no further! Local artist Chris N...

Following a post  on this site in September, about the unpleasant smell coming from Chatham Docks and sweeping across Hoo, Peel Ports have n...

With all the talk of an airport on the Isle of Grain this week, and the possible ramifications for those of us living on the Peninsula, it i...

The Hoo Village Christmas Fayre will be taking place on Saturday 10 December in Hoo Village Square. And there’s still time to become a stall...

The November edition of Allhallows Life is now available. Just click on the image below to see the full copy. This month’s edition includ...

I was really pleased to be invited along to join the judging panel for the High Halstow Annual Photographic Competition the other evening. ...

Many thanks to Michael Dale, a Parish Councillor at St. James Isle of Grain, who recently sent me a copy of an old newspaper article (pictur...

A couple of walking dates for your diary . . . November Walk On Sunday 13 November the High Halstow Hikers will be walking along the Med...

I know it’s only October, but I thought I’d mention that details of Christmas events taking place here on the Hoo Peninsula will be added to...

Land Securities have arranged a final exhibition before submitting an outline planning application to Medway Council. The exhibition will be...

Advanced notice about Hoo’s Christmas Fayre - this year taking place on Saturday 10 December in the Village Square. I’ve no doubt this will ...

There’s still time to cast your vote for the UJ Community Partnership, from the Isle of Grain, in the Natwest Bank CommunityForce award sche...

The October edition of the RSPB’s newsletter for the North Kent area, ‘On the Marshes’, is out now - just click the image below to download ...

The 2011 Kent Village of the Year awards were presented at a ceremony in Dunkirk last week - the Dunkirk near Canterbury that is! It is gr...

Medway Neighbourhood Watch is keen to hear from anyone interested in helping to set up new schemes here on the Hoo Peninsula. If you'd l...

Voting has now opened in NatWest’s 2011 CommunityForce awards programme. The scheme gives hundreds of community projects and charities the c...

Last Friday morning I joined a good many other local residents at the Memorial Hall in High Halstow, for the Macmillan Cancer Support 'W...

The record has been broken for the highest temperature recorded in October, at 29.9c (85.8f) in Gravesend at 2.42pm this afternoon. This b...

The latest edition of the High Halstow Times is now available. Just click the image below to see the full copy. The High Halstow Times is...

The October edition of Allhallows Life is now available. Just click the image below to see the full copy. Allhallows Life is the magazine...