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20 February 2017
Remembering William Watson
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Back in November 2011 I visited Arras in northern France to see the grave of a relative who was killed in action during the First World War...
15 January 2017
Remembering Hazel
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I found out this week about the passing of long-time Hoo Peninsula resident Hazel Stockbridge. Back in 2010 I met Hazel several time...
7 January 2017
Digging up the Past
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Ahead of gravel extraction from ‘Kingsnorth Quarry’ near Hoo, recent investigations by a team from the Museum of London Archaeology, carried...
31 December 2016
Historic barge in Hoo
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The most well-known of the iconic sailing barges to have sailed along the River Thames arrived at Hoo Marina in early September, for winter...
27 December 2016
Old BAE Club to be demolished
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Following the recent purchase by Bellway Homes Limited of land at the top of Bells Lane in Hoo, previously occupied by the BAE Sports & ...
24 December 2016
Merry Christmas!
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I hope you have an enjoyable and relaxing Christmas. If you'd like to see how festive the Hoo Peninsula landscape looked at this ve...
15 December 2016
New Year's Eve at Taggs
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I popped into Taggs Coffee Shop in Hoo today and had a good chat with my old mate Tom Taggart. He told me all about a fun evening he's ...
12 December 2016
Help fund important community project
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The UJ Community Partnership is a community-based organisation with the objective of helping local residents gain/learn new skills as well a...
9 December 2016
Seeing old Friends at Grain Coastal Park
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I visited Grain Coastal Park last weekend and bumped into my old volunteering colleague Michael Dale. Michael is now a leading-light in ...
8 December 2016
Rolling back the years to 1982
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Formed in 2014, the Thomas Aveling Society (Hoo), also known as TASH, is hard at work developing a project to formally recognise the life, w...
14 April 2016
Get in touch with the Village Voices Community Magazine
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I regularly receive emails and letters from people wanting to promote events and bring to my attention interesting items of local news and h...
23 June 2014
Step up to oppose a massive game-changer in Hoo!
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It’s (almost) that time again for battle plans to be decided upon and drawn up to oppose yet another mad-cap idea of building even more hous...
10 May 2014
Hoo Clean Up on Saturday 24 May 2014
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If you can spare a couple of hours on Saturday 24 May, from 9.30am, join the Hoo Clean Up! Meeting outside Hoo Library (Church Street,...
9 May 2014
Village Voices (Edition 12) for Stoke, St. Mary Hoo, Allhallows and the Isle of Grain
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The latest edition of Village Voices is now available online, just click here to take a look. Take your time to browse the selecti...
Village Voices (Edition 53) for Hoo, Chattenden and High Halstow
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The latest edition of Village Voices is now available online, just click here to take a look. Take your time to browse the selecti...
Allhallows Life (May 2014)
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The latest edition of Allhallows Life, a magazine produced by Allhallows Parish Council, is now available to read online, just click here . ...
High Halstow Times (May 2014)
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The latest edition of the High Halstow Times, a magazine produced by High Halstow Parish Council, is now available to read online, just clic...
19 April 2014
A lovely cuppa at Grain Coastal Park
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I popped over to the Isle of Grain earlier today to explore the ever improving Grain Coastal Park - located at the most easterly point of th...
17 April 2014
The Great Escape - a walk from High Halstow to Allhallows
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With improved weather and a need to lose a few pounds (or more), I escaped the hustle and bustle of village life last weekend, to explore so...
4 April 2014
At the heart of the Hoo Peninsula - Village Voices for Hoo and Chattenden (Issue 52)
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The latest edition of Village Voices for Hoo and Chattenden is now available online. Click the image below, which will take you to the relev...
At the heart of the Hoo Peninsula - Village Voices for Stoke and St. Mary Hoo (Issue 11)
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The latest edition of Village Voices for the parishes of Stoke and St. Mary Hoo is now available online. Click the image below, which will t...
At the heart of the Hoo Peninsula - Village Voices for the Isle of Grain (Issue 4)
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The latest edition of Grain Village Voices is now available online. Click the image below, which will take you to the relevant editions page...
Allhallows Life - April 2014
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The latest edition of Allhallows Life is now available online. Click the image below to see the full copy. This edition includes a s...
9 March 2014
Help throw the Lodge Hill project into the dustbin of bad ideas!
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Yep, the outline planning application to build a new 5,000 dwelling town (or a ‘new heart for the Hoo Peninsula’ as I was unashamedly told b...
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