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Old Editions of Newletters 

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Issue

Contents Include:

1,   September 2002

Welcome to Trust; Trust Logo; Birchington Trivia by Alan Kay

2,   November 2002

First Bungalows (part 1) by Alan Kay; Growing up in 50's Birchington (part 1) by Sally Fosse; Research in Margate Library by Beth Thomson 

3,   February 2003

First Bungalows (part 2) by Alan Kay; Growing up in 50's Birchington (part 2) by Sally Fosse; 'Know your Village' - Acol Bridge and Albion Road, by Jennie Burgess

4,   May 2003

The Village Pond by Alan Kay; Coronation Week in Birchington

5,   September 2003

Memories of Birchington by Alan Jezzard; The Willshires, Johnsons and Gordines by Colin Gordine

6,   November 2003

The Trust's Dream - David Raven started it; Publication of 'Dangerous Coastline'

7,   February 2004

Twenties Night by Pat Orpwood; Old Birchington Library by Sally Fosse; The Minnis Bay 'Dip' by Colin Gordine

8,   May 2004

Memories of Quex by Alf Bedwell; Dog Acre by Jennie Burgess

9,   September 2004

Birchington by the Sea Exhibition, by Pat Orpwood; Minnis Bay Shipwrecks by Michael Lodge

10,  November 2004

The Trust looks to the Future by Pat Orpwood; the'Shrimp Man' of Birchington by Bernard La Roche; Building with Flint by Jennie Burgess

11,  February 2005

Cox's Fish Shop; Edith Mockford's Autograph Album

12,  May 2005

Museum takes shape by Pat Orpwood; Chamber of Commerce gift; Lost Buildings of Birchington by Jennie Burgess; More on Edith Mockford's Autograph Album by Pat Orpwood

13,  September 2005

Museum is Open to Public, by Pat Orpwood; Post Boxes by Bernard La Roche, Flint Cottage Corner by Jennie Burgess

14,  November 2005

Roger Gale Officially Opens Museum by Pat Orpwood; Guy Gibson's Crash by Jennie Burgess; The Rossetti Bungalow by Pat Orpwood.

15,  February 2006

The BHT Plaque by Jennie Burgess; The Changing Face of Print by Bernard La Roche; The Lych Gate by Jennie Burgess

16,  May 2006

Grannies' Shopping Basket; The Games Children Played by Sally Fosse; The Story of Birchington's Road Names by Jennie Burgess

17,  September 2006

The Acorn Inn; Christopher Powell-Cotton; 'Pot-shots at Doodlebugs' by Alf Bedwell;Birchington's Railway Station 1940-42 by Denis Chetwynd; The Police Box in the Square; Upper Gore End Duck Pond

18,  November 2006

The Baptist Church; 'How many People in Birchington?' by Bob Hinge; Memories of Red House by Pat Orpwood

19,  February 2007

The Methodist Church; Alf Bedwell's book 'A Life Well Spent'; A Tribute to Ron Oliver by Jennie Burgess

20,  May 2007

Boundary Stones, Talk on Wartime Information Films, The Primitive Metrhodist Chapel, Grenham House School

21,  August 2007

Talk on Aviation in Kent, Our Lady & St Benedict Church, The Red Cross in Birchington, Policing Birchington in the Thirties, Banks in Birchington

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