Chris de C B
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PhD Social Anthropology ** Oral History Medway [OHM] ** Memory *** Collecting *** he/him
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A new Oral History Medway podcast explores Short Brothers and their Medway factories. When Rochester Cathedral exhibition of a restored Short Scion floatplane, we recorded visitors’ family stories and memories.
A new Oral History Medway podcast explores Short Brothers and their Medway factories. When Rochester Cathedral exhibition of a restored Short Scion floatplane, we recorded visitors’ family stories and memories.
Made In Medway
History Podcast · Made in Medway is a podcast dedicated to capturing the lived experiences, memories, and voices of the Medway Towns’ diverse communities.
Hosted by Robert Flood and Dr Christopher d...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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A new Oral History Medway podcast explores Short Brothers and their Medway factories. When Rochester Cathedral exhibition of a restored Short Scion floatplane, we recorded visitors’ family stories and memories.
A new Oral History Medway podcast explores Short Brothers and their Medway factories. When Rochester Cathedral exhibition of a restored Short Scion floatplane, we recorded visitors’ family stories and memories.
Chatham Standard - Tuesday 18 April 1989
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Chatham Standard - Tuesday 18 April 1989
Ithell Colquhoun drawn by Mervyn Peake
(In: Peake Studies*, Vol. 4 No. 4, Spring 1996)
*they spell her name as Ethill Colquhoun
(In: Peake Studies*, Vol. 4 No. 4, Spring 1996)
*they spell her name as Ethill Colquhoun
November 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Ithell Colquhoun drawn by Mervyn Peake
(In: Peake Studies*, Vol. 4 No. 4, Spring 1996)
*they spell her name as Ethill Colquhoun
(In: Peake Studies*, Vol. 4 No. 4, Spring 1996)
*they spell her name as Ethill Colquhoun
"If the future matters, start saving things now, even if imperfectly. Write the story, label the photo, date the flyer, back up the voice memo, and share what is known in forms that can travel, be understood, and be retrieved later." www.commondreams.org/opinion/docu...
The Librarian’s Call: Documenting Is Resistance | Common Dreams
History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"If the future matters, start saving things now, even if imperfectly. Write the story, label the photo, date the flyer, back up the voice memo, and share what is known in forms that can travel, be understood, and be retrieved later." www.commondreams.org/opinion/docu...
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Share the sporting story of your club, organisation, or community with us on National Sporting Heritage Day #NSHD2025
To Kick Off here's “#Gillingham Football Club - The Supporters' Stories” #oralhistory #medway vimeo.com/1070405466?f...
To Kick Off here's “#Gillingham Football Club - The Supporters' Stories” #oralhistory #medway vimeo.com/1070405466?f...
Gillingham Football Club - The Supporters' Stories
This is "Gillingham Football Club - The Supporters' Stories" by Spaghetti Weston on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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September 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Share the sporting story of your club, organisation, or community with us on National Sporting Heritage Day #NSHD2025
To Kick Off here's “#Gillingham Football Club - The Supporters' Stories” #oralhistory #medway vimeo.com/1070405466?f...
To Kick Off here's “#Gillingham Football Club - The Supporters' Stories” #oralhistory #medway vimeo.com/1070405466?f...
Today is National Sporting Heritage Day #NSHD2025
Here's “Gillingham Football Club The Supporters' Stories”, compiled by Oral History Medway and made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of the Medway Heritage Place Programme
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Here's “Gillingham Football Club The Supporters' Stories”, compiled by Oral History Medway and made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of the Medway Heritage Place Programme
vimeo.com/1070405466
Gillingham Football Club - The Supporters' Stories
This is "Gillingham Football Club - The Supporters' Stories" by Spaghetti Weston on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
vimeo.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Today is National Sporting Heritage Day #NSHD2025
Here's “Gillingham Football Club The Supporters' Stories”, compiled by Oral History Medway and made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of the Medway Heritage Place Programme
vimeo.com/1070405466
Here's “Gillingham Football Club The Supporters' Stories”, compiled by Oral History Medway and made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of the Medway Heritage Place Programme
vimeo.com/1070405466
"Diversity is its most consistent characteristic....The characteristics of freely improvised music are established only by the sonic-musical identity of the person or persons playing it."
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BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Comedian Stewart Lee on Derek Bailey
Stewart Lee chooses guitarist Derek Bailey.
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September 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
"Diversity is its most consistent characteristic....The characteristics of freely improvised music are established only by the sonic-musical identity of the person or persons playing it."
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Crouch End Vampires F. C. 1908-9, formed in 1883, still playing today.
September 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Crouch End Vampires F. C. 1908-9, formed in 1883, still playing today.
Jazz Drug Menace - Melody Maker December 1st 1951
September 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Jazz Drug Menace - Melody Maker December 1st 1951
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"Conservator Alexandra Wade for the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust said the discovery was a "tangible reminder of the lives once lived here - a small, personal object that has survived nearly three centuries"."
"Conservator Alexandra Wade for the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust said the discovery was a "tangible reminder of the lives once lived here - a small, personal object that has survived nearly three centuries"."
Card from 1700s found in Chatham Historic Dockyard restoration
Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust says the discovery has inspired them to create a time capsule.
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September 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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"Conservator Alexandra Wade for the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust said the discovery was a "tangible reminder of the lives once lived here - a small, personal object that has survived nearly three centuries"."
"Conservator Alexandra Wade for the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust said the discovery was a "tangible reminder of the lives once lived here - a small, personal object that has survived nearly three centuries"."
"The music of our hearts is roots music: musics which we call history, because without the knowledge of your history you cannot determine your destiny; the music about the present, because if you’re not conscious of the present you’re like a cabbage in this society" youtu.be/gM2VxbQDERw?...
Misty In Roots Introduction & Mankind .wmv
YouTube video by Awwehness
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August 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"The music of our hearts is roots music: musics which we call history, because without the knowledge of your history you cannot determine your destiny; the music about the present, because if you’re not conscious of the present you’re like a cabbage in this society" youtu.be/gM2VxbQDERw?...
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“They have clearly shifted to it being a resource for BBC business priorities,” said Wyver. “The corporation no longer recognises the value that working with scholars brings”
“They have clearly shifted to it being a resource for BBC business priorities,” said Wyver. “The corporation no longer recognises the value that working with scholars brings”
Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...
Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research
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August 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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“They have clearly shifted to it being a resource for BBC business priorities,” said Wyver. “The corporation no longer recognises the value that working with scholars brings”
“They have clearly shifted to it being a resource for BBC business priorities,” said Wyver. “The corporation no longer recognises the value that working with scholars brings”
"For a normal, cultivated human being… our brain can operate only within certain limits: what our environment, with books, knowledge, information, has put in our brain. And, at some point, probably our brains may no longer have the capacity to understand."
August 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"For a normal, cultivated human being… our brain can operate only within certain limits: what our environment, with books, knowledge, information, has put in our brain. And, at some point, probably our brains may no longer have the capacity to understand."
The worst part of this story is rather buried;
“The guards came to his bed, opened his pillow, took all the poetry and letters he’d been writing, and all the notes he’d been taking about his experiences, and told him he’s no longer allowed to write.”
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“The guards came to his bed, opened his pillow, took all the poetry and letters he’d been writing, and all the notes he’d been taking about his experiences, and told him he’s no longer allowed to write.”
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‘Petri dish for disease’: attorney raises alarm of possible Covid outbreak at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
A respiratory disease is running rampant through Florida immigration jail, according to attorney of a detained person
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August 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The worst part of this story is rather buried;
“The guards came to his bed, opened his pillow, took all the poetry and letters he’d been writing, and all the notes he’d been taking about his experiences, and told him he’s no longer allowed to write.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“The guards came to his bed, opened his pillow, took all the poetry and letters he’d been writing, and all the notes he’d been taking about his experiences, and told him he’s no longer allowed to write.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"Interest in Short Brothers has been overwhelming, so many people globally have been in touch with fascinating stories and artefacts to share."
We're always looking for more stories... get in touch
"Interest in Short Brothers has been overwhelming, so many people globally have been in touch with fascinating stories and artefacts to share."
We're always looking for more stories... get in touch
Pioneering aviation brothers honoured with plaque in Hove - BBC News
A plaque is being unveiled in St Ann's Well Gardens in Hove to honour Oswald and Eustace Short.
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August 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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"Interest in Short Brothers has been overwhelming, so many people globally have been in touch with fascinating stories and artefacts to share."
We're always looking for more stories... get in touch
"Interest in Short Brothers has been overwhelming, so many people globally have been in touch with fascinating stories and artefacts to share."
We're always looking for more stories... get in touch
A wonderful evening at Gillingham Football Club last night for the launch of the Oral History Medway Supporters' Stories film. Thanks to everyone who came, especially to Brigadier Andrew Wood, Deputy Lieutenant of Kent, Mayor of Medway Cllr Trevor Clark. oralhistorymedway.co.uk/.../gillingh...
July 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A wonderful evening at Gillingham Football Club last night for the launch of the Oral History Medway Supporters' Stories film. Thanks to everyone who came, especially to Brigadier Andrew Wood, Deputy Lieutenant of Kent, Mayor of Medway Cllr Trevor Clark. oralhistorymedway.co.uk/.../gillingh...
It was amazing to be part of this reunion, 50 years to the day since the band Cathedral played in Rochester Cathedral with Anaconda Music Theatre and Paul Laurence. A glass was raised to the late Andy Dungate. A beautiful, moving afternoon of memories
July 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It was amazing to be part of this reunion, 50 years to the day since the band Cathedral played in Rochester Cathedral with Anaconda Music Theatre and Paul Laurence. A glass was raised to the late Andy Dungate. A beautiful, moving afternoon of memories
"Yet most of it is closed down. Boarded up. Under threat. The Crown especially should be the site of (un)holy pilgrimage for every Sabbath fan, Metal Head, Ska Revivalist, Punk and Folkie globally - showcasing the best Brum music, beer, food and creativity." www.bbc.com/news/article...
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July 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"Yet most of it is closed down. Boarded up. Under threat. The Crown especially should be the site of (un)holy pilgrimage for every Sabbath fan, Metal Head, Ska Revivalist, Punk and Folkie globally - showcasing the best Brum music, beer, food and creativity." www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Win a signed copy of the wonderful new book Stone Lands by Fiona Robertson. To enter please repost and like this post and follow us on here if you haven’t already. More… 1/
June 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Win a signed copy of the wonderful new book Stone Lands by Fiona Robertson. To enter please repost and like this post and follow us on here if you haven’t already. More… 1/
Happy Bloomsday to all who celebrate
June 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Happy Bloomsday to all who celebrate
"There were a little over 150 names on them - all of which are names which are familiar with local people and known to family members."
She continued: "They're not even valuable."
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She continued: "They're not even valuable."
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‘It’s pure greed’: First World War memorials stolen from church
A reverend says members of her church have been left “devastated” after memorials honouring First World War soldiers were stolen.
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May 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"There were a little over 150 names on them - all of which are names which are familiar with local people and known to family members."
She continued: "They're not even valuable."
www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/...
She continued: "They're not even valuable."
www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/...
18 May 6.30 p.m. The White Horse Chilham
A Village at the Centre of The Universe - A Creative Open House & Open Mic
readings, creativities, curiosities, jollities, poetry, and music and the unexpected.
Contact: [email protected]
A Village at the Centre of The Universe - A Creative Open House & Open Mic
readings, creativities, curiosities, jollities, poetry, and music and the unexpected.
Contact: [email protected]
May 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
18 May 6.30 p.m. The White Horse Chilham
A Village at the Centre of The Universe - A Creative Open House & Open Mic
readings, creativities, curiosities, jollities, poetry, and music and the unexpected.
Contact: [email protected]
A Village at the Centre of The Universe - A Creative Open House & Open Mic
readings, creativities, curiosities, jollities, poetry, and music and the unexpected.
Contact: [email protected]
“The revision of environmental planning rules to facilitate building new developments is potentially in breach of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement”
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EU warns Britain’s war on newts could violate Brexit deal
Leaked EU report raises alarm about U.K. planning bill’s bonfire of environmental protections.
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May 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
“The revision of environmental planning rules to facilitate building new developments is potentially in breach of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement”
www.politico.eu/article/newt...
www.politico.eu/article/newt...