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Dungeness 2

Dungeness 2

Film of the RHD railway at Dungeness shot by Frank Oliver who had started making amateur films as a 10 year old while living in Maidstone.

25th November 20172nd January 2018 Dungeness, Frank OliverLeave a Comment on Dungeness 2
Whitstable Trains and Station

Whitstable Trains and Station

Filmed by Tony Blake and his brother, William in around the late 1950s or early 1960s. Tony was a local historian in the Chestfield and Whitstable area

19th November 20172nd January 2018 Tony Blake, Whitstable4 Comments on Whitstable Trains and Station
RHD Railway in 1950s in colour

RHD Railway in 1950s in colour

Film by John Purchese of a daytrip on the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in 1955.

19th November 20172nd January 2018 John Purchese, New RomneyLeave a Comment on RHD Railway in 1950s in colour
Toy Train

Toy Train

Film by John Purchese of his son playing with a clockwork toy train in his garden in Mount Road, Canterbury in the 1950s.

19th November 2017 John PurcheseLeave a Comment on Toy Train
Dungeness Film 1

Dungeness Film 1

Film of the RHD railway at Dungeness shot by Frank Oliver who had started making amateur films as a 10 year old while living in Maidstone.

12th November 20172nd January 2018 Dungeness, Frank OliverLeave a Comment on Dungeness Film 1
Trip to Dungeness

Trip to Dungeness

Filmed in the 1950s by William Furness who was a postman in Whitstable. This was shot on 9.5mm film.

3rd November 20172nd January 2018 Dungeness, William FurnessLeave a Comment on Trip to Dungeness
RHD Railway in the 1960s

RHD Railway in the 1960s

The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway filmed in the 1960s by Peter Mills who started making films in 1951

15th October 20172nd January 2018 Dungeness, Hythe, Peter MillsLeave a Comment on RHD Railway in the 1960s
RHD Railway in early the 1950s

RHD Railway in early the 1950s

The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway filmed in the early 1950s by Peter Mills who started making films in 1951

15th October 20172nd January 2018 Dungeness, Hythe, Peter MillsLeave a Comment on RHD Railway in early the 1950s
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway

An early film of the RHD railway by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker, and had been a friend of Count Zborowski.

7th October 20172nd January 2018 Dungeness, Hythe, Sydney BlighLeave a Comment on Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway

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