Oystertown » Whitstable Times http://www.oystertown.net Whitstable and its people Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:22:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 1897 – Flood report http://www.oystertown.net/1875-1899/1897-flood-report/ http://www.oystertown.net/1875-1899/1897-flood-report/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:01:30 +0000 admin http://www.oystertown.net/?page_id=786 From the Whitstable Times after the flood.

At Whitstable there was some ominous in the swirl and impetus of the water that was running, which, to the experienced eye betokened mischief, but nothing so calamitous as what happened was ever anticipated. In the ordinary course, the tide would have been at its height on Monday at 3.54,

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Oldest Gravestones Make Way For Church Extension

The building of an extension to All Saints’ Church,

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]]> http://www.oystertown.net/1950-1974/1962-old-headstones-at-all-saints-moved/feed/ 0 1917 – Excerpts from the Whitstable Times http://www.oystertown.net/1900-1924/1917-excerpts-from-the-whitstable-times/ http://www.oystertown.net/1900-1924/1917-excerpts-from-the-whitstable-times/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:47:19 +0000 admin http://www.oystertown.net/?page_id=604 Some more snippets from the local newspaper. News of Whitstable men serving in the Great War is mixed with the everyday news of a quiet town getting on with things. The odd photograph is starting to appear in the paper and it is more strongly biased towards local issues with less emphasis on surrounding towns.

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