This is the index page for the period 1940 - 1949 in Whitstable. It connects to events in this period in the History, Family History, People and Genealogy sections. A single page or group of pages might inform you about that specific topic but by viewing all of the pages we hope that you come away with the feeling that you were actually there at the time, that you can relate to these people and understand what life and work was like for them. Then, when you visit the town, you can see for yourself these places as they are today and cast your mind back to the pictures we painted of the way it was then for our townspeople.
Can't find that road your ancestors lived in? It may have changed its name in 1946. Here you can find what roads ended up being renamed to stop confusion at the time.
Whitstable Parish Magazine. The last of the discovered issues. Post-war Whitstable is a different place from that of the previous issues.
Whitstable Oyster Yawl Owners. A listing, made in 1940, by an ex-dredger of the yawls and their owners. Now being updated as more information is traced.
11th October 1941. Death and destruction visit the town in the form of a bomb landing in the heart of the Whitstable. Read the Whitstable Times report published the following week.
Whitstable Military Officers - 1941. A provisonal listing of officers from the town serving in the forces as at the latter part of 1941.
Whitstable Non-commisioned Officers, men and woman , over 400 names, again from 1941.
