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High Street QB
High Street QB		 Congregational Church
Congregational Church		 LO13 Two Suns
LO13 Two Suns		 Queenborough Creek (569)
Queenborough Creek (569)		 Typical scene
Typical scene
The Flying Dutchman
The Flying Dutchman		 IMG_3404merged
IMG_3404merged		 Parish Church
Parish Church		 Queenborough 1912
Queenborough 1912		 Cross Roads, Queenborough Corner
Cross Roads, Queenborough Corner
North Road
North Road		 my27001
my27001		 Aerial view
Aerial view		 High Street, Queenborough
High Street, Queenborough		 Rabbit Hutch Row (demolished)
Rabbit Hutch Row (demolished)
Pier Cottages
Pier Cottages		 The Creek Queenborough
The Creek Queenborough		 The Pier Queenborough
The Pier Queenborough		 The Church Queenborough
The Church Queenborough		 The Font
The Font
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michael rankin 14-Oct-2012 11:53
im mick rankin i lived at second ave for 21 years great to see all these old pictures i worked on barges for a few years with the hawsworths im trying to locate the sirdar london and rochester trading companys racing barge spent a bit of time with her
michael rankin 14-Oct-2012 11:53
im mick rankin i lived at second ave for 21 years great to see all these old pictures i worked on barges for a few years with the hawsworths im trying to locate the sirdar london and rochester trading companys racing barge spent a bit of time with her
Graham 26-Jul-2012 19:47
Further to this, Len and my dad were brothers. They could not have been more different. Len was a fantastic outgoing person. He always had a smile on his face, and was always laughing and joking. He was a carpenter and lived along the road between Halfway and Queenboro. My dad, I think, was just ground down by years of hard work on the buses and ill health. He was a heavy smoker, and this took a great toll on his health. He finally succumed to lung cancer around 1970.
I have a vague memory of being round your great grandparents house and meeting your mother. Here my memory gets a bit vague, as I also think there was a girl there around the same age as me that I played with. Maybe it was you, maybe my memory is faulty. Anyway, great to have heard from you.
Graham 25-Jul-2012 21:12
Hi Hotspur,
Yes, I remember your Nan Linda Bentley. I went round to your great grandparents house a few times as a little boy. I remember your great grandfather very well, first world war veteran, so I was told. I also remember more vaguely your great gramdmother. She was blind, and I was a little scared of her.
It is fantastic to realise that I do have some family left, as all of the family that I knew on my mother's side passed away. Good to hear there is still an Australian contingent. Sadly, my father, your Nan's sister was not as adventurous as some of the other members of the family. I remember my mother being very excited one day and telling me that we were likely to emigrate to Australia. My dad did not want to go, however. All he wanted to do was to say in Sheerness and drive his bus!
Feel free to contact me at grahambentley35@gmail.com
Les Weller 25-Jul-2012 12:42
I was born at 87 The High Street 1953 my Gran lived at 111. The pictures have returned so many memories, fantastic amount of freedom to roam and wind the old boys up in the shelter down at the front. I remember Bill Gifford taking me out to Dead Man's Island one day and telling the terrible tales of the Napoleonic prisoners of war who are buried there. My Parents celebrate a Diamond anniversary this week having been marries at Holy Trinty Church by the Rev Dawes 60 years ago. Hence the research.
Guest 20-Jun-2012 07:57
My father's birth was registered in Minster on 21st December 1900. Name William Edward Newby born 17th May 1899, therefore registered 7 months later. From there trace of family virtually stops, other than other William /Edward Newbys turning up in Birmingham area and N.East round Darlington. All females seem to have bee named Eliza. I have two beautiful water colours of what I imagine are Thames barges on The Creek. painter not known.
hotspurs188216-May-2012 04:41
For Graham Bentley - My Great Grandfather on my Mother's side was a Bentley. My Nan was Linda Bentley and she was married to Stanley Rayfield. Great Grandfather Bentley worked for Kemps the Undertakers and they had a place in the High Street - Great Grandfather (with Great Grandmother) Bentley lived in the House with the Kemps place being at the rear of the House adjacent to the Creek. I remember going to my Great Grandfather and Great Grandmother's place when I was very young with my Mum and other Brothers (at the time) in the early 1960s.

My Mum is the eldest child of Linda and Stanley Rayfield and I am the eldest in my Mum's Family. Mum married my Dad George Sheldrick. Nan (Linda) and Grand Dad (Stanley) Rayfield initially lived at 35 Stanley Avenue and then moved to 48 Main Road. We initially lived at Rushenden in Manor Road and then moved to 35 Stanley Avenue (we bought Nan and Grand Dads house) in 1959.

I remember Great Grandfather Bentley being at 48 Main Road after Great Grandmother Bentley died in the late 1960s (I think) and he died around 1971 while living at Main Road.

So, my Nan - Linda Bentley, may well be your Dad's Sister..................I do recollect my Mum talking about a Len Bentley but not a Ted Bentley.

Our Family (the Sheldricks) emigrated to Australia in January 1971 - I was working in Derby with Rolls Royce at the time and eventually migrated to Australia in 1976. My Mum is the eldest of the Rayfields and we still have two of her Bothers (my Uncles) living in Queenborough (Stan and Alan Rayfield) with Peter living at Halfway.

Anyway, hope that tou get to read this and that it helps.
Carol Jaffray Woodriff 10-Mar-2012 00:46
These photos brought Queenborough to life for me. Genealogy brought me to your town and area because some of my ancestors seem to have been deeply embedded there. Can anyone share anything about the Air Raid Wardens of Rushenden and Queenborough during WWII? I'm also interested in the years between the Wars even going back to the late 1890's. Any suggestions for learning more from afar in Houston TX would be appreciated. Thanks for the great pictures.
trevor moore 19-Dec-2011 20:40
i lived oppsite the nissen type houses in 1940 on
Mel Ralph 13-Nov-2011 19:53
Has anyone got any information as to where Somerset Terrace North Road was or is
Please reply to melralph1@yahoo.com
ray adie 03-Sep-2011 09:56
any one remember the nissen houses in edward road
J Day 26-Aug-2011 14:05
Thank you for sharing these. My great-grandparents lived in Pier Cottages. Their name was Fowle. I wonder if I'm related to A Fowle, joiner and carpenter?
John Colbert 24-Jun-2011 22:33
My father Jim Colbert was the landlord of The Hope Inn from 1959-1962, and I have very fond memories of our time there. It is really good to see photo's of the pub before it was changed to how I remember it.
mikepayne09-May-2011 18:39
Has anyone information about the building of the bottle works around 1911 when a firm and its workers came down from Tutbury in Staffs?
Mike Payne
karen watts 04-Jan-2011 20:15
Great photos, I wonder if anyone has any photos of the people who worked at the potteries, my grandfather Bert Watts worked there in the 1940's - 1970's and my father Cyril Watts worked there 1960 - 1980 Thanks
Gerald Cornish 08-Dec-2009 02:46
Really enjoyed these photos, I was born in Queenborough, 1936 at 5 Rushenden Road. Would appreciate some photos of the house or the road if anyone has one. Also, Bobbing School pre 1997 extension if possible. I was there 1941-1943.
Guest 11-Aug-2009 13:29
hi its my partners bday end of this month i wanna take him either sea fishing or site seeing on a lil boat frm queenbourough what the best advise u can give !!!
Graham Bentley 31-Jan-2009 00:04
Anyone remember the Bentley family from Queenborough? My paternal Grandparents lived there until the sixties. Some of the Bentleys emigrated to Australia. My father was Ted Bentley, and his brother was Len. I believe my grandfather was a part time undertaker.
Derek Marsh 09-Jan-2009 17:58
my name is derek Marsh and I was born in Queenborough ( South Street ) and I would like to see some old Photo's up untill 1956 of South Street hass any one got any !!! it's so good to look at the old Island this way Many thanks for your efforts
Bob Mawson 26-Sep-2008 09:37
My father served on HMS Queenborough from 1943 to 1945 leaving the ship in Sydney before it was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy. He returned to the UK late 1945 on HMS Norman. My mum, dad, brother and myself migrated back to Australia in 1949 and during those years growing up in Sydney and travelling on the harbour ferries saw the Queenborough many times but this time as an anti submarine frigate and then finally as the fleet training ship. The last time I saw Queenborough was early 1975 tied up at Athol Bight, just across the harbour from the Garden Island Naval Base looking very forelorn and sad whilst waiting to be sold and that final trip to the breakers yard. In Queensboroughs case her final trip was May 1975 to Hong Kong to be broken up.
HMS Queenborough had a special place in our lives, firstly because it brought my dad to Australia and secondly for all those old sea stories he would tell us as we sailed past Queenborough on our ferry trips. A very, very special ship.
Looking at the photos of Queenborough Town brought back all those memories of the ship and my early family years here in Australia. My wife and I will be visiting the UK next year, my 60th anniversary and hope to get to Qyeenborough.
mike payne 16-Dec-2007 21:45
A minor point but the Town Hall is called the Guildhall
Lots of memories in these photos
Richard Sheldrick 29-Sep-2007 05:37
These photos a very good.I was born in Queenborough 1953 and I also remember the steam trains, the potteries and the horrible chemos smell.My family imigrated to Australia in 1971, I have not been able to get back as yet but some of my brothers and sisters have.It was a great place to roam during the early 60's.Anyone remember the Sheldrick family from Stanly Ave.Have you any more up to date photos.
stella creus 21-Apr-2007 14:37
I really enjoyed these photos.I was born in Queenborough and can remember the old steam trains passing through the station, the potteries,glue and chemos etc.The cinema with old mother Riley or Laural and Hardy on a saturday morning.Aglass of Vimto before the session from the off license next door.Thank you for bringing back some old memories.I now live in Spain but visit every year.
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