Kent Past

In the 1920s, Kent was a very different place. Steam trains brought holidaymakers to Margate and in the countryside, Cockneys picked hops on the farm.

By the early 1960s, mechanised farming had emptied the land, and foreign travel was becoming more popular.

Discover how life changed across half a century, and relive these rare scenes from Kent’s past, including:

• Holidays at Margate, Ramsgate and Folkestone
• The miners' strike of 1960
• Chatham Dockyards and fishing crews at Whitstable
• Winston Churchill visiting Dover