The Clock Tower Journal

The Clock Tower is the quarterly journal produced and published by the Friends of Medway Archives (FOMA).

Index: Issue 69, February 2023

Front Cover: Cindy’s Retirement!

Inside Front Cover: Cindy’s Retirement.

Chairman’s Letter, Elaine Gardner.

Introducing Emma Ovenden, Amanda Thomas.

Medway Archives Centre Report, Helen Worthy.

Cindy’s Retirement Party, Amanda Thomas.

The Best of Times. Young Charles Dickens in Chatham, Brian Joyce.

The Restoration of Dickens’ Chalet … The Next Chapter, Rachel Kerr.

From Ruin To Revival: Historic Georgian Mansion, Chatham House, Gets A Makeover, George Atzev.

The Anglo-American Bookshop, Chris de Coulon Berthoud;
Part One: A Risqué Business

The Sharp family of Gillingham, c1897, Peter Bursey;
Part Two: An Unusual Commission:
Joseph Sharp RM serves on HMS Monarch May 1869-November 1871

The East Coast Floods of 1953 – A Major New Novel by Author Cherry Burroughs, Cherry Burroughs.

Readers’ Letters
The Fountain Elwin Family, Angela Carles.
Kennel Farm, Janet King.

Inside Back Cover:
The 2022 Make A Difference Awards
The Restoration of Dickens’ Chalet … the Next Chapter

Back Cover:
Cindy’s Retirement
A New Look For The Medway Archives Centre

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