We are the Friends of Medway Archives Centre (FOMA). Our aims are to help with the conservation and preservation of the records and other materials of historical interest held at the Medway Archives Centre (MAC) and to promote public access.
The Friends of Medway Archives (FOMA) LogoThe Friends of Medway Archives (FOMA) logo is based on a 2006 sketch, by the late local historian and FOMA Committee member Bob Ratcliffe (1936 – 2018), of the old Civic Centre’s Clock Tower in Strood.
The Medway Archives at the Civic Centre
The then Rochester upon Medway Studies Centre was created when the local studies collections were relocated from Chatham and Rochester Libraries to the Civic Centre in March 1993. The creation of the new Medway unitary authority in 1998 saw the Rochester upon Medway Studies Centre renamed to the Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre (MALSC). MALSC were based within the Civic Centre until the new Medway Archives Centre on Bryant Road was opened in 2017.
Former Borough Archivist, Stephen Dixon, wrote an article for Issue 31 of The Clock Tower in 2013, as part of the 20 years of MALSC celebrations, detailing the archives’ history. The article can be found here .
Chapel House, Lower Pump Lane, Rainham. Photo: Jean Skilling, 2011.
19th February 2025
Issue 77, February 2025
31st March 2022
Former Local Studies Librarian at the Medway Archives Centre, Norma Crowe has been honoured for her services to Local Studies....
1st December 2021
The Medway Archives Centre (MAC) has attained archive service accreditation for the first time...
Saturday 3 May, 10am-midday
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