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Hop Pickers Tragedy at Hartlake

Steve Ladner finds out how disaster unfolded in the River Medway near Hadlow.

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The lady launchers of Dungeness

As the RNLI marks 200 years of saving lives at sea, Steve Ladner speaks to one of few remaining women on hand to launch the Dungeness lifeboat. Photo Credit: RNLI Dungeness.

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Tragedy on the 'Princess Margaret'

As the RNLI marks 200 years of saving lives at sea, Steve Ladner hears the story of Dover's cross channel catastrophe. Photo Credit: RNLI.

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'I knew Chatham's gates would close'

Straight out of school, John De Rose began his apprenticeship at Chatham Dockyard. Jo Burn went to meet him. Photo Credit: Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust.

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