New Books

Images of Horton Kirby Paper Mill by the Horton Kirby and South Darenth Local History Society. £6.00 (+ p&p).

For the better part of two centuries, Horton Kirby Paper Mill dominated South Darenth, not just physically through its buildings, but also economically and socially as the major local employer. This book provides a selection of images from its foundation to the present, tracing its growth through Ordnance Survey maps and photographs of both the mill and the families connected to the workings. The final chapter is an account by an apprentice in the mill in the 1960’s of his working days.

Available from Mr K Saunderson.