Can you help us preserve Tonbridge’s Past?

The Tonbridge Historical Society (THS) is building a permanent collection of material relating to the town’s history and the past way of life of Tonbridge people. They would welcome offers of items to go into it. They are interested in: items associated with the town and people who were born or lived or worked there; items made or traded in Tonbridge; items showing what life was like for Tonbridge people, e.g small domestic items, fashion accessories, souvenirs of events, photographs; ephemeral items such as tickets, event programmes; items connected with schools, sports, churches, clubs, etc.

If you have anything you would like to offer for the collection, please either: bring it (if portable) to our store at Castle Lodge (green gate in Castle Street, adjacent to ‘Gift Box’ shop) between 10am and noon on the first Wednesday of any month, starting in October 2007, or contact us by e-mail: info@tonbridgehistory.org.uk or phone Anthony Wilson on 01732 354500. Space is limited so we regret we cannot at present accept large items.

The THS website is beginning to take shape. It can be visited in its embryonic form at www.tonbridgehistory.org.uk. The aim is to provide a site at which people can find out about the Society and about the history of Tonbridge, and also be guided towards doing their own local history research. Click on the ‘pictures’ link if you would like to browse among several hundred of the Society’s historic photographs. More content will be added to the site over the coming months.