EPW047593 ENGLAND (1935). Gillingham Portland Cement Works and environs, Gillingham, 1935

Woodlands Road

Featherby's Nursery

Castlemaine Avenue

Grange Road

Oak Avenue

Elm Road

Portland Road

Maple Avenue

Woodlands Road Recreation ground. Nowadays the stand of trees in the middle are long gone, there is a steep bank that marks their spot and at the left end of the stand there is a children's play area.

Louisville Avenue (constructed c.1912)

Barnsole Raod and Barnsole County Primary School (constructed in 1899)

Barnsole Farmhouse. Originally all the surrounding streets were fields and part of Barnsole Farm, the oldest street is Barnsole Road (formely Lane)

Franklin Rooms (Masonic) and Bowling Green, bordered by Balmoral Road to the North (towards the river), Gillingham Road to the East and Franklin Road to the South

Electricity Works (subsequently owned by Seeboard). When this site was being cleared for housing (Windsor Place development)by Barratt Housing in early 2001 a large boiler filled with concrete was found buried to the right of the building with the chimney. I later through friends met the man, who as a young man at the start of his career, had had the job of filling it with concrete. During the Electric Plant's life it was used to store the fuel oil. The boiler was salvaged from a German U-boat from the first world war.

Plantation Road

Sharps Green - I would be often taken here in the late summer months to pick Elderberries, Damsons, Sloes and Blackberries from the bushes/trees in this picture. Many a happy afternoon I remember picking wild fruit and returning home with fully laden boxes for my mum to make into Jams and my father to turn into Wine.

Grove Road off of Danes Hill

King Edward Road

Block of four chamber kilns with stack

Toronto Road

Dial Road

Lower Woodlands Road

abandoned chamber kilns

clinker elevator

rotary kiln