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Ashford People and Places
Ashford's Electricity Works
Photographs, postcards & slides
Sir John Furley
Lympne (Ashford) Airport
Handbook of Naval Cookery
Alfred Austin of Swinford Manor Ashford - Poet Laureate
St Mary the Virgin Catalogue of Parochial Archives 1992
William Harvey Hospital - Project for the Future
1st Ashford Scout Troop
Girl Guide Centenary
Some of the Museum's collection of postcards and photos
History of Ashford Fire Brigade
Ashford Joint Strike Committee 1919
Old Ashfordian's Exhibition 1899-1999
The Old Ashfordian's 1899-1999
Scrap Album
Life of John Knatchbull
1st Ashford Rover Crew Log Book 1933-1952
Reminiscences of a Country Lad - John Harden
Stanhope - The School we never knew 1876-1991
Ashford Borough Museum - Short History of the Building by Charles Friend
Short History of Smuggling in this area
Collection of Bygone Kent journals from Vol. 1 to 29
Newspapers (bound copies) 'Kentish Express', 'Tuesday Express', and 'Kentish Express & Ashford News' various years from 1896 to 1971.
The Annals of Kennington by Robert Furley
A 110 Year History of Invicta Press
"History of Hollington School, Ashford"
History of Ashford Town Football Club
Maps of Ashford 18th to Present
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Railway Archive
The books listed below may be seen in the Museum. They contain historical photographs, copies of maps and documents, names of staff members and some personal reminiscences. They were collated and prepared by John Blackford, the first two relating to his own experiences before and during employment at the Works in the late 1940s to mid 1950s. Copies of these may also be seen at the National Railway Museum in York.
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Railway Recollections of Ashford (1995)
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Some More Railway Recollections (1995) - The story of the EngineeringResearch Department at Ashford.
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Even More Railway Recollections, Parts 1 and 2 (Jan. 1996).
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Yet More Railway Recollections, Parts 1 and 2 (Jan. 1998).
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Railway Recollections - Ashford Works, The Final years. Parts 1 and 2(Jan. 2000).
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Railway Recollections - The Channel Tunnel Rail Link through Ashford,the story of its construction (May 2003).
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Railway Recollections, Steam Days Revisited (2004).
Also with them on the reference shelf are:-
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The Peter Green Collection - of local train photographs taken in the 1950s.
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Steam days at Wye - photographs taken by David Cross, c. 1950
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Ashford Railway Track, 1842 - an example with additional information.
The Museum also has other collections of photographs and artifacts, someof which are on display.
The Railway Recollection books may be of interest to those interested in family history research as most of them have a 'named persons' index.
For further informat ion about the Museum's rail way archive please consult the Curator.
Wartime Ashford
Ashford War Casualties Urban and Rural from 1939.
Ashford Urban District Council 1939 declarations made by councillors before acting.
Dear Friends of Great Chart - World War One letters Volume 1
Dear Friends of Great Chart - World War One letters Volume 2
Dear Friends of Great Chart - World War One letters Volume 3
Memories of WW2 by Mike Wise
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