Chris de C B
@panthropology.bsky.social
PhD Social Anthropology ** Oral History Medway [OHM] ** Memory *** Collecting *** he/him
Chatham Standard - Tuesday 18 April 1989
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Chatham Standard - Tuesday 18 April 1989
Ithell Colquhoun drawn by Mervyn Peake
(In: Peake Studies*, Vol. 4 No. 4, Spring 1996)
*they spell her name as Ethill Colquhoun
(In: Peake Studies*, Vol. 4 No. 4, Spring 1996)
*they spell her name as Ethill Colquhoun
November 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Ithell Colquhoun drawn by Mervyn Peake
(In: Peake Studies*, Vol. 4 No. 4, Spring 1996)
*they spell her name as Ethill Colquhoun
(In: Peake Studies*, Vol. 4 No. 4, Spring 1996)
*they spell her name as Ethill Colquhoun
Crouch End Vampires F. C. 1908-9, formed in 1883, still playing today.
September 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Crouch End Vampires F. C. 1908-9, formed in 1883, still playing today.
Jazz Drug Menace - Melody Maker December 1st 1951
September 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Jazz Drug Menace - Melody Maker December 1st 1951
"For a normal, cultivated human being… our brain can operate only within certain limits: what our environment, with books, knowledge, information, has put in our brain. And, at some point, probably our brains may no longer have the capacity to understand."
August 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"For a normal, cultivated human being… our brain can operate only within certain limits: what our environment, with books, knowledge, information, has put in our brain. And, at some point, probably our brains may no longer have the capacity to understand."
A wonderful evening at Gillingham Football Club last night for the launch of the Oral History Medway Supporters' Stories film. Thanks to everyone who came, especially to Brigadier Andrew Wood, Deputy Lieutenant of Kent, Mayor of Medway Cllr Trevor Clark. oralhistorymedway.co.uk/.../gillingh...
July 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A wonderful evening at Gillingham Football Club last night for the launch of the Oral History Medway Supporters' Stories film. Thanks to everyone who came, especially to Brigadier Andrew Wood, Deputy Lieutenant of Kent, Mayor of Medway Cllr Trevor Clark. oralhistorymedway.co.uk/.../gillingh...
It was amazing to be part of this reunion, 50 years to the day since the band Cathedral played in Rochester Cathedral with Anaconda Music Theatre and Paul Laurence. A glass was raised to the late Andy Dungate. A beautiful, moving afternoon of memories
July 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It was amazing to be part of this reunion, 50 years to the day since the band Cathedral played in Rochester Cathedral with Anaconda Music Theatre and Paul Laurence. A glass was raised to the late Andy Dungate. A beautiful, moving afternoon of memories
One inscribed “SKULL DRINKING CUP USED BY LORD BYRON AT NEWSTEAD ABBEY” was auctioned in 2017, but the write up seemed fairly sceptical about its provenance
July 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
One inscribed “SKULL DRINKING CUP USED BY LORD BYRON AT NEWSTEAD ABBEY” was auctioned in 2017, but the write up seemed fairly sceptical about its provenance
Happy Bloomsday to all who celebrate
June 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Happy Bloomsday to all who celebrate
18 May 6.30 p.m. The White Horse Chilham
A Village at the Centre of The Universe - A Creative Open House & Open Mic
readings, creativities, curiosities, jollities, poetry, and music and the unexpected.
Contact: Wyddershins2@gmail.com
A Village at the Centre of The Universe - A Creative Open House & Open Mic
readings, creativities, curiosities, jollities, poetry, and music and the unexpected.
Contact: Wyddershins2@gmail.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
18 May 6.30 p.m. The White Horse Chilham
A Village at the Centre of The Universe - A Creative Open House & Open Mic
readings, creativities, curiosities, jollities, poetry, and music and the unexpected.
Contact: Wyddershins2@gmail.com
A Village at the Centre of The Universe - A Creative Open House & Open Mic
readings, creativities, curiosities, jollities, poetry, and music and the unexpected.
Contact: Wyddershins2@gmail.com
In 1790, The Gentleman’s Magazine explained the Furry Dance: "It is called the Furry day – supposedly Flora’s day – not I imagine, as many have thought, in remembrance of some festival instituted in honour of that goddess, but rather from the garlands commonly worn on that day…"
May 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
In 1790, The Gentleman’s Magazine explained the Furry Dance: "It is called the Furry day – supposedly Flora’s day – not I imagine, as many have thought, in remembrance of some festival instituted in honour of that goddess, but rather from the garlands commonly worn on that day…"
The story of Pluck's Gutter Festival in the latest Bygone Kent.
I spoke to the wonderful Gary Petersen (Formerly Fat Harry) about what he recalled, but he said he has "C.R.S. Syndrome".
"What's that?" I asked
"Can't Remember Shit!"
A delightful interview that added nothing!
bygonekent.org.uk
I spoke to the wonderful Gary Petersen (Formerly Fat Harry) about what he recalled, but he said he has "C.R.S. Syndrome".
"What's that?" I asked
"Can't Remember Shit!"
A delightful interview that added nothing!
bygonekent.org.uk
May 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The story of Pluck's Gutter Festival in the latest Bygone Kent.
I spoke to the wonderful Gary Petersen (Formerly Fat Harry) about what he recalled, but he said he has "C.R.S. Syndrome".
"What's that?" I asked
"Can't Remember Shit!"
A delightful interview that added nothing!
bygonekent.org.uk
I spoke to the wonderful Gary Petersen (Formerly Fat Harry) about what he recalled, but he said he has "C.R.S. Syndrome".
"What's that?" I asked
"Can't Remember Shit!"
A delightful interview that added nothing!
bygonekent.org.uk
Sweeps returns this year from Sat 3rd to Mon 5th May. You can see from this 1992 lineup how much it has changed, this year there are dozens of bands and around 60 Morris sides. The best bit for me is still the Raising of Jack in the Green at dawn on Mayday
May 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Sweeps returns this year from Sat 3rd to Mon 5th May. You can see from this 1992 lineup how much it has changed, this year there are dozens of bands and around 60 Morris sides. The best bit for me is still the Raising of Jack in the Green at dawn on Mayday
“Unite and unite, and let us all unite
For summer is a-comin’ today.
And whither we are going we all will unite
In the merry morning of May.”
Up on Bluebell Hill at dawn for the Waking of Jack in the Green
For summer is a-comin’ today.
And whither we are going we all will unite
In the merry morning of May.”
Up on Bluebell Hill at dawn for the Waking of Jack in the Green
May 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
“Unite and unite, and let us all unite
For summer is a-comin’ today.
And whither we are going we all will unite
In the merry morning of May.”
Up on Bluebell Hill at dawn for the Waking of Jack in the Green
For summer is a-comin’ today.
And whither we are going we all will unite
In the merry morning of May.”
Up on Bluebell Hill at dawn for the Waking of Jack in the Green
...another act added @janepitt.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
...another act added @janepitt.bsky.social
Minimus returns with a Sunday afternoon event for your consideration. @everorchid.bsky.social and Sophie Sirota +minimus sounds, 3-6pm at Rams Micropub 12 Degrees, 352 High Street, Rochester, ME1 on Sunday 27th April [Entry free, collection for performers: suggested donation £5.]
April 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Minimus returns with a Sunday afternoon event for your consideration. @everorchid.bsky.social and Sophie Sirota +minimus sounds, 3-6pm at Rams Micropub 12 Degrees, 352 High Street, Rochester, ME1 on Sunday 27th April [Entry free, collection for performers: suggested donation £5.]
"...called in Arabic "Hedhed," with the appellation of Beni-Suliman, or children of Solomon, from [the] opinion, that in the splendid age of this Jewish monarch, these birds were [...] brought to him, with the peacocks, and monkies, from Ophir, and other distant lands."
Weekly Times 09 9 1827
Weekly Times 09 9 1827
April 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"...called in Arabic "Hedhed," with the appellation of Beni-Suliman, or children of Solomon, from [the] opinion, that in the splendid age of this Jewish monarch, these birds were [...] brought to him, with the peacocks, and monkies, from Ophir, and other distant lands."
Weekly Times 09 9 1827
Weekly Times 09 9 1827
The scramble, in which "bloody noses and bruised fingers are often the consequence", described in Drakard's Stamford News - Friday 18 April 1817
April 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The scramble, in which "bloody noses and bruised fingers are often the consequence", described in Drakard's Stamford News - Friday 18 April 1817
Each Easter Sunday, Biddenden distributes 600 cakes stamped with the Biddenden Maids, plus 270 loaves and cheese to parishioners, funded by rents from 20 acres of land known as the Bread and Cheese Lands.
Hasted, dismisses the story of the Biddenden Maids as "a vulgar tradition"
Hasted, dismisses the story of the Biddenden Maids as "a vulgar tradition"
April 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Each Easter Sunday, Biddenden distributes 600 cakes stamped with the Biddenden Maids, plus 270 loaves and cheese to parishioners, funded by rents from 20 acres of land known as the Bread and Cheese Lands.
Hasted, dismisses the story of the Biddenden Maids as "a vulgar tradition"
Hasted, dismisses the story of the Biddenden Maids as "a vulgar tradition"