Comments on: At Chatham Royal Dockyard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/07/15/at-chatham-royal-dockyard-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 15 Jul 2025 20:09:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Bernie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/07/15/at-chatham-royal-dockyard-i/#comment-1754269 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 20:09:23 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203897#comment-1754269 It is very many years since I visited Chatham Dockyard, but it was a cracking day out then and I expect it is just as good now. How I wish I were near enough, fit enough and young enough to go again!

]]> By: Bailey Jones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/07/15/at-chatham-royal-dockyard-i/#comment-1754259 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 19:51:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203897#comment-1754259 Our understanding of the price of Empire makes experiences like this ambigous. We cannot erase the past, we can only come to terms with it.
On a lighter note, I remember my dad taking my son to visit Chatham Docks around twenty-odd years ago. They loved it. I think my dad would go on his own, he enjoyed it so much.

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/07/15/at-chatham-royal-dockyard-i/#comment-1754190 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 17:32:02 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203897#comment-1754190 Interesting history and some great pics here!

]]> By: Mark https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/07/15/at-chatham-royal-dockyard-i/#comment-1753945 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:24:02 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203897#comment-1753945 What a cracking set of historic photographs!
Thank you for sharing these with us.
I have got to go and see myself now.

Thanks for all your hard work and our daily updates of your wonderful blog.
I start my day every day by reading it.

All the best

Mark

]]> By: Ian Silverton https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/07/15/at-chatham-royal-dockyard-i/#comment-1753901 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 06:52:59 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203897#comment-1753901 Very interesting GA, for me as my Great Grandfather Worked here as a Ship carpenter in the 18th century, records show. Worked on many ships for the Royal Navy, up unto late 1890s. Then moved to Bethnal Green, with his Family, my Grandfather it seems followed on, opening his own cigar box manufacturing company. Then Pubs, and Public Transport. Be Well.

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