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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Kent #poetry alert! The Letter Game worplepress.com/product/the-... See also Canterbury Festival, local independent bookshops and community stores. @cccubookshop.bsky.social @folkestonebookshop.bsky.social Barham Village Store barhamvillagestore.com Plunder Books plunderbooks.com

Woman holding books under a plaque of Dickens.

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

City of Ghosts Festival was fun! I was able to share the work we do on Kent Maps Online to highlight authors and their relationship with the Kent landscape and I got to talk about Rev Richard Harris Barham and the Ingoldsby Legends.

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

KMO's Carolyn looking very happy, after making the shortlist for the inaugural poetry competition of Maidstone Lit Fest. A great night of live poetry, accompanied by loaded fries. And did anyone see that beautiful moon tonight?

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fab launch events for the Ballad of Salt and Stone. This was a really fun project to get involved with, so thank you Digital Drama, @heritagefunduk.bsky.social and the local communities who came together to rewrite a bit of history! We'll be sharing it online soon... #NationalPoetryDay

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

SO much energy at today's meeting on CCCU campus with our #BeingHuman2026 student interns. Next week we're taking them to the Maison Dieu in Dover to meet community partners including Dover Local. @sas-news.bsky.social

Woman standing in a doorway. Text reads: Felony For Trial.

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fantastic William Burges conference at Dover Maison Dieu yesterday highlighted Burges' links with Kent including the amazing Bailey tomb at Ightham

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Visit this spectacular wildlife haven with historic cathedral views mailchi.mp/15505b319104...

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You want Gaols? And drains? Or just insights into the evacuation of Dunkirk? Best get down to Dover's Maison Dieu on 13 November. #beinghuman2026

Being Human Festival 2026. 05-14 November.

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A very happy weekend and a dose of Dickens, thanks to #HeritageOpenDays Imagine this arriving on Christmas Eve in 58 boxes and all the instructions are in another language...

Dickens's writing chalet with woman standing outside.

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Congratulations to Herne Bay, winner of the Bucket & Spade List 2026! Reposting this poem about the town, in celebration. seasideheritage.org.uk/bucket-spade...

Herne Bay pier. Image from the Seaside Heritage Network website.

'The End of The Season'. Poem by Carolyn Oulton

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Kent Maps planning meeting today. Lots of developments a-foot. New search engine and integration of vimeos.

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Artwork by KMO contributor Heather Murdoch for Carolyn's new poetry collection The Letter Game (coming out from Worple Press next month). We love it that everyone sees a different word in the teacup!

Teacup and saucer on a table with notebook and fountain pen.

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Margate Shell Grotto or Herne Bay pier? We’re almost out of time to vote for this year’s #Bucketandspadelist #seaside #heritage winner. But KMO’s Carolyn just happened to be in Herne Bay this morning, and yes it was raining… @seasideferry.bsky.social

Poem: 'The End of The Season. Herne Bay.'

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

We have some new articles in production which we hope to share in the autumn, but for now, enjoy these beautiful sunflowers near Sandwich

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

What is it like to be a mature, neurodivergent student at CCCU? Here's what Creative Writing student Louise has to say. And KMO's Carolyn will be on campus tomorrow for the Clearing event - so if you're curious, come and say hello! www.canterbury.ac.uk/new-students...

CCCU library. By Celsoazevedo - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=189024014

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

In 1901 Mabel Ryall was Junior Assistant at #Folkestone public #library. In 1926 the library decided to appoint a female assistant of 25-35 years of age, with a starting salary of £150 going up by £10 pa. Ryall was appointed, but left on her marriage in 1928. Does anyone in #Folkestone know more?

Victorian, red brick building: Folkestone Library, Grace Hill.

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

National Year of Reading Talk on Susie Nethersole, Kent's forgotten rural writer, done and dusted! Now for the journal article!

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Including a FREE #folkwalk taster session with Sonia Overall.

Revels on the Green. Saturday 25 July, The Quay, Sandwich.

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

A little bit of Ramsgate seaweed gets into the Thackray Museum, Yorkshire - it was a hot day and thanks to the electric fan, it's probably still there...

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Scan the QR code in the poster to do the walk!

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Not only awarded a grant, but listed in the festival highlights to boot! See you at the Maison Dieu in Dover this November for the Being Human Festival? Details to follow. www.beinghumanfestival.org/news/2026-be...

Being Human Festival Grant Awarded. Crossroads theme.

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

What the Dickens! Bleak House was far from bleak this weekend at the Broadstairs Dickens Festival 2026

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

"They're launching a new audio trail, don't you know!"

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

The "In Broadstairs with Dickens" audio trail is launched

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Bleak House was looking festive at the 2026 Dickens Festival

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Didn't we have a love-r-ly time, the day we went to Broadstairs! Thank you to Elizabeth as Bleak House for a spectacular garden party

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

This gorgeous poster was designed by Heather Murdoch. She's open to work, so we can put you in touch if you have a design need... After you've been to the festival, of course.

Poster for In Broadstairs With Dickens digital trail.

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Nearly time for the Broadstairs Dickens Festival! www.broadstairsdickensfestival.co.uk

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The Canterbury Commemoration Society summer party - it's a 'come as you are' affair. www.cantcommsoc.co.uk/event/the-ce...

Woman standing behind man in period dress.

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

New blue plaques for Canterbury - and more to come!

3 people standing behind a table showing heritage blue plaques.

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"His eldest son being now able to take charge of the shop and business, Mr. Smith resolved to travel for a month or two. He accordingly went to Ramsgate, where he enjoyed much intellectual pleasure in the prospect of the glorious ocean, and the fine vessels which continually appeared in the offing.”

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

'Let's do the time walk again!' was in Sandwich yesterday, catching up with Museum Manager Natasha and the volunteers (including CCCU student Rosie). Some of these postcards will be coming to the project's open access website, thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Holiday in Broadstairs - 1970s style... screenarchive.brighton.ac.uk/detail/1050/

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

”And really”, added Mr Pickwick, after half an hour’s walking had brought them to the village, “really for a misanthrope’s choice, this is one of the prettiest and most desirable places of residence, I ever met with.” www.kent-maps.online/dickens/pick...

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Always a fun evening! www.cantcommsoc.co.uk/event/the-ce...

Tour of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

This is a great project - let us know if you want to be involved!

Creative workshop poster with picture of Deal pier

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Allan Brodie will be talking about Dreamland in the next free seminar with the Seaside Heritage Network on 6 May. seasideheritage.org.uk/events/upcom...

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

One for the creative writers - fascinating article by Jeremy Page on poetry in the South East. 'After Hours' was written in Margate library, in case you're wondering! issuu.com/ingenue.maga...

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Just tell me where you are and I'll come and meet you. What could possibly go wrong?

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

A new collaboration for KMO - we're going to be working with Digital Drama on their Salt and Stone project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Contact them through the link below if you are interested in volunteering in Sandwich or Deal area. www.digitaldrama.org/project/salt...

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Some wonderful photos are being digitized as part of the National Heritage Lottery Funded project 'Let's Do the Time Walk Again!' I wonder who the guy in the white trousers is? Deal Museum, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons #NationalLottery #HeritageFund

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

No orchards left in the Garden of England are the lyrics of a song my son wrote, let's hope it's not true. www.wincheaporchards.org

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

We've been asked if anyone knows of creative writing groups in Sandwich or Deal. Please get in touch if that's you!

Postcard of Deal Promenade, Kent, 1910. Deal Museum Collection. Scanned as part of the National Lottery Heritage Funded Project 'Let's Do the Time Walk Again' in association with Canterbury Christ Church University.

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

What a lovely group of people - thank you to the Shepherdswell & Coldred History Society for proving Dickens right this evening!

Cover slide for talk on Kent and the Dickens Industry.

'The audience with the greatest sense of humour, certainly is Dover.' Dickens, 1861.

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

They've been categorizing, inventorizing and now digitizing. The first postcard has been uploaded for the National Lottery Heritage Funded project Let's Do The Time Walk Again. Congratulations, Deal Museum!

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

And speaking of rivers... Shout-out to anyone in the Medway!

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

The same, but not the same. St Peter's Place in Canterbury 1909 v 2022.

St Peter's Place, Canterbury in the floods of 1909

Cars in St Peter's Place, Canterbury. Photography by Judyta Socha and Megan Yeoman.

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Kent Maps Online @kentmapsonline.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

In case you hadn't guessed, we're doing an inventory of our images at the moment. Here's another one of Broadstairs - the earliest known image of Fort [Bleak] House, no less!

Image of Fort House (now Bleak House) in Broadstairs. By permission of the Dickens House Museum.

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