Ron Moore, Mick Maher

Roger Carpenter, Clive Scholls, 'Mac' McGregor, Mick Maher, Fred Osbourne, Roy Kerr, Neville Saxbee, Kim Watts

Mick Maher, Roger Carpenter, Ron Moore, Roy Kerr, Colin Spears, 'Mac' McGregor, Fred Osbourne, Neville Saxbee, Kim Watts

Doug Capp leading the good life pigs trotter in hand celebrating Christmas

Denis Reeks, Terry Hawkins, Ron Horder, a manager from Bankside and two unknowns.

Denis Reeks Christmas 1980

John Gilles, Doug Capp Christmas 1980

Roger Billingham

The snow of Jan '87 saw many Kingsnorth staff stranded for the best part of a week, living at the station.

Rare pictures courtesy of Malcolm Trundle, Regional Projects Engineer who was on site at the time overseeing an installation

Turbine hall darkening with the smoke

Plenty of fire team members attending as it was fire training day !

Keith Beckett, Doug Wilder, Len Tuffnell, Mick Rodgers, Ron Knowles, Peter Hood, Geoff Armstrong, Kim Watts

'D' Shift Operators and Assistants

Brian Mulvaney,Greaham Head, Richard Durrant, Ralph Stevenson, Bill Crawford, frank Hawkes, Brian Hollands(Plant Attendant).

 Sitting at the front are Tom Whitbread and John Gilles

Richard Durrant, John Gillies, Frank (the sweet) Hawkes

If Frank offers a sweety...be careful !

'D' Shift 'team brief' ?

Jeff Jefferery, John Gillies, Robin Mitchell, Bill Crawford

Clive Stapley, Gary Blackburn, Graham Bruce

Jim White, Peter Borley, Neil Higgins, GaryBlackburn, Dave Wooster, Denis Reeks, Alan Faggeter, Colin Stone, Ian Demaine

The Bishop of Rochester came to visit and the local paper article gave the impression that the Operator pictured was the Station Manager.

Denis Reeks is still waiting for his upgrading money for that event.

Martin Hilling at the fund raising bash

Fund raising in progress

Barry Woolmer and Brian (Rambo) Gillham

Barry Woolmer and Geoff (George) Moore

'C' Shift (Original) - Colin Spiers, Jim Croker, Ron Beet,Mick Maher, Neil James, Colin Scott, Barry Woolmer, Dave Tweed, Geoff Moore, Roger Billingha

Mick (clean boots) Maher, Steve Cronin, Dave Savage

Geoff Armstrong in 'whites'

Clint Massingham and Henry Ross

1985(ish) the collier MV Dallington turning on its anchor to berth on Long Reach Jetty fouled a French Cannon from the Napoleonic War period which became entangled with the anchor and was raised out of the water as the anchor was weighed.

Where there's brass, there's muck

After the Dallington berthed the cannon corroded and covered with marine life was removed from the vessel and submerged in brine solution on site for about three years to leach out the salt and prevent disintegration. It was loaned to Fort Amherst Lines and Trust in Chatham for restoration and display at the request of a member of the Trust where it remains.

During this war French prisoners were held on captured hulks anchored in the River Medway some using captured cannon whose trunion mountings had been removed as anchorage. The chain and wire strops used for this were in good condition despite their time in salt water.