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Children compete for golden boot
Medway children pounded the pavements for a month for the chance to win a golden boot. Pupils across the borough took part in the national challenge to leave cars at home and walk to school for a month. Burnt Oak Primary School, in Gillingham, was declared the winner of the Golden Boot Challenge in the region for the second year running, after an average of 91.1 per cent of its pupils walked to school. This result was six per cent …
Read more...Medway Queen visitor centre opens
A visitor centre has been opened to celebrate the Medway Queen paddle steamer, famous for rescuing 7,000 men from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940. The centre, at Gillingham Pier, tells the story of the United Kingdom’s last estuary paddle steamer, which is due to be returned to Medway at the beginning of 2012. The steamer became famous during the war for making seven trips to Dunkirk. Veteran Alf George, one of the men who was rescued by the Medway …
Read more...Will a new city be born?
Medway Council is waiting to find out if the borough will be granted the much coveted city status. A bid has been launched to create the city of Medway out of the adjoining towns of Rochester, Strood, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham.
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