Sheerness

August 2006 - Sheerness waterfront

Leysdown on Sea

August 2006 - Leysdown-on sea. The view towards Whitstable bay.

Minster Marshes

August 2006 - Looking across Minster Marshes to the new road bridge.

Queensborough

August 2006 - The sea defences at Queenborough

August 2006 - View to the Isle of Grain from Queenborough

August 2006 - Queensborough High Street.

August 2006 - The “Old House at Home” pub on the waterfront.

Eastchurch

September 2013 - The parish church of All Saints.

September 2013 - Another view of All Saints church.

Minster

September 2013 - The view from Minster towards the new road bridge.

Blue Town - Sheerness

September 2013 - A short walk around Blue Town Sheerness following the blue plaques.

The origins of Blue Town lies in the collection of timber cabins built by dockyard workmen in the open area around the docks and stores. The name Blue Town derives from their use of blue-grey Naval paint to paint their crude houses.
The dry docks at Sheerness date back to 1708. The first "Blue Houses" had appeared by 1754. By 1792 there were 130 of the painted cottages or cabins. Additionally old naval hulks were used as accommodation for the workers.
In 1802 many of the workers were forced to leave the Blue Houses in order to move to the barracks and the term Blue Town became the general term for the place rather than Blue Houses.
A serious fire in the yard in the 1820s removed the rest of the old workers houses. The high dock yard wall along the High Street was also completed by 1827 along with other installations.

Naval Terrace.

The now very derelict  Dockyard Church, Bluetown, Sheerness. Built as the Royal Naval Dockyard church in 1828, by George Ledwell Taylor, architect for the Navy Board, and Sir John Rennie Snr, engineer; rebuilt reusing the clock tower after a fire in 1884, more recently used as squash court and community centre. Recent fire occurred.

I think this is one of the old sentry boxes. Now decorated as part of the 2005 events.

A large anchor. The plaque can be read below.

Looking along the old dockyard wall towards Naval Terrace.

I forgot to take a picture of the Red Lion!

The Blue Town Heritage Centre. Well worth a look inside.

The old music hall stage inside the heritage centre.

The old County Court House.

The old Lord Nelson Inn.

The old Royal Fountain Hotel and on the right the Jolly Sailor.

The site of the old pier and the Piermaster’s House.

The stonework on the front of this building reads Crown and Anchor. I think this also was known as the Pier and Railway Tavern. The wording on the end of the building reads “Budden and Biggs Body Building Beverages”

The rear of the Bethel Chapel from Union Street.