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Learning from archives
Anyone who is interested in local history and archive material
can download and use these resources. Teachers, students and
parents can use them as a part of their lessons or just for
fun.
How can you find out about the people who lived in Medway in
the past?
You may need to use archives: these are 
the unique historical records of an
organisation.
They may include:
- documents that were originally printed or written by hand;
- photographs or drawings;
- maps and plans;
- recordings of people’s voices.
You can study them to find out what life was like years ago.
Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre holds a huge
collection of archives which date back many hundreds of years. If
you visit the search room at the Clock Tower Building, former
Civic Centre Site, Strood, you will find all kinds of people
making their own exciting discoveries about the past. They might
be:
- tracing the history of a building;
- researching their family history;
- doing a project about life in the workhouse;
- finding out when local societies were founded;
- writing a book about working on the river;
- wondering what their school was like a hundred years ago.
How to start
There is no charge for working in the search room or for looking
at records. You just need to make an appointment and apply for a
free reader’s ticket. You can:
Visit us at:
Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre
Clock Tower Building, Former Civic Centre site, Strood, Kent, ME2
4AU
If you wish to write to us please use the contact details
below.
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