Manor Farm has photos of wrong Rainham!

I was in the Manor Farm pub recently and on their walls are old photos of Rainham. It is a nice touch to see pictures of how the area used to be so when we spotted one photo we were trying to work out where it was taken.

The name wasn't familiar, Bridge Road nor the scene of flooding with a church in the background. A quick search of the web showed that it was actually not a local scene and was actually taken in Rainham, Essex!

You can see more photos of Rainham Essex here

http://www.rainhamweb.co.uk/history/past2.html

Or for old photos of Rainham Kent click here

Rainham Premier Inn Climbdown? Will it now get a proper name?

Have Premier Inn had a change of heart over the name of the new Premier Inn hotel in Rainham?

The hoardings outside the building work had proudly announced that the new Gillingham East A2 Premier Inn would be opening shortly. This caused a lot of local anger as the hotel is in the centre of Rainham and would undoubtedly cause massive confusion for guests that didn't know the area and travelling to Gillingham expecting to be able to stay at the Premier Inn.

This evening we noticed that the sign stating Gillingham East has now been covered over with only A2 still visible. So will the new Premier Inn be known as Rainham A2 recording its actual location? We wait and see!!