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Here is where you'll find all blog updates about the progress of the Kenley Revival Project.

The New Heritage Trail
19/03/2020
On Tuesday 17th March, two prototypes of the signs for Kenley's new Heritage Trail were installed near The Tribute blast pen.
Mini Museum – Take 3
25/02/2020
22 February 2020 saw the third iteration of the Kenley Mini Museum. To keep things fresh, the theme once again varied; this time with WWII re-enactors and for half term kids activities and even a drawing competition with the prizes donated by a local artist.
Paul Farnes DFM, AE (16 July 1918-28 Jan 2020)
29/01/2020
We are saddened to learn that RAF Kenley’s last fighter ace from the Battle of Britain, Wing Commander Paul Farnes ...
10 November 2019 - RAF Kenley Remembers
13/11/2019
10 November 2019 – In a ceremony to mark the 101st anniversary of the end of the First World War, ...
Seminar: The Conservation of 20th-Century Military Architecture
11/09/2019
On 13 June 2019, the Kenley Revival Project hosted a Conservation Seminar in conjunction with Historic England. The focus of ...
Heritage Day, 2019!
09/09/2019
A big thank you to the Kenley Revival volunteers for their hard work at the Heritage Day, organised by Kenley ...
Happy Birthday Sir!
16/07/2019
A very happy 101st birthday today (16th July, 2019) to Paul Caswell Powe Farnes, DFM, AE, the last of “The ...
Brookwood Military Cemetery Open Days
30/06/2019
On the 28th and 29th June, we were honoured to be invited to have a stand at the first Open ...
Ridgeway School Workshops
30/06/2019
We were very impressed with the knowledge (and the artwork) shown by the pupils of Ridgeway Primary School, when we ...
#WomensHistoryMonth 2019
01/03/2019
Throughout March 2019, to celebrate Women’s History Month, the Kenley Revival Project will be posting an article or photo everyday, ...
Hayes Primary School History Week
25/02/2019
Excellent. The children loved the artefacts, videos and audio clips. Great range of activities and resources. Teacher This workshop made me feel ...
Competition Winners!
21/01/2019
Thank you to everyone who entered and thank you to Barry for creating the final artwork and to our lovely volunteers for ...
Rationing Begins
16/01/2019
On the 8 January 1940, rationing began in the UK, this first started with bacon, butter and sugar – later ...
Lillias Barr Performances
23/11/2018
In a moving tribute to RAF Kenley, this month, the Kenley Revival Project have brought to the stage the true ...
Visit to the Douglas Brunton Centre
20/11/2018
As part of our Remembrance Season, this November, the Kenley Revival Project decided to make a wreath to be laid ...
RAF Kenley's Tribute
24/10/2018
The Kenley team have previously posted about the RAF Kenley Tribute and about how it was moved forward out of ...
Community Archaeology Year 2 - Archaeological Investigation Report
18/10/2018
Below is the full report of our 2018 dig, it presents the results of a community archaeological investigation with fieldwork ...
Community Archaeology 2018
09/08/2018
That’s a wrap! Our community archaeology dig for this year has come to its end, we tackled two weeks of insane ...
Digging into the Past: A Vintage Poster with Local Roots - Croydon Citizen Article
06/04/2018
“After posting some of the newly created images and some of the vintage ones on Facebook, I received a message ...
RAF100 and 101 years of RAF Kenley
03/04/2018
As 2018 marks 100 years of the Royal Air Force, we would like to share some of the 101 years ...
Women in Uniform and Overalls
27/03/2018
‘The War Illustrated’ magazine article brought in by one of the Kenley Revival Project volunteers, the article is demonstrating the ...
Women of the Empire take the Joystick
22/03/2018
Scanned from a copy of ‘The War Illustrated’ brought in by one of the Kenley Revival Project volunteers, the article ...
AFS Girls - Women Fire Fighters in WW2
20/03/2018
Article scanned from a copy of ‘The War Illustrated’ brought in by one of the Kenley Revival Project volunteers, the ...
Volunteer Christmas Party!
14/12/2017
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… Celebrating the end of the year and the beginning of the new with our volunteers! Over ...

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