In the year 2020 the world was hit with a pandemic – Covid-19 (Coronavirus). Many towns and cities were sent into lockdown to prevent the virus spreading. Children and their...
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The Sir Peter Blake Gallery is an exhibition space located in the same building as Dartford Library and the Borough Museum. The gallery is curated by Dartford Borough Council on...
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The Sir Peter Blake Gallery is inviting young aspiring artists to exhibit their work in the Children’s Summer Exhibition. The exhibition is looking for children aged 5 to 15 to...
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4 August ~ 1 September 2018 (Wednesdays to Sundays) In 1918 women in Britain over the age of 30, meeting certain property qualifications, were given the right to vote, and...
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Painting rocks and leaving them as a pleasant surprise for strangers to stumble upon is a trend that started in the USA. After seeing a friend’s Facebook post about the...
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Dartford Lions have created a Peace Poster Competition. This will be run independently of the national competition to allow five groups of young people with special needs to participate on...
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Dartford is doing something special for Autism Awareness in April 2017! Together with Cllr Mandy Garford, I will be hosting an art exhibition in my Gallery in Dartford with the...
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Dartford Toy Appeal 3 has received over 1,000 Christmas gifts for local children. Launched in 2013, Dartford Toy Appeal was an idea from Kelly Grehan, a Dartford resident, to collect...
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This year (2016) marks the 100th birthday of the famous author Roald Dahl – much loved for his children’s books such as Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The...
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The following text and poem are from the short book Calvin White wrote and self-published for his family and friends in 2015. A large version of the poem was displayed...
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Community art in the Orchards Shopping Centre Starting in May 2015, I will be putting together a large art canvas which, when finished, will be installed in the mall at...
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Earlier this year, Tesco pulled the plug on developing the area along Dartford’s Lowfield Street. After eleven years of neglect, and demolition of some of the oldest shops in the...
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World Book Night World Book Night is an annual celebration of reading that takes place on 23 April. It sees passionate volunteers give out hundreds of thousands of books in...
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CALLING ALL ARTISTS! WONDERLAND NEEDS YOU Exhibition now closed Lewis Carroll’s book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was first published by Macmillan in November 1865. This year (2015) we (Orchards Shopping...
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CHOICES (previously known as North Kent Women’s Aid) is a charity that provides safe refuge for the woman and children of Dartford and Gravesend that have had to leave their...
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