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Listed below are the most recent additions to 'Biggin Hill - Then and Now'.

18/04/24: New page 'Sunningvale Avenue 3' added to 'The Valley'

18/04/24: New pages 'Main Road Black Horse 1906' and 'Main Road Abbotts' added to the section 'Main Road (more)' in 'On The Hill'.

17/04/24: New page, 'Stuart Brown', added to the 'People' section.

26/03/24: New section 'French Fly-past' added to 'On The Hill' section.

24/03/24: New page 'Victoria Gardens' added to 'The Valley' section.

24/03/24: New page 'Christy Road' added to 'The Valley' section.

23/03/24: New section 'Main Road (more)' added to 'On The hill' section.

23/03/24: New page 'Fox and Hounds/Aperfield Inn 3' added to the 'On The Hill' section.

14/02/24: New pictures started to be added to 'Other Pictures' in the 'Biggin Hill In Colour Choices' page. More to come.

12/02/24: New pictures added to 'Top Temples' in the 'Biggin Hill In Colour Choices' page.

10/02/24: New section, '1903 Plot Plan' added to 'Old Maps' section.

09/02/24: New pictures added to 'John Nelson's original photos' in the 'Biggin Hill In Colour Choices' page.

06/02/24: New pictures added to .Bottom Temples Timeline' in the 'Biggin Hill In Colour Choices' page.

06/02/24: New section 'In Colour' added to the 'Choices' page.

03/01/24: New Page 'Ray Weston' added to 'People' section.

03/01/24: Updated picture added to 'Busses at the Fox and Hounds' on the 'Fox and Hounds' and 'Aperfield Inn' pages.

Sorry for the long break in adding new material. Business is now back to normal.

04/06/19: New page 'Name That Resident 3' added to 'Name That Resident' in the 'People section.

1/06/19: New page 'Arthur Road' added to 'The Valley' section.

1/06/19: New page 'Christmas Tree' added to the 'On The Hill' section.

1/06/19: New page '10 Edward Road' added to the 'On The Hill' section.

29/05/19: Page 'Nat West' updated with new picture.

27/05/19: New page 'Memorial Museum' added to 'On The Hill' section.

27/05/19: New page 'Chapel Then and Now' added to 'On The Hill' section.

17/05/19: New page 'Bus Driver's Toilet' added to 'The Velly' section.

26/04/19: New contact email address. bigginhill.history@gmail.com.

26/08/18: 2 new pictures added to 'Church Road 1 to 9' in the 'On The Hill' section.

31/03/18: 2 videos added to 'BHHH 2017'.

30/03/18: New section 'BHHH 2017' added to 'Spitfires' on the 'Choices' page.

3/07/17: New picture 'The Wall' added to 'Oaklands 1' in the 'The Valley' section.

3/07/17: New picture 'Kings Arms 2017' added to 'BH 2017' and 'On The Hill' sections.

11/06/17: The new page 'Bikers at the Cafe' added to the 'People' section.

10/06/17: New pictures added to 'The Cedar Tree' in 'On The Hill' and also 'BH 2017'.

09/06/17: New page 'Pilots Pal Calendars' added to 'Calendars' section. (I am actually half way through adding these calendars)

08/06/17: New section 'BH 2017'. All the new 2017 pictures will be here, as well as throughout the website.

07/06/17: New page '317 Main Road' added to the 'Houses' section. 2017 picture added as well.

06/06/17: New pictures 'NatWest Bank' added to 'Houses' section.

05/06/17: 2017 picture added to 'Vale Cottages 2' in the 'The Valley' section.

05/06/17: 2017 pictures added to 'Norheads Lane 1' in the 'The Valley' section.

05/06/17: Pages 'Aperfield Inn' and 'Fox and Hounds' now has 2 parts and 2017 pictures added to both.

05/06/17: 2017 pictures added to all shop pictures in the 'BH 2001' section, Upper, Middle and Lower.

05/06/17: New 2017 picture added to 'Troy' in the 'Houses' section.

05/06/17: New picture added to 'Upper Shops' in 'BH 2001' showing West Kent Motors.

04/06/17: New 2017 panoramic picture added to 'Main Road' in the 'BH 2001' section.

04/06/17: New section added to 'BH2001'. Previously lost pictures of 'The Middle Shops'.

02/06/17: New 2017 photos added to Black Horse New 2, Black Horse Old 1 in the On The Hill Section and St Marks Church in BH2001 section.

10/05/17: New page  'Name That Resident 2' in the 'People Section'. See if you recognise someone and give me their name.

29/04/17: Main page amended to inform of new updated pictures being taken in 2017.

07/04/17: More pictures added to '1 to 9 Church Road'.

06/04/17: New page added '1 to 9 Church Road' added to the 'On The Hill' section.

1/05/16: 2000 Millennium Calendar added to website. See main page.

15/04/14: New pages 'Hawley's Corner 1 and 2' added to the 'On the Hill' section.

 14/04/14: New page 'Chestnut Avenue added to the 'On the Hill' section.

14/04/14: New page 'Strawberry Fields' added to the 'On the Hill' section.

11/12/13: New pictures added, and new page 'Vincent Square 2' added, to 'On the Hill' section.

26/11/13: New major section 'RAF Chapel' added to the 'On the Hill' section.

13/10/13: New photo added to 'Oaklands Lane 1' in the 'The Valley' section showing the current state of the Wall in the field.

09/10/13: New section 'Leavesden' added to 'On the Hill' section.

21/08/13: More photos added to 'Shelter Rebuild' in the 'Anderson Shelter' section.

16/08/13: New page 'Whitecliff (Sutherland Ave) added to 'On The Hill' and 'Houses' sections. 

14/08/13: New section added, 'Oaklands Lane', added to 'The Valley' section. New 'then' photos of Oaklands Lane added.

02/04/13: New picture of 'Temples sign' added to 'Bottom Temples' in the 'Temples' section.

31/03/13: New 'Now' photo of C of E School, Jail Lane, added to '1903 Property Book' page.

24/03/13: New page 'Polesteeple Hill' added to the 'The Valley' section.

23/03/13: New pages 'North Lodge 1 and 2' added to 'Houses' section.

23/03/13: New page 'Mount Pleasant' added to 'The Valley' section.

21/03/13: New page '10 Nelson Close' added to 'Houses' section.

20/03/13: New page 'Ivywood' added to 'Houses' section.

15/03/13: Even more 'Then and Now' pictures added to '1903 Property Book' in the 'Choices' section.

11/03/13: New page '376/8 Main Road' added to 'Houses' section.

09/03/13: New page 'Ingles Cafe/Beauty Box' added to the 'On The Hill' section.

09/03/13: New page '350 Main Road' added to the 'Houses' section.

09/03/13: New page 'Mill House/Cottage' added to 'On The Hill' section.

08/03/13: 4 more 'Now' photos added to '1903 Book' from the 'Choices' page.

03/03/13: New page 'RAF Station' added to 'On the Hill' section.

02/03/13: Two more photos of inside Temples added to 'Inside Top Temples' in the 'Temples' section.

28/02/13: More photos added to '1903 Book' in the 'Choices' section.

22/02/13: I have been around Biggin Hill and taken pictures of the surviving houses from the '1903 Property Book' in the 'Choices' section..

22/02/13: New book 'The Biggin Hill We Knew 3' added to 'People' section. Please email me your memories of Biggin Hill back in the day.

27/01/13: New pictures of Temples Stores, inside and out added to the 'Temples' section.

2/12/12: New section '1903 Book' added to 'Choices' page.

 19/10/12: New section 'Snow 1927' added to 'Choices'.

8/10/12: New section 'Spitfires' added to 'Choices'. My visit to the 'Biggin Hill Heritage Hanger'.

23/09/12: New page 'Main Road 10' added to 'On the Hill' section.

10/09/12: New page, 'Shelter Rebuild', added to 'Anderson Shelter' section.

 9/09/12: New feature added. 'The Biggin Hill We Knew' books added to 'People' section.

 23/06/12: Four new cine films from the early 60s added to the 'Biggin Movies' section.

 1/03/12: New page 'Name That Resident' added to 'People' section.

 9/01/12: New link added 'Aperfield Inn' (linked to Fox and Hounds page) to 'On the Hill' section.

9/01/12: New photo added to 'Fox and Hounds' in the 'On the Hill' section.

15/12/11: New 'Guestbook' added to the 'Choices' page.

26/11/11: New website added 'The Original Guinness Clocks Website' to the 'Choices' page (not Biggin Hill related but very interesting)

 20/11/11: New information added to 'Darrington Cottage' in the 'Houses' section.

17/10/11: New photo added to '300 Main Road' in the 'Houses' section.

01/05/11: New photos added to 'Tin Tabernacle Wedding' in the 'People' section. A classic 'Then and Now'.

19/04/11: New Section 'BH Signs' added to 'Choices' page.

11/04/11: New page 'Abbott's Bakery 4' added to the 'On the Hill' section.

10/04/11: New and updated photos added to 'South Street 3' in the 'On The Hill' section.

07/04/11: New Guestbook feature added in 'Guestbook' section.

29/03/11: More houses / buildings moved to the 'Houses' section from the 'On the Hill' section..

29/03/11: New page 'Lower Hook Farm' added to the 'Houses' section.

25/03/11: New link page added advertising future website content. Click on Photo for details.

23/03/11: New page 'Darrington Cottage' added to the 'Houses' section.

23/03/11: New page 'Abbott's Bakery 3' added to 'On the Hill' section.

22/03/11: New page 'Abbott's Bakery 2' added to 'On the Hill' section.

21/03/11: New photo added to 'Abbott's Bakery' in the 'On The Hill' section.

04/03/11: New page added 'Forge on Main Road' added to 'On the Hill' section (this page has always been on the site but via another page but has never been looked at).

03/03/11: New page 'Westerham Station' added to 'Out and About' section. Old films of Westerham Station in the early 60s.

02/02/11: You can now follow me on 'Twitter' at 'TonyatBiggin'. I will post all latest additions on there, as well as here, and much more.

24/01/11: New photo added to '300 Main Road' in the 'Houses' section.

24/01/11: Guestbook no longer available.

29/11/10: More photos added to 'Your Anderson Shelters' in the 'Anderson Shelters' section.

27/11/10: John's book is now available. Click on the book below for more details.

10/11/10: Date of re-launch and new cover for the book are now on the link below.

26/10/10: 'Grandfathers Biggin Hill' in print again soon. Click on the book for details.

22/10/10: New section 'Anderson shelters' added to 'Choices' page.

22/10/10: New page 'Anderson shelter - what were they' added to 'Anderson shelter' section.

22/10/10: New mini website 'Sutton - Then and Now' added to 'Choices' page.

17/10/10: New page 'Swievelands Road 2' added to 'Valley' section.

17/10/10: New page 'West Kent Motors 2' added to 'On the Hill' section.

17/10/10: New page '144/6 Main Road' added to 'On the Hill' section.

11/10/10: New page 'Vale Cottage(s) 2' added to 'Houses' section.

11/10/10: New section 'Your Anderson Shelters' added to 'People' section.

12/09/10: Photos added to 'Anderson Shelter?' in the 'People' section.

07/09/10: 'First Light', the story of Geoffrey Wellum's war, on BBC2. See 'Gate Guardians' for details.

28/08/10: Comment added to 'Beech Road'.

26/08/10: New section 'Heroes' added to 'Choices' page.

23/08/10: Extra video clip added, and all video clips enlarged, on 'Heroes of Biggin Hill' page.

05/08/10: New page 'Heroes of Biggin Hill' added to site. Link from main page.

07/07/10: More photos added to 'Salt Box' in the 'On the Hill' section.

04/07/10: More info about Mead House added to 'Mead House' in the 'Houses' section.

24/06/10: New page 'Gate Guardians' added to 'On the Hill' section.

30/05/10: Opening page updated to include 'Surviving Anderson Shelter' appeal. Do you have one?

28/05/10: New page 'Carnivals and Fetes' added to People section.

10/05/10: 'Library' page updated as it is now open.

21/04/10: New page 'Beech Road' added to 'Valley' section

20/04/10: Additional page added to 'Vale Cottages' in the 'Valley' section

20/04/10: New pages 'Glovers Close / Norheads Farm 1, 2 and 3' added to 'The Valley'

20/04/10: New page 'Norheads Lane 2' added to 'The Valley'

20/04/10: New page 'Highfield Road' added to 'The Valley'

20/04/10: New page 'View Close' added to 'The Valley'

20/04/10: New page 'Main Road 9' added to 'On the Hill'

20/04/10: New page '300 Main Road' added to 'Houses'.

11/04/10: Even more photos added to 'Vale Cottage' page.

11/04/10: Another photo added to 'West Kent Motors' page

10/04/10: More photos added to 'Temples Bottom store' page.

10/04/10: Extra photo added to 'Temples Top store' page.

10/04/10: Extra photo added to 'Vale Cottage' page.

10/04/10: New site search facility added on 'Choices' page.

14/03/10: Names added to 'Cub camp 1936' in 'People' section

9/03/10: New page 'Mead House' added to 'Houses' section

8/03/10: Names added to 'Girls Brigade 1959'.

2/03/10: New page 'The Pilot, the Lodge and the Dutch Resistance' added to 'People' section

1/03/10: New page 'Girl's Brigade 1959' added to 'People' section.

27/02/10: New page 'The Grove - Holly Lodge' added to 'Houses' section

27/02/10: More names added to 'Tabernacle service' page in the 'People' section.

26/02/10: More photos added to 'Top Temples' page.

25/02/10: New link 'Temples' added to Choices page (more photos to follow)

22/02/10: New page 'Cub Camp 1936' added to 'People' section. Can you put names to faces?

21/02/10: New page 'Kings Arms 2' added to 'On the hill' section.

21/02/10: New page 'Jail Lane 3' added to 'On the hill' section.

21/02/10: New page 'The Old Jail 3' added to 'Out and About' section.

20/02/10: New page 'Anderson shelter?' added to 'People' section. (not really Biggin Hill history but interesting)

15/02/10: New page 'Main Road 8' added to 'On the Hill' section.

15/02/10: New photo added to 'Main Road 2'.

9/02/10: New page 'Tin Tabernacle Service' added to 'People' section. Please help put names to faces.

8/02/10: New 'Slideshow' added to opening screen. Also find it in Movies section. If movies won't play, go to my YouTube page at http://www.youtube.com/user/tonyatbiggin. Any problems please let me know.

6/02/10: New 'Choice' added - 'Houses'. Selected houses in Biggin Hill with an interesting history. Does yours??

1/02/10: New page 'Teapot Location' added to 'Teapot Gardens' on 'On the Hill'

31/01/10: New panorama photo added to 'Main Road' in 'BH 2001'

31/01/10: New page 'The Raj Indian restaurant' added to 'On the Hill'

31/01/10: New page 'Abbott's Bakery' added to 'On the Hill'

31/01/10: New page 'West Kent Motors' added to 'On the Hill'

31/01/10: New photo added to 'Black Horse Old' page

31/01/10: New photo added to 'Library' page

31/01/10: Additional photo added to 'Temples stores Bottom' page

31/01/10: New page 'Temples store Top' added to 'The Valley'

25/01/10: New page 'Spitfire SL674' added to 'On the Hill'

25/01/10: Text amended on 'Library' page

21/01/10: Photo added to 'Kings Arms' and link from 'On the hill' added

20/01/10: New page in 'People' section - 'My Wedding' (at St. George's Chapel 1988)

20/01/10: More moving images of Biggin Hill added to 'Biggin movies' section

20/01/10: New page in 'The Valley' section- 'Temple stores'

19/01/10: New page in 'People' section - 'May Queen 1950'.

19/01/10: New page in 'People' section - 'Tin Tabernacle wedding'.

18/04/09: It's been a while since I have added any new pages on this site. When I do I will post a note here. But I am now in the process of improving the quality of the images. This will carry on through this year when I get time.

25/04/09: New image (Sopwith Pup) added to 'Stock Hill 4'.

25/04/09: Images improved, and new ones included, on 'Valley Family' page

19/04/09: New 'Melrose Road' page added.

18/04/09: New 'Latest additions' page added.

09/04/09: Added new page 'Moving images of Biggin Hill'. Do you have any I can use?