The past few weeks have been very busy with many events going on throughout Dartford. As well as attending numerous community festivals, I was honoured to have been asked to officially open the new Visitor Centre for the Osterberg Collection. The new Centre, celebrating the Bergman Osterberg Physical Training College,…
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Dartford – most famous for its river crossing, Mick Jagger and Bluewater – is also the birthplace of a very famous sport. Most people aren’t aware that netball, now played by millions around the world, was first played in the north Kent town at the end of the 19th century.…
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MP Gareth Johnson visited a golf course in Dartford this month which has been taken over by a Dartford-born golf professional. Paul Page, who cites beating Tiger Woods as one of his major feats, has returned to his roots to open a community golf course accessible to everyone. The Paul…
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Last week I visited the birth place of netball, which not many people know is right here in Dartford. The historic sporting site is at North Kent College where the Bergman-Österberg Physical Training College was located at the end of the 19th century. In 1895, part of the Oakfield Lane site was bought by Martina Bergman-Österberg, who created…
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