The Isle of Sheppey Light Railway
The Sheppey light railway used to run on the Island from 1901 to 1950, providing transport for people at a time when the roads were not as good as they…
A Voice From Above
LEYSDOWN ON THE TIP OF A WING LEYSDOWN WHERE FAMILY FUN IS KING COME TO OUR TOWN AND HAVE A GREAT TIME GET AWAY FROM THE CITY THE SMOG AND…
Circuit
Neon: atomic number 10. Colourless and inert in itself; gives reddish-orange glow in high-voltage electric field. Commercially extracted from air, found in trace amounts. Very common in the universe, rare…
Spring Visitor
He saw the sea in the distance as he came over the hill from Eastchurch. It was glittering like diamonds in the spring sunshine and he was so happy to…
Summer Romance Sometimes Lasts a Lifetime
The weather outside is cold and wet. ‘It has been snowing all night, though it is perfect weather for Christmas’, I thought to myself as I looked out over what…
A Special Day in Your Life ‘On 29 April’
COMPETITION WINNER The sleek black car sped along the quickest shortcuts to Westminster Abbey. Its back half was smoking strange putrid green smoke. The car skidded round a corner and…
Welcome
Voices of Leysdown is an online village archive, made up of stories by and about you: people who live and work here.
Leysdown-on-Sea
This archive was launched in July 2011 and has stories in words, pictures and sound from all sorts of people in and around the village, of all ages.
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This website isn’t only about memories of the past, it’s about the future of the village and the stories that will attach to the place in the coming years. If you have a tale about Leysdown then we want to hear it!