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Antennas
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 parents felt safer staying indoors, which meant no physical contact with anyone outside their household. It’s time for kids to get creative! I’ve produced a
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Dartford Easter Egg Appeal

Easter Egg Appeal 2019
For the past 5 years Dartford Deeds Not Words has had a huge success organising the Dartford Toy Appeal.  Most importantly, Dartford's community has been generous with their gifts to help the less fortunate in our society.  This has prompted DDNW to help the same causes at Easter.
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Are You Ready to Rock!

Rock Art
2019 is the second year I’ve hosted the Rock Exchange at the Gallery for the Facebook group Dartford Painted Rocks. The group has around 1,500 members, all enthusiastic about finding painted rocks and/or creating designs of their own. The Rock Exchange table is for any fellow rock artists to leave or swap their own painted
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Dartford Book Exchange 2015 (update)

Dartford Book Exchange update
Dartford Book Exchange 2015 was officially opened on 2nd April by some very special guests at the Gallery in the Orchards Centre.
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Lowfield Street, Tesco, and Art

Tesco Hoarding Lowfield Street
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 town, the supermarket giant decided Dartford was no longer a viable proposition – the legacy of which is an unsightly, semi run down street...
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Dartford’s Orchard Theatre gets £180,000 of refurbishments

Orchard Theatre and Clock Tower
Dartford Borough Council has pushed the button on £180,000 of refurbishments at The Orchard Theatre to improve the experience for theatregoers. Work begins this month to install an air-cooling system to ensure theatregoers stay cool in the Theatre’s packed auditorium. The Orchard Theatre is one of the...
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Community Art in Dartford Library Unveiled

Community Painting
I spent a few days taking photos of familiar landmarks, and pondered which of them best showed the town’s character. The market, the church, museum and library are all familiar locations in and around Dartford High Street – I settled on a shot of the market in the high street. The photo captured, within the frame...
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Dartford Central Park to get New Open Air Theatre

Dartford Ooutdoor Theatre
As announced in February this year, plans are in place for a brand new, open air theatre, in dARTford’s Central Park. After this years performance of Shakespeare’s Richard III by the Changeling Theatre in Central Park...
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