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
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...
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...
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...
