castle261. My school was evacuated from Gillingham to Herne Bay for the first year of WW2. As the Medway Towns were deemed a probable target for the German bombing to come, it was essential to get children away, even as short a distance as Newington. johnfilmer. Your mention of the Tuck Inn brought back memories of the late 40's/early 50's when it was the venue for all the Cycle Clubs out on their Sunday "Club Run", to meet up for a cupper'. Besides local Cubs, sometimes one of the London Clubs-Ealing Manor come to mind. Was it like that when you lived there?