| Description | Ephemera 1926-1981 of Councillor Miss May Hocking, including memorial card to Emma Jane Matilda Hocking (d.1933); Driving Licence, 1934-36 and 1953-59; Membership card, Picture house, Erith, 1933; Pocket hymn and prayer books; ‘Birthday Book’ presented to her in 1932; two ID cards issued by New Medway Steam Packer Co. 1937; Civil Defence Corps enrolment card, 1954; National Federation of OAP Associations, Crayford Branch, certificate of loyal service, 1981; and photos of Darenth Mental Hospital and other unidentified photos |
| Administrative History | May Hocking, born in Woolwich Registration District in 1894 was the first woman to be elected to Crayford Urban District Council, winning Slade Green Ward in 1930. In 1945 she founded the Crayford Branch of the National Federation of Old Age Pensioners. She died in Bexley Registration District in 1986. |