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    Church Corner, South Benfleet
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    Church Creek, South Benfleet
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    The Benfleet - Canvey Ferry
  • The Stepping Stones, Benfleet Creek
    The Stepping Stones, Benfleet Creek

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    • Tookey clan in Thundersley and Benfleet

      Tookey clan in Thundersley and Benfleet

      The Tookeys have lived in or near Thundersley since about 1842
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    • A Brickmaking Team in the Hadleigh/Benfleet Area c.1900

      A Brickmaking Team in the Hadleigh/Benfleet Area c.1900

      Is Charlie the Flattie, Moulder or Off-Bearer?
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    • Thundersley Primary School - Class Photo 1921

      Thundersley Primary School - Class Photo 1921

      Alice Souter's Class Photo 1921 at Thundersley Primary School
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    • Ted Heaney

      Ted Heaney

      The Birdman of Benfleet who was "a real gentleman".
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    • 1940s Day Out for Glanfields Ladies

      1940s Day Out for Glanfields Ladies

      Perhaps you know someone in this 1940s photo of staff at Glanfields
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    • Vic Barnes Christmas Cartoons

      Vic Barnes Christmas Cartoons

      Greetings from the Falkland Islands
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    Latest articles

    • A Chance Introduction to a Fascinating Family - The Coopers

      25/05/2018
      I first met Stanley Cooper in the late 1980s

    • Tookey clan in Thundersley and Benfleet

      14/05/2018
      The Tookeys have lived in or near Thundersley since about 1842

    • A Brickmaking Team in the Hadleigh/Benfleet Area c.1900

      12/05/2018
      Is Charlie the Flattie, Moulder or Off-Bearer?

    • Kents Hill Road - From Rural Idyll to Modern Suburb

      02/05/2018
      Discovering the farms and fields before the plotlands
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    • Benfleet House Names 24/05/2018 Editor:- Thank you for link .
    • Benfleet House Names 23/05/2018 Hi, would it be possible to have a similar list made up for Rectory Road, Hadleigh? This would help my...
    • King John School Teachers’ Football Team 1974-5 22/05/2018 Front row third from left; xxx Wilson (PE)
    • John H (Jack) Seabrook 18/05/2018 I would like to contact Jack Seabrook, I knew him many years ago. Is there any way to be put...
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