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

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    Featured articles
    • Thundersley Primary School Fun Day July 1990

      Thundersley Primary School Fun Day July 1990

      Miss Brook's class line up for a photo with Headmaster David Staines.
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    • South Benfleet County Junior School XI, 1958/59

      South Benfleet County Junior School XI, 1958/59

      Match report and photo of the team
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    • A Howard's Dairies milkman and his horse retire

      A Howard's Dairies milkman and his horse retire

      Two old pals retire together
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    • A Visit to Thundersley Hall and a Short History Part 1

      A Visit to Thundersley Hall and a Short History Part 1

      A Visit to Thundersley Hall
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    • Save South Benfleet Library

      Save South Benfleet Library

      The Benfleet Library service from the EEC is under threat of being shut down in 2020 and the building put into the property portfolio for redevelopment.
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    • Save Tarpots Library

      Save Tarpots Library

      A petition signing session outside Tarpots Library on Sat 12th Jan 2019.
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    • Official Opening of the New South Benfleet Library

      Official Opening of the New South Benfleet Library

      HRH The Duchess of Gloucester Opens The New Library
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    • Benfleet Library Closure

      Benfleet Library Closure

      A report on the Save Benfleet Library event that took place on Sat 19th Jan 2019.
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    • Stella Bouchereau's memories of life in Benfleet

      Stella Bouchereau's memories of life in Benfleet

      Growing up and school days in Benfleet
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    Latest articles

    • The 'Scone', when owned by Steve Mallett

      16/04/2019
      With reference to your website and the ”Scone”. Peter Wilder’s reminiscences about his time in Scone ...

    • The gentleman who bred champion bulldogs

      14/04/2019
      What was the Benfleet connection in this famous pedigree?

    • Thundersley Primary School Fun Day July 1990

      14/04/2019
      Miss Brook's class line up for a photo with Headmaster David Staines.

    • David Henry Burles

      19/03/2019
      Soldier, architect and gifted artist
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    Latest comments
    • David Henry Burles 18/04/2019 Did David Henry Burles ever make a sketch or painting of St. Mary's Church, Shopland which was demolished in the...
    • Iris Sugg 12/04/2019 Dorothy Thurgood also known to me as Auntie Doff. She lived behind St Mary's Church but I don't remember the...
    • The Blacksmith shop in Benfleet Village 12/04/2019 I always think of my family when I drive past the Hoy and Helmet and wonder what life would have...
    • Benfleet and Houseboats 1948 – 1955 12/04/2019 My father John Taylor has many stories he tells me about his childhood with his brothers Peter and Brian. Dad...
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