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    Church Corner, South Benfleet
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    Church Creek, South Benfleet
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    The Benfleet - Canvey Ferry
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    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

    • Water Colour of Hadleigh Castle

      29/05/2018
      Water colour of Hadleigh Castle.

    • Hadleigh Castle - 1832 Engraving

      29/05/2018
      Coloured  engraving from 1832 of Hadleigh Castle. Drawn by William Henry Bartlett, engraved by Charles Mottram, and published by George Virtue on the 1st April 1832. 

    • Priestley - The Lost Pictures

      29/05/2018
      H.E. Priestley was passionate about local Benfleet History and was also a skilled  artist. These pictures have been lost for around 30 years

    • A Chance Introduction to a Fascinating Family - The Coopers

      25/05/2018
      I first met Stanley Cooper in the late 1980s
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    • Essex Carriers Unique Idea 06/06/2018 My Dad Roland Austin was the manager of Essex Carriers, I would say 1950 or near, we lived in the...
    • King John football team 61/62 06/06/2018 I was speaking with my friend Ken Lammas, to remind me that he played for this side because he was...
    • King John Comprehensive – Prefects 1970 04/06/2018 I remember you Mr Hughes! I was in the 1968 intake and was in your first Tutor Group (T6). We...
    • Memories of Helen Stewart (nee Pickford) 04/06/2018 This was told to be by my mum. During WWII she was doing some courting around Hadleigh Castle when a...
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