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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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    • "Memory Gathering" at Benfleet Library

      "Memory Gathering" at Benfleet Library

      The next "Memory Gathering" will take place at the library on Wednesday 25th April, from 10 am – mid-day.
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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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    • 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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    • Ted Heaney

      Ted Heaney

      The Birdman of Benfleet who was "a real gentleman".
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    • Vic Barnes Christmas Cartoons

      Vic Barnes Christmas Cartoons

      Greetings from the Falkland Islands
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    Latest articles

    • Benfleet Urban District Council - Annual Report 1967 - 68

      12/04/2018
      The original of the B.U.D.C. Annual Report shown below was kindly made available to the ...

    • Thundersley Primary School - Class Photo 1921

      10/04/2018
      Alice Souter's Class Photo 1921 at Thundersley Primary School

    • 1940s Day Out for Glanfields Ladies

      21/03/2018
      Perhaps you know someone in this 1940s photo of staff at Glanfields

    • View from Poynetts Farm

      14/03/2018
      The fields to the east and south of the farm were surrounded by wild flowers, ...
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    • Views of Bread and Cheese Hill 18/04/2018 Does anyone remember the winter of 1947? On the right of the road going down to Tarpots there was a...
    • Boyce Hill Golf Club 16/04/2018 I would very much like to be able to see the originals of these photos, would that be possible please?...
    • King John School Football Team 1960-61 11/04/2018 Love to meet up again with all you guys
    • Bread and Cheese Hill Tea Shop 10/04/2018 I have a distant memory of a tragic event in Coombe wood which I believe happened in the 1950s or...
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