Bertie Bardell talks about his life in Benfleet, he was born at the top of Bread and Cheese Hill over 80 years ago. He talks of the scrapes he got into as a young lad, and the dangerous ‘games’ undertaken as a teenager during the early years of World War II, before Bertie joined the RAF in 1942.
There are several recordings about the early 1930’s and 1940’s, and some pictures, including one of the class group of Thundersley Council School from his childhood.
Also look at The Bardell Family for more pictures and the Bread and Cheese Hill Tea Shop.
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Wow, Bertie has I real interesting backstory. It’s amazing!
I was really interested in listening to Bertie Bardell’s recorded memories. It so happens that I was in the Tarpots ATC at the same time as he was although much younger. I am in the process of writing an article about what has been described as “Circles of Lights” in the Echo newspaper some years ago. We actually had one constructed opposite our house in Pound Lane, North Benfleet at the intersection of Hall Road in 1939/40.
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