Shops and Businesses

School Boy Memories From the Late 1930's
Benfleet School, The Summer Fair, The High Road Shops
Station Road
Shops
The Barnes Family
Benfleet family and business
The Blacksmith shop in Benfleet Village
Henry (Harry)Thurgood owner
The changing shop fronts of 302 High Road
Frankie's Rain or Shine opens
The Croisette Family
Business in the High Road
The Hollywood Estate, Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Estate a 'Young town of colour and greenery'
The Prout Brothers - pioneers in the development of catamarans
A local international success story
Turtella Dress Co. Ltd. Late 40s/early 50s
Corner of School Lane/Essex Way
Underwoods 1940 - 1952
Boatbuilding and repairing on the Benfleet side of the creek
Wallis Supermarket
Grand opening parade
When 123 High Road was a Newsagents Shop
And memories of the Plotlands