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Characters and Personalities

  • 'There's a pub at the bottom of his garden!'

    'There's a pub at the bottom of his garden!'

    Newspaper article from 'The Local Review' 1962
  • A Chance Introduction to a Fascinating Family - The Coopers

    A Chance Introduction to a Fascinating Family - The Coopers

    I first met Stanley Cooper in the late 1980s
  • A Howard's Dairies milkman and his horse retire

    A Howard's Dairies milkman and his horse retire

    Two old pals retire together
  • A typical land sale by Robert Varty

    A typical land sale by Robert Varty

    Articles in The Pall Mall Gazette in 1891
  • Barbarossa

    Barbarossa

    A gaff ketch built and sailed by Robert and Susan Hart
  • Benfleet man Keith Musto wins Olympic Silver Medal

    Benfleet man Keith Musto wins Olympic Silver Medal

    The Flying Dutchman Class - Toyko 1964
  • Canoeing Adventurer

    Canoeing Adventurer

    Noel McNaught
  • Celebrities in Benfleet

    Celebrities in Benfleet

    Bodycare entertained the well known footballer Jimmy Greaves to their Gym in August 1984
  • Delivering the milk in Grove Road

    Delivering the milk in Grove Road

    Fred Sharman in his milk float.
  • Donald Anthony John Hunford 1925-2018

    Donald Anthony John Hunford 1925-2018

    An obituary written by the Essex Badger Protection Group
  • Father Leslie Drake retires

    Father Leslie Drake retires

    The following item appeared in the Echo on Tuesday January 7th, 2020.
  • Henry Clubb

    Henry Clubb

    Benfleet Photographer
  • Hugh Falkus

    Hugh Falkus

    The formative early years
  • John Aubone Cook 1

    John Aubone Cook 1

    Local hero
  • John Aubone Cook 2

    John Aubone Cook 2

    Local hero
  • John Mannall Remembered

    John Mannall Remembered

    Piano Teacher in the 1950s
  • Jordan Brown.  (Professional Footballer).

    Jordan Brown. (Professional Footballer).

    Kingsdown Rovers to Barnet FC.
  • Ken Deacon

    Ken Deacon

    A Benfleet Librarian
  • Letter from Sir Charles Nicholson

    Letter from Sir Charles Nicholson

    To The Rev R. Gardner
  • Memorial Clock - Tribute to Lord Braine

    Memorial Clock - Tribute to Lord Braine

    Victoria House Corner
  • Mr. & Mrs Conyard

    Mr. & Mrs Conyard

    Janet Lane (nee Osborne) has written to tell us of her memories of Fred and ...
  • My Memories of South Benfleet Library and Mr Ken Deacon

    My Memories of South Benfleet Library and Mr Ken Deacon

    Opening Up The World Of Literature
  • Queensberry Rules, but not in Benfleet OK

    Queensberry Rules, but not in Benfleet OK

    The Trashing of the Hoy, 1914
  • Robert Varty 1835-1926

    Robert Varty 1835-1926

    The man who sold Benfleet to Londoners
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