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Characters and Personalities

  • Robert Varty 1835-1926

    Robert Varty 1835-1926

    The man who sold Benfleet to Londoners
  • Robin Knox-Johnston

    Robin Knox-Johnston

    Hero and Honorary Member of Benfleet Yacht Club
  • Sid Cripps

    Sid Cripps

    A Local Wildfowler
  • Sir Bernard Braine

    Sir Bernard Braine

    Member of Parliament and Father of the House
  • Ted Cook

    Ted Cook

    A regular walker on the Downs
  • Ted Heaney

    Ted Heaney

    The Birdman of Benfleet who was "a real gentleman".
  • Ted Land senior and Ted Land junior

    Ted Land senior and Ted Land junior

    The joker and the daredevil
  • The Last Chairman of Benfleet British Legion

    The Last Chairman of Benfleet British Legion

    In the summer of 1946, Sergeant A.S. Davis was finally released from the Royal Artillery after almost 8 years service.
  • Tornado Smith

    Tornado Smith

    A Motorcycling Legend
  • Vic Barnes Christmas Cartoons

    Vic Barnes Christmas Cartoons

    Greetings from the Falkland Islands
  • Walter Pickford

    Walter Pickford

    St Mary's Church organist and composer of arrangements for hand-bells
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