Characters and Personalities

Robert Varty 1835-1926
The man who sold Benfleet to Londoners
Robin Knox-Johnston
Hero and Honorary Member of Benfleet Yacht Club
Sid Cripps
A Local Wildfowler
Sir Bernard Braine
Member of Parliament and Father of the House
Ted Cook
A regular walker on the Downs
Ted Heaney
The Birdman of Benfleet who was "a real gentleman".
Ted Land senior and Ted Land junior
The joker and the daredevil
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
A Motorcycling Legend
Vic Barnes Christmas Cartoons
Greetings from the Falkland Islands
Walter Pickford
St Mary's Church organist and composer of arrangements for hand-bells