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Streets and Roads
Streets and Roads
Rushbottom Lane and Eversley Road 1960's
Ruts and mud - memories from Doreen Hawkins
Saxon Roads in Benfleet c 500 AD
How rising sea levels changed the road layout
Selbourne Road
Numbers 16 and 18
Shipwrights Drive
Mid 1950s View from the Hollywood Restaurant
Shipwrights Drive
From Unmade Track to Tree-lined Pavements
Southwell Road
1950s to 2011
St Mary's Road
Memories of a one-time resident
St Mary's Road Benfleet - 1930's and 2011
Look how much it has changed.
The Development of Felstead Road
Why was it at one time called Rectory Road?
The Hollywood
From Tea Rooms to Function Rooms
The Hollywood Estate, Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Estate a 'Young town of colour and greenery'
The Memories of Reg Pusey, Overton Road
Overton Road was made up, and the land heavily developed in the late 1950s/early 1960s. Before that there had been just the smattering of roughcast bungalows, ‘Dardan’ and ‘Arcadia’ among them.
The position of Bryn Teg
Could this be the answer to the question, 'where was Bryn Teg'?
Vicarage Hill.
Then and Now.
Victoria House Corner
When Victoria House Corner was a crossroads
World's First Mini-Roundabout (1) was installed in Benfleet
One of our supporters has pointed out that the mini-roundabout at Church Corner is the ...
World's First Mini-roundabout (2) being built by Frank Blackmore
We have been lucky to borrow the relevant photographs again and make some higher definition ...
World's First Mini-Roundabout (3) on its First Night
This photo we believe to be taken on the first night the mini-roundabout was in ...
World's First Mini-Roundabout (4) after modifications in May / June 1970
As this was the first mini-roundabout in the world it was subject to several changes. ...
World's First Mini-roundabout (5) being used.
The mini-roundabout was a brand new experiment so Benfleet Urban District Council (the predecessor to ...
World's First Mini-roundabout (6) in 1974
These two pictures show the roundabout in 1974. What is noticeable is the the centre ...
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