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Benfleet Rangers under 13s
27/12/2021
I played for Benfleet Rangers junior team in the early 70s
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South Benfleet High Street through time
23/11/2021
While researching my article on Benfleet Institute, (which occupied land at the top of the ...
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RRS Sir David Attenborough passes Benfleet
31/10/2021
These two pictures were taken at 10.30 am on Sunday 31st October 2021 from Benfleet while ...
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Margaret Helen Mills
23/09/2021
The piano holds a special place in my affections. It was because of this instrument ...
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SOUTH BENFLEET, ABSOLUTE TREASURE, LITTLE SWITZERLAND OR SIMPLY PARADISE!
21/09/2021
A new book about South Benfleet has recently become available.
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Teddy Bears Picnic Hat for Post Box
14/09/2021
Teddy Bears Picnic hat on the Benfleet Post Box at the corner of St Marys Close and the High Road.
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Photos of Scone taken on a canoe trip
03/09/2021
The photos below were taken by Ian Lipscomb when he and Mike Hobday took a ...
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An expedition to the Scone
22/08/2021
Firstly, we would like to say thank you for putting the Scone on your site. It is likely we would never have found her without you.
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South Benfleet and Slavery in St Vincent and the Grenadines
18/08/2021
The British Parliament outlawed the international slave trade in 1807, but it took another twenty-six years to finally abolish slavery.
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The ford between South Benfleet and Canvey Island
06/08/2021
Horse drawn wagons crossing The Creek.
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Save Our Greenbelt
28/07/2021
At 3pm on Sunday 25th July 2021, a peaceful protest was held at the offices ...
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Ray View from across the Benfleet Creek.
24/07/2021
A picture of Ray View from across the Benfleet Creek.
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Seaside Hat for Post Box
28/06/2021
Seaside Hat for Post Box on the corner of St Marys Close and the High Road for Summer 2021.
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King John School - Mr Neale's Tutor Group 1972
27/06/2021
The photo above was made available by George Webb, who also sent us some comments, ...
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Benfleet FC - c.1962
23/06/2021
A team photo
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"Ah! School...the best days of my Life!"
06/06/2021
“Ah! School…the best days of my Life!” I’ve never understood people who say that. Now ...
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A sonata written by John Christian Mantel
25/05/2021
Organist at St. Mary's Church
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Memories of Bygone Years
11/05/2021
Arundel Road did not exist beyond the holiday bungalow next to my grandmother’s property, so we had to use her garden to walk through to Overton Road.
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Benfleet Institute 1892-1932
09/05/2021
I found the first reference to the site which The Institute came to occupy, in ...
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Sport clubs in Benfleet in the early 20th Century
05/05/2021
Photos of old sport clubs.
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Arundel Road before and after it was developed
03/05/2021
Life in Arundel Road before it was developed.
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Wheelers Rest and Packham Brothers Motor Garage
02/05/2021
This article about the Packham brothers is on our sister site Hadleigh & Thundersley. Click to see.
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Hearts of Oak Houseboat
29/04/2021
Pictures from the family photo album.
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Stanley Thomas Jermyn
27/04/2021
South Benfleet Botanist and Conservationist. Author of 'The Flora of Essex'
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The Process of Brick Making
17/01/2022
Hi Susan I am currently writing a book about the brickyards and would love to chat to you.
Kents Hill Road – From Rural Idyll to Modern Suburb
16/01/2022
Hi Claire, Sadly, Overton (No. 153) no longer exists. There are modern houses in that stretch of the road. Many...
Kents Hill Road – From Rural Idyll to Modern Suburb
15/01/2022
Overton = 153 Kents Hill? Page 5 https://d2s6yrbyrp01f9.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/House_Names_Numbers_Pages_081_to_090_WM.pdf Editor: The following link is to an article on this site, which...
Kents Hill Road – From Rural Idyll to Modern Suburb
15/01/2022
Doing some family history research, I found that my great-uncle Harold Silcox and his wife Elsie lived at ‘Overton’ on...
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