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Celebrities in Benfleet
14/10/2018
Bodycare entertained the well known footballer Jimmy Greaves to their Gym in August 1984
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Raising Money for Benfleet's Christmas Lights
02/10/2018
Benfleet's Christmas lights have been turned on.
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British Legion Dinner c. 1946 - 1953
01/10/2018
British Legion Dinner at The Tarpot
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Stella Bouchereau's memories of life in Benfleet
19/09/2018
Growing up and school days in Benfleet
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King John School Reunion 2018
09/08/2018
Ann Adams and Tony Wilkins are arranging a reunion for ex-pupils of King John School
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Donald Anthony John Hunford 1925-2018
05/08/2018
An obituary written by the Essex Badger Protection Group
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Memories of life at 169 Oakfied Road in the 1960s and 70s
02/08/2018
Photographs of 169 Oakfield Road - ‘Havenview’.
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'Homes fit for Heroes'
29/07/2018
After the Great War, life in Benfleet – and indeed England as a whole – ...
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Mr. & Mrs Conyard
17/07/2018
Janet Lane (nee Osborne) has written to tell us of her memories of Fred and ...
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Boyce Hill Golf Club as featured in The Bystander, November 2nd 1938
05/07/2018
The page below appeared in The Bystander in 1938, in the Golf Clubs at Home ...
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A Few Memories of Brian Walker's
04/07/2018
I lived with my father, mother and grandparents in St Mary’s Drive in late forties ...
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Thundersley Christian Spiritualist Church
29/06/2018
This year, in October, Thundersley Christian Spiritualist Church celebrates the eighty-fifth year of its founding. The ...
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Betty Nora Matson
26/06/2018
The Matsons were a long standing Benfleet family, closely involved in the community and church ...
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Norman Chisman...
26/06/2018
Norman, who died on September 15th 2015, age 90, was an inspiration. His book “Bygone Benfleet”, ...
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Oakfield Road before it was surfaced
22/06/2018
In the picture you can see why the road needed to be hard surfaced!
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Iris Patricia Sugg
21/06/2018
Iris was well known to us at the Archive and we have many pages on our ...
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Cynthia Mary Williams, Miss Bass...
21/06/2018
A Benfleet teacher who had moved to pastures new almost half a century ago – ...
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Gilbert Wines
21/06/2018
A tribute to Gilbert Wines who shared his photographs and memories with the Archive.
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V.E. Day Celebrations
20/06/2018
Local resident Jackie Barnes, who lived most of her life in Benfleet, was quick to ...
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Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee
20/06/2018
Ever patriotic, and judging by the dates on this invitation to Tea, it would appear ...
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Water Colour of Hadleigh Castle
29/05/2018
Water colour of Hadleigh Castle.
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Hadleigh Castle - 1832 Engraving
29/05/2018
Coloured engraving from 1832 of Hadleigh Castle. Drawn by William Henry Bartlett, engraved by Charles Mottram, and published by George Virtue on the 1st April 1832.
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Priestley - The Lost Pictures
29/05/2018
H.E. Priestley was passionate about local Benfleet History and was also a skilled artist. These pictures have been lost for around 30 years
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A Chance Introduction to a Fascinating Family - The Coopers
25/05/2018
I first met Stanley Cooper in the late 1980s
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