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  • Memorial Service for John Cole

    Memorial Service for John Cole

    22/06/2020
    Memorial Service for John Cole, veteran of the Battle of Waterloo.
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  • C.W. Comerford

    C.W. Comerford

    20/06/2020
    New material/photos and sketches on this artist.
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  • VE Day Celebrations Albion Road

    VE Day Celebrations Albion Road

    18/06/2020
    Photos showing residents of Albion Road celebrating VE Day.
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  • HMM Algeciras leaves the UK on the 15th June 2020

    HMM Algeciras leaves the UK on the 15th June 2020

    15/06/2020
    The world's largest container ship, HMM Algeciras leaves the Thames on the 15th June 2020.
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  • Edmund Alfred Wray postman and veteran of two World Wars. Part 2

    Edmund Alfred Wray postman and veteran of two World Wars. Part 2

    12/06/2020
    Edmund Alfred Wray postman and veteran of two World Wars. Part 2
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  • Embedded in the Depths of Consciousness

    Embedded in the Depths of Consciousness

    06/06/2020
    South Benfleet was no more than a small hamlet that appeared more farming community than railway suburb.
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  • Unnoticed changing nature of local surroundings

    Unnoticed changing nature of local surroundings

    04/06/2020
    Back in the 1920-30s when Canvey was first spotted by entrepreneurs there was too much land for one person to develop.
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  • Memories of 1st and 2nd Benfleet Sea Scouts

    Memories of 1st and 2nd Benfleet Sea Scouts

    03/06/2020
    Between 1969 and 1971 my scouting career and horizons literally took-off, when I assumed the mantle of Leader of 1st & 2nd South Benfleet Sea Scouts.
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  • Frank's mini-roundabout legacy

    Frank's mini-roundabout legacy

    02/06/2020
    Benfleet's mini-roundabout creator, Frank Blackmore, obituary in the Evening Echo.
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  • Canvey Island vs South Benfleet cricket match on the 2nd June 1928

    Canvey Island vs South Benfleet cricket match on the 2nd June 1928

    02/06/2020
    This picture is of a cricket match between Canvey Island and South Benfleet cricket match ...
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  • Tarpots mini-roundabouts installed in 1989

    Tarpots mini-roundabouts installed in 1989

    02/06/2020
    The installation of the twin mini-roundabouts at Tarpots in 1989.
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  • Memories of Tarpots in the 1960s

    Memories of Tarpots in the 1960s

    01/06/2020
    I moved to New Thundersley as it was then known in 1963.  At that time we would come to the Tarpots to shop.
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  • 'Formosa', Roseberry Avenue

    'Formosa', Roseberry Avenue

    17/05/2020
    Do you have any information about this property and its original owners?
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  • The Devil Steps

    The Devil Steps

    14/05/2020
    Local folklore
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  • VE Day 75th Celebration Street Party

    VE Day 75th Celebration Street Party

    08/05/2020
    Photos of a socially distanced Street Party for VE 75 in Kimberley Road.
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  • The 1918/19 Spanish Flu - pt 1 of 7

    The 1918/19 Spanish Flu - pt 1 of 7

    16/04/2020
    Background to the Spanish Flu and its effect on Benfleet.
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  • Daws Heath – The Forgotten World War 2 Outpost. By Richard Burgess.

    Daws Heath – The Forgotten World War 2 Outpost. By Richard Burgess.

    09/04/2020
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  • The Changing Face of Tarpots

    The Changing Face of Tarpots

    28/03/2020
    Do you remember Tarpots as seen in these photos?
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  • "The Elms" - 448 Benfleet High Road

    "The Elms" - 448 Benfleet High Road

    11/03/2020
    Do you have any information about this house, built in 1900?
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  • Edmund Alfred Wray postman and veteran of two World Wars. Part 1.

    Edmund Alfred Wray postman and veteran of two World Wars. Part 1.

    27/02/2020
    In his retirement he lived in Benfleet.
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  • Father Leslie Drake retires

    Father Leslie Drake retires

    15/02/2020
    The following item appeared in the Echo on Tuesday January 7th, 2020.
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  • A Travelling Showroom visited South Benfleet

    A Travelling Showroom visited South Benfleet

    14/02/2020
    The above picture and article appeared in ‘The Gas Light & Coke Company’ Co-Partner’s magazine ...
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  • Gloster Meteor jet crash

    Gloster Meteor jet crash

    05/02/2020
    On the 12th April 1952 a jet plane crashed behind houses in Philmead Road
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  • Houseboat "Le Hope"

    Houseboat "Le Hope"

    30/01/2020
    My Dad, Reg Hutchings, rented(?) a houseboat on the creek from some time during WWII ...
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