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  • Howard’s Dairies 16/08/2022 Hi My father Dennis Hubbard also worked there we lived at 16 St Clements Ave until 1969 and then transferred...
  • Benfleet House Names 16/08/2022 I don't know if these lists are still maintained, but in Bowers Road:- - number 24 was called: Colorcoat -...
  • Wallis Supermarket 15/08/2022 i work as a driver my god some of the stores you had to get into you had to be...
  • School Trip to The Houses of Parliament in 1954 12/08/2022 Middle row second from right is Paul Hurst.
  • Dark Lane Caravan Site 1961 11/08/2022 Great to read peoples memories of the caravan site. We lived at 27, Second Avenue from the mid fifties to...
  • School Trip to The Houses of Parliament in 1954 10/08/2022 I remember this trip very well, especially impressed with the huge wooden doors and Black Rod's marks on them, and...
  • Views of Bread and Cheese Hill 06/08/2022 I lived in Thundersley from 1948 to 1950 approx. We had a grocery shop at the bottom of the hill...
  • Cyril Downer 04/08/2022 Does anybody know if Ted's brother Thomas George Land AKA George is in the wedding photo and which he is....
  • Benfleet School 1936 and 1939 – 1940 24/07/2022 There is a girl named Jenifer Punt in this photo. Is it possible that she was the daughter of a...
  • Benfleet Primary School 1939 to 1941 24/07/2022 I believe the girl in the bottom right hand corner, sitting on the ground may be my mother, Pamela Joyce...
  • Bread and Cheese Hill 24/07/2022 Hi, my nan, Rose Vowles who's still alive today aged 94 was also on the bus on her way home...
  • Roseberry Walk 23/07/2022 My dad opened a shoe shop here in the mid 70s called Kent Shoes but sadly he passed away a...
  • Barbarossa 23/07/2022 Hi Rob and Sue, not seen you for quite a long time, how is the Gardner doing ? Would be...
  • 1971 South Benfleet School Cruise to Norway & Denmark 22/07/2022 I went on the 1971 cruise to Norway, Denmark, Finland and to Leningrad . We travelled overnight by train forward...
  • Essex Way Water 19/07/2022 I lived at 1 Norwood Drive (I was 13 at the time) - seen in the photo. I remember this...
  • Dr. Doug Acres 19/07/2022 In the 1950s my family lived in Waverly Rd. Dr Acres was our G.P. I suffered from tonsillitis and I...
  • Bertha Elizabeth Evelina Watts 17/07/2022 My wife and I have just purchased the White House on Vicarage Hill, we plan to renovate the property. We...
  • 1971 South Benfleet School Cruise to Norway & Denmark 14/07/2022 My mother (Vanessa Pearse) was on this cruise and has hugely enjoyed reading and remembering this wonderful trip she was...
  • Appleton early 1970s 12/07/2022 I was only at Appleton during 1969-70 but it really was the best school I attended. Starting in class 1J...
  • Dr. Norman H. Sutcliffe 10/07/2022 I have just read that Dr. Sutcliffe has passed away. I am so sad. I've mentioned in a previous post...
  • Dr. Norman H. Sutcliffe 02/07/2022 I understand that Norman passed away peacefully on Wednesday the 8th of June, 2022 aged 86 years. Although he was...
  • Dr. Norman H. Sutcliffe 01/07/2022 Dr Sutcliffe was our family Dr from 1970’s until he left Rushbottom lane. Last of the old school Dr’s. Not...
  • Living in Bowers Road in the 1950s & 1960s 30/06/2022 Does anyone have any recollections of some old, possibly 1930's or older, riding stables/stalls at the end of Bowers Road...
  • Appleton School – The Early Days 26/06/2022 I cannot believe that it is only now that my web browsing has turned up this comments page. Yes, what...
  • Thundersley Rovers FC in the 1970s 18/06/2022 I was a close friend of Geoff Hubbard and Brian Lazell and remember Geoff's tragic death as if it was...
  • Appleton School – The Early Days 14/06/2022 Was a founder member 1965 back row on the right - only 100+ pupil had brand new school to ourselves...
  • Appleton class from the past 12/06/2022 I can see myself, Janice Sandiford and Jan Phillips.
  • School Trip to The Houses of Parliament in 1954 11/06/2022 I am a bit late coming to this page but can confirm that it was a trip to the Houses...
  • Queen’s Silver Jubilee 1977 07/06/2022 Thank you for that idea Greg.That would be amazing but sadly not possible.
  • Geoff Radford’s Recollections of Thundersley 07/06/2022 Thank you for some wonderful images of this property from Grasmere Road. My Parents currently own the property you speak...
  • Bertie Bardell’s Memories of Benfleet 07/06/2022 Wow, Bertie has I real interesting backstory. It's amazing!
  • Celebration of the end of the Second World War 1946 held at Brook Road 07/06/2022 VE day is very important. I celebrate it with an afternoon tea.
  • Arundel Road before and after it was developed 05/06/2022 I have no comment except I wonder if anyone has any recollection of the Harding family. They built a house...
  • Melcombe Road Party 04/06/2022 I was born in August 1950. One of my earliest recollections of being on the Planet and in Melcombe Road,...
  • Childhood memories of Bowers Gifford, North Benfleet and Pitsea 31/05/2022 Fred used to deliver to our smallholding with the animal feed always about two o'clock every Saturday.
  • Queen’s Silver Jubilee 1977 31/05/2022 Would be great to re-create the picture.
  • Old Routes From South Benfleet to Wickford 24/05/2022 My understanding was that Eversley Road was split to slow down traffic somewhere around 1973(?). It was undertaken as the...
  • Houseboat Database 13/05/2022 Hello, is it possible to add some details to the houseboat database. I am the granddaughter of the boat owners...
  • Robert Varty 1835-1926 09/05/2022 This is very interesting and confirms everything I have discovered about this branch of the Varty family. I am particularly...
  • Benfleet Primary School – Class photos taken in the 1950s 06/05/2022 Benfleet Primary 1952, 2nd row from back 5th from right is me Jeannette Woodward now Chapman
  • Benfleet Primary School Class photo c.1953 06/05/2022 I think I may be in the 2nd row from the back, 3rd one in on the right-hand side. ..Jeannette...
  • The Battle of Benfleet 05/05/2022 I read a book a few years ago which was a historic story about the Vikings at Hadleigh and their...
  • Sidney Howard 24/04/2022 Hi Nigel, Sidney was my Great Uncle. My Dad, Derek, was the only child of Sidney's brother William. Unfortunately my...
  • King John School – Mr Neale’s Tutor Group 1972 23/04/2022 George, Were you Gill Webb’s brother? I was in the class of ‘74. I was in L6; my tutor was...
  • Thundersley Methodist Church history – By George Thompson Brake 20/04/2022 In the mid to late 50s I was a member of 4th Thundersley cub scout pack which was held at...
  • Howard’s Dairies 14/04/2022 Just found an old milk bottle with Howards Dairies embossed on it. It also says either Bunton or Brunton under...
  • Living in Bowers Road in the 1950s & 1960s 13/04/2022 Hi there, Can anyone tell us when Alby Bell died and where he was buried? He was my great uncle...
  • Appleton School – The Early Days 11/04/2022 Have you got Lyn Wells email address? if possible I would like to get in contact with her.
  • The Memoirs of Miss Henderson – Part 1 11/04/2022 In your introduction to the memoirs, it says that Miss (Frances) Henderson retired to Wiltshire in old age. However, I...
  • Howard’s Dairies 10/04/2022 My grandfather was John (known as Jack) Hills and was the manager of Howard’s Dairies in Thorpe Bay - the...
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