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  • C.W. Comerford 20/05/2020 My name is Janet Hayward nee Comerford, CW Comerford was my dad. He died in 1961, he was a brilliant...
  • Bygone Shops 20/05/2020 I spent most of my school years looking through the window of Mr Pickett's shop window. He had some great...
  • ‘Formosa’, Roseberry Avenue 19/05/2020 I can't unfortunately add anything useful to your story of Formosa - however there was an adjoining plot - either...
  • Mr Joyce’s memories of HMS London and PQ17 14/05/2020 My Dad was an Able Seaman on London. Like Mr Joyce he was on the ship for the arctic convoys...
  • St Mary’s Church, South Benfleet 14/05/2020 In photo 9 next to Mrs C Attfield and her twins Charles and Henry is Jean who was her fostered...
  • St Mary’s Church, South Benfleet 14/05/2020 Photo 13 The lady in the centre is Mrs Cynthia Attfield with her twins Henry & Charles. I am one...
  • Gloster Meteor jet crash 11/05/2020 I remember this very well, it hit right in the corner of four gardens and killed all the chickens that...
  • The ‘Scone’, when owned by Steve Mallett 10/05/2020 Hi Steve Many happy memories of Barge matches on Scone with you in the early 80's. Preedcretes sponsorship meant many...
  • Benfleet Road in the 1970s 10/05/2020 Do you happen to know anything about the fire at 134? “Rochhill” Benfleet Road Hadleigh after 1957? I was a...
  • Benfleet – A Royal Forest 1163 – 1552 09/05/2020 Absoluteley fasinating.
  • VE Day 75th Celebration Street Party 09/05/2020 What a great day. These pictures certainly capture the happiness our family felt to be outside the front of our...
  • Mr Joyce’s memories of HMS London and PQ17 08/05/2020 My Dad, Charles Thomas Wright BEM, was Supply warrant officer on HMS London 1941/43 incl. Convoy PQ17 and others Also...
  • G.E. Hobbs 07/05/2020 I purchased a beautiful mallard pastel at a local antique shop in the Adirondacks New York. I can send a...
  • Will H Maile 06/05/2020 He illustrated the book Sea and Air, a children's book published by Birn Bros. (publication no. 897), likely published sometime...
  • Sid Cripps 06/05/2020 I remember Sid when I was young he worked for my family and was very highly thought of, a great...
  • King John School – My Memories of the Early 1950s 01/05/2020 I left King John School, then known as Benfleet Secondary School, in the Summer of 1954. I well remember Valerie...
  • Battle of Waterloo 28/04/2020 My husband was Secretary of the Essex Branch of the Grenadier Guards Association and in the early 1980's the grave...
  • A Chance Introduction to a Fascinating Family – The Coopers 27/04/2020 Thank you for posting this page. I danced at San Toy from 1966 to 1977. My name then was Debbie...
  • Appleton early 1970s 25/04/2020 I remember the Lucazeks. They went to Holy Family with me I think and there was a sister called Laura,...
  • Benfleet Road in the 1970s 22/04/2020 My grandparents built and owned No. 56, he actually built the house next door, Pinecot I think it was called,...
  • Rushbottom Lane and Eversley Road 1960’s 21/04/2020 Doreen, Thank you so much for this information it’s so interesting 👍 I moved into 19 Birch Close 2019 and...
  • How I Remember Benfleet 20/04/2020 Hi I worked in Tarpots Service Station, my first job after leaving school in 1971, was a petrol pump attendant....
  • The 1918/19 Spanish Flu – pt 1 of 7 17/04/2020 Certainly interesting given the current world situation!
  • Doreen Batchford’s Childhood Memories – 1950’s 15/04/2020 Hello Mavis, Yes I do remember you and your friend Jackie Leach, I'm sorry I haven't answered before but not...
Latest articles

  • 'Formosa', Roseberry Avenue

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

  • The Devil Steps

    14/05/2020
    Local folklore

  • VE Day 75th Celebration Street Party

    08/05/2020
    Photos of a socially distanced Street Party for VE 75 in Kimberley Road.

  • 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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