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  • South Benfleet Junior School: SS Nevassa 21/11/2020 Hi, I was on this cruise. I was the only child on this school cruise from Canvey Island, hence I...
  • The ‘Scone’, when owned by Steve Mallett 20/11/2020 Hi Andy Walkden, A lot of water under the bridge. Looking back I should have taken a year out and...
  • The ‘Scone’, when owned by Steve Mallett 20/11/2020 Hi Susan Bailey, There is a very good book written by one of Scone's old sailing skippers, Harry Bagshaw. 'Coasting...
  • A Chance Introduction to a Fascinating Family – The Coopers 19/11/2020 Hello Emma, thank you for getting in touch. I am sorry to hear about Lawrie. The Coopers certainly were an...
  • A Chance Introduction to a Fascinating Family – The Coopers 19/11/2020 Hello Robert, thank you for getting in touch. I remember Harold and his Grandson Glen from Birchlea. Glen passed away...
  • Living Above Glanfield’s Clothing Factory 17/11/2020 Before the STC building was pulled down it was used as a youth club which was very popular especially with...
  • A Chance Introduction to a Fascinating Family – The Coopers 15/11/2020 My sister and I attended San Toy dance school in 1947 when I was 5 years old my sister was...
  • Recollections of Thundersley 13/11/2020 Interesting comments. Thank you, my mother’s cousins moved from London to Thundersley at the turn of the century and were...
  • The Brickmaking Work Force 12/11/2020 Wonderful and enlightening article. I am researching my grand-mother's family, The Aylings. There are many members who are involved in...
  • Woodham Ley Primary School 1928-1988 11/11/2020 I lived in Church Road, for 20 years. I remember Tony Baptist, as our budgie got out and flew to...
  • H.M.H.S. St. David 11/11/2020 Winnie Harrison, one of the two brave nurses who stayed on the sinking ship to save others, was my Great...
  • Cycle Speedway in Benfleet 10/11/2020 I remember as a little lad in the 1940s early 1950s walking to a track up Thundersley Chase near Thundersley...
  • Stella Bouchereau’s memories of life in Benfleet 10/11/2020 Thanks Stella, great to see that my dad Lionel Salisbury was mentioned in your post. He did indeed own the...
  • Thundersley Primary School 1955 09/11/2020 Photo 4, Back row 3rd from the right Sandra Turner and myself Valerie Richardson back row 2nd from the left,...
  • Thundersley Primary School 1954 09/11/2020 Photo 6 circa 1954 From back row and left hand side. Row 1 Peter Adams #1, Archie McCall # 2...
  • Cycle Speedway in Benfleet 09/11/2020 To Bob Barber Re. cycle speedway in Benfleet, I was one of the two founder members of the Benfleet Buccaneers...
  • Eric Challis 08/11/2020 Hello, I have two watercolour paintings of moored up boats which I recently found in the retro shop in Smarden,...
  • Living Above Glanfield’s Clothing Factory 08/11/2020 I worked at the Arrow shirt factory from 1966 until its closure. I was an apprentice sewing machine mechanic. My...
  • Memories of Tarpots in the 1960s 06/11/2020 Hi Alistair, what a coincidence, I was just investigating the butchers myself. I worked there on Saturdays in the 1970s,...
  • David Henry Burles 28/10/2020 There is a fine pen and watercolour drawing of St Mary Magdalen, Shopland, which I copied some years ago to...
  • The Devil Steps 25/10/2020 Crescent House, occupied by Barwicks for many years is now abandoned, is it not? Ed. The house has had a...
  • The Process of Brick Making 23/10/2020 Fuel must have been an issue. Not all brick fields had access to coke. Was charcoal an option? local woodlands...
  • Dr. Doug Acres 18/10/2020 Dr Tyndall and Mrs Tyndall on the left side of the photo, ''Dr Acres retirement party''
  • Ray View 16/10/2020 I have lived at Ray View for 13 years and sympathetically restored it to its original design. What a pleasure...
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    17/11/2020
    The Home Guard at Benfleet in 1944

  • 2nd Thundersley scout group

    15/11/2020
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  • Benfleet Remembrance Sunday 8th November 2020

    08/11/2020
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  • Poppy Displays Around Benfleet

    08/11/2020
    A number of places in Benfleet had poppy displays this year. These are a few ...
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