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  • Cargoes carried in the Scone 17/07/2018 Looked at web site for barge scone are there any plans to re fit it?
  • Mr Joyce’s memories of HMS London and PQ17 13/07/2018 My uncle, George Cumby was on this ship during the Yangtse incident. I have his medal and papers following his...
  • Thundersley Primary School 1966 12/07/2018 My word seeing myself in School Picture 15 front row how lovely.
  • King John School Teachers’ Football Team 1974-5 08/07/2018 Phil Beddow, woodwork. Top right 1 before end.
  • King John Rugby Sevens 61/62 03/07/2018 Pete Shaw went on to play for Rockford Hundred RC
  • King John football team 61/62 03/07/2018 I married Pete Shaw in 1973 we have 2 children and was married for 42 years. Pete suffered with MS...
  • Home Guard Defences 02/07/2018 Further to the comment below, the footpath is still there and leads to Hadleigh Park, the venue for the 2012...
  • Home Guard Defences 01/07/2018 I remember growing up on Cross Farm, Benfleet Road from 65 to about 76. Opposite King John school was a...
  • Living Above Glanfield’s Clothing Factory 28/06/2018 Like Pat, we lived in Kensington Avenue and used to play on the loading ramp. We used to crash into...
  • 1960s Tarpots 28/06/2018 I used to work at L. Jones Family Butchers on Saturdays delivering orders in an old fashioned bike with a...
  • Rushbottom Lane Primary School 28/06/2018 Some names in this article and others that I remember. I was born in 1949 so I guess I started...
  • Leaving Appleton School in 1972 27/06/2018 I remember you very well indeed we were in the same year. Its good to see those memories again.
  • Interactive map 22/06/2018 This is a very useful map of places and roads etc. Well worth a look for info on our Benfleet...
  • Gravestones in St Mary’s churchyard 17/06/2018 I think it important to add that Sir Charles Archibald Nicholson, the noted church architect who was responsible for St...
  • Essex Carriers Unique Idea 06/06/2018 My Dad Roland Austin was the manager of Essex Carriers, I would say 1950 or near, we lived in the...
  • King John football team 61/62 06/06/2018 I was speaking with my friend Ken Lammas, to remind me that he played for this side because he was...
  • King John Comprehensive – Prefects 1970 04/06/2018 I remember you Mr Hughes! I was in the 1968 intake and was in your first Tutor Group (T6). We...
  • Memories of Helen Stewart (nee Pickford) 04/06/2018 This was told to be by my mum. During WWII she was doing some courting around Hadleigh Castle when a...
  • King John Rugby Team for 1961/2 04/06/2018 Hi, I was the hooker for this age group so I don't understand why I am not in any photos....
  • Salt Box Cottage, High Road 04/06/2018 I spoke to your parents (the present owners of Salt box cottage) several years ago. If you or you parents...
  • Betty Light Remembers 04/06/2018 Hi Betty, Really enjoyed reading your page, the shop you remember on the corner of Brook Road and the High...
  • King John Comprehensive – Prefects 1970 04/06/2018 Old School Friends. I am curious about some old school friends from King John Dianne Ham, Jaquie Prior and Yvonne...
  • Boyce Hill Golf Club 28/05/2018 I am not sure where the originals are or if the archive ever had them? However as they are postcards...
  • Plans of New Police Station – October 1957 28/05/2018 28th May 2018 The Police station closed a while back. Plans have been submitted for blocks of flats to be...
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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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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