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  • Pictures of Church Creek, Benfleet 1930 – 1951 30/03/2020 Wonderful and very interesting, Mr William and Alice Crudgington had a house barge during 1937 called Jumbo and I am...
  • Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes in Benfleet 30/03/2020 I have been a member of the Buffaloes since February 1968, when I joined the Albert Landgraff Lodge that met...
  • King John Rugby Sevens 61/62 27/03/2020 Mick Beale? Terry Llewellyn and Keith ??
  • Thundersley Rovers FC in the 1970s 25/03/2020 I remember a lot of these guys and also standing out on the field as a spectator and getting freezing!...
  • Appleton School – The Early Days 25/03/2020 I was at the school from 1972-77, class 1-5T. Mr Lovegrove was headmaster but did not have a very high...
  • St Mary’s Road 23/03/2020 I lived in the last bungalow on the right, going East, called The Bungalow, for all my childhood. My surname...
  • Aerial View of Tarpots Corner 22/03/2020 The DIY place (where Aldi now stands) was an Atlas Delivery / Lorry park until the 80’s, then it was...
  • Benfleet Shops 20/03/2020 My cousin makes comment about her nan at the dry cleaners, her nan was my auntie Win and her mum...
  • Howard’s Dairies 09/03/2020 This is going to be very sketchy. My sister worked in the offices on the main road just outside Southend...
  • Howard’s Dairies 08/03/2020 Having worked for Howard's Dairies for a number of years during the sixties and seventies it was always a family...
  • Howard’s Dairies 06/03/2020 Can I just check that the dairy for processing sterilised (long keeping) milk was at Hadleigh? Quite a distance from...
  • Benfleet Military Camp 01/03/2020 The soldiers in the picture on Benfleet station were also the heroes who rescued the islanders during the 1953 floods....
  • Bygone Days 29/02/2020 My mum ( born Nellie Beaton) used to work at the corn / seed merchant known as Palmers in the...
  • Benfleet Shops 29/02/2020 Most of my memories are late 70s to early 80s. I remember the Wimpy restaurant in the shops by Brook...
  • Appleton Comprehensive School opened 1966 29/02/2020 I joined Appleton in 1972 to Mrs Mason's class. Seemed really strict but she stayed with us until we left...
  • Memories of Thundersley Infant and Junior School 28/02/2020 I remember quite a few names here, I’m top row 4th one in.
  • Howard’s Dairies 28/02/2020 My dad did numerous cartoons for various ad campaigns. I'm happy to share if you're interested.
  • Edmund Alfred Wray postman and veteran of two World Wars. Part 1. 27/02/2020 The 1962 Electoral Register shows E. A. Wray living in Greenways, Benfleet and Beatrice M. Wray at the same address....
  • Stanley House School – 1930s 23/02/2020 I have a photograph dated June 1926 of the pupils of Stanley House School, Edgbaston, Warwickshire. All the pupils are...
  • Memories of Great Tarpots 21/02/2020 I am Chrissie Bray's (now Chrissie Andrews) cousin and lived in Benfleet during the war at 38 Southwold Crescent. Good...
  • H.M.S. Partridge. 20/02/2020 My dad was on the Partridge when it went down in 1942. His name was Frank Bennett, can anyone prove...
  • Maureen Watson née Simpson 11/02/2020 I remember Maureen Simpson she was in my class at Benfleet Secondary School as it was then called. My best...
  • Childhood memories of Bowers Gifford, North Benfleet and Pitsea 07/02/2020 My grandfather Herbert Clark-Westfield moved to Pound Lane, Bowers Gifford around 1900 from East London. The story goes that he...
  • A Howard’s Dairies milkman and his horse retire 05/02/2020 Hi, Interesting to read about the horse drawn milk cart but I doubt very much if your grand dad walked...
Latest articles

  • The Changing Face of Tarpots

    28/03/2020
    Do you remember Tarpots as seen in these photos?

  • "The Elms" - 448 Benfleet High Road

    11/03/2020
    Do you have any information about this house, built in 1900?

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

    27/02/2020
    In his retirement he lived in Benfleet.

  • Father Leslie Drake retires

    15/02/2020
    The following item appeared in the Echo on Tuesday January 7th, 2020.
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