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Pound Lane Memory
I used to walk through Pound Lane many years ago to the farm, to get ...
The Puzzle of the Red Rubber Bricks
How a job-lot of these high status bricks ever ended up in a humble plotland cottage, is a complete mystery.
Green Road- the beginnings
I live in what was Carlton Villa, number 6, Green Road, and would like to ...
High Road, Benfleet
Harold Jefferys Cooper
Harold Jefferys Cooper was one of a family of five sons, born to Florence Louisa and John Albert Cooper in the late 1890s/1900s.
Motor Sport on Church Hill
From 1920 until 1923 Church Hill Thundersley was used by motor vehicles for the sport of hill climbing.
Ghosts of the Dawn
GHOSTS OF THE DAWN I stepped in the garden early, with watering can in hand Heard horses ...
Lammas Past by Pam Jeanetta Bird-Gaines
LAMMAS PAST Now is the golden time, the sun rides high And gilds each leaf in canopy ...
Pam Jeanetta Bird-Gaines
Parallel Time; Thoughts on Harold Hitchcock's Painting, 'Thundersley, 1929'; Stickleback Brook;
Greeves Motorcycles
The following is a brief history of Greeves, written for the fiftieth anniversary, in 2003, ...
Image relating to comment on 1st & 2nd South Benfleet Sea Scouts
Return to page – 1st & 2nd Benfleet Sea Scouts
'Belle Vue' 43 High Street, South Benfleet
Any further light which could be shed on this historic little cottage, or indeed any of the row of cottages beside it (Ivy Cottage, Rose Cottage, Vine Cottage etc) would be most welcome!
John Cole - A soldier at the Battle of Waterloo
A poignant dedication ceremony was held on Saturday 17th June 2023. The short service was ...
Michael Howard Karslake, F.R.S.A. Model of 'Little Switzerland'
A fascinating model, made in the 1960s, by Michael Howard Karslake, F.R.S.A.
The Land Family
My 3x Great Grandfather George Land took over the Anchor Inn in 1875 after leaving Gowles Farm in Leigh, where he was working as a Farm Bailiff.
Station Garage in the High Street
This Daimler car, standing on the forecourt of Station Garage, High Street, Benfleet was ready for a wedding in 1968.
Tarpots corner and Pub
Raymond Frost sent this picture in, of the cellar of the Tarpots Pub under water.
Finds at Hadleigh Farm
The following information was sent in by amateur archaeologist and metal detectorist, David Carr. The ...
David Jiggens - Memories of my Father
'My Dad tried to light the coal fire with some of the cordite' ....
George Edward Hobbs, Artist and Illustrator; and May Bettany, Artist
'I often went home, smelling of geraniums ....'
Coronation of King Charles III
Our local MP, Rebecca Harris attended the Coronation in her role as Comptroller of the ...
Castle Point Celebrates
While the nation celebrated the Coronation of our new King – Charles III – on ...
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