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MEMORIES OF ELIZABETH (BETTY) SHYNN NEE WATTS APRIL 2018
24/05/2018
In 1941 my family moved from Thundersley to Wickford. At first we lived in a ...
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DOLPHIN PRINT 1959-2018
08/05/2018
My parents bought the shop about 1959 and ran it as a greengrocers. They then ...
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'West View', Belmont Avenue.
05/05/2018
‘West View’ is one of the oldest houses in Belmont Avenue, being built in 1905 ...
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'Unexploded bomb' dredged from the Crouch in Wickford.
04/05/2018
The Open Day ‘Gumboot Alley’ exhibition drew in many visitors who wanted to share their ...
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Wickford Community Archive Open Day 2018
03/05/2018
Saturday 28th April was our annual Open Day. The theme of the day was ‘Gumboot ...
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Memories of Pre-fabs in Wickford.
03/05/2018
Mrs Angela Randall showed us these photographs. The top one, taken about 1950, is of her ...
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Open Day, 2018, remembering the 1958 Flood.
01/05/2018
Jo Cullen took a number of photographs during the day. Here is one of them.
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Gigney Advertising plate found.
30/04/2018
On Saturday 28 April 2018, the Community Archive group held its annual exhibition. One of ...
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The Happy Hours Club
28/04/2018
The Happy Hours Club was a group run by Reg Tidridge within the Runwell Youth ...
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The Wickford Branch Library
24/04/2018
The photos from the Evening Echo archive show the Wickford Toy Library at its opening ...
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Harry Skeggs (1924 - 2017) - one of the first British troops to enter Bergen-Belsen, in April 1945.
23/04/2018
The funeral of Harry Skeggs, a committed and engaged member of St Catherine’s congregation for ...
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Wickford Cricket Club members WW1
29/03/2018
Over the past 4 years we “The Forget Never Team” have carried out research on ...
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The Harrows, North Benfleet.
27/03/2018
The Harrows public house was originally in Harrow Road, North Benfleet. See photos below. The night ...
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Dr. Clive Bruton (1941-1996): world renowned neuropathologist of Runwell Hospital
22/03/2018
Clive Bruton was born in Leicestershire in 1941. He was educated in South London and ...
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Wickford Junction Signal Box
17/03/2018
Wickford Junction Signal Box. The train from Southminster approaches Wickford with the driver handing over ...
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Brock Hill area "Obelisks"
14/03/2018
Having recently moved to Brock Hill, I have noticed some peculiar “obelisks” situated in the ...
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Edward Bentley, the Runwell Horse-Burker
14/03/2018
Written for 'Essex Belongs To Us' under the title, 'The Shocking Case of the Essex Horse-Burker'
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Personal pictures of carnival preparations.
12/03/2018
The picture of the bride and groom is of my Auntie Pat ( Kathleen Taylor) ...
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Wickford in the late 1990s
12/03/2018
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Jersey Gardens
25/02/2018
This picture shows what is now approximately number 25. Postage is believed to be between ...
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'Ghosts' of Wickford
25/02/2018
When I first came to Wickford in 1975, I was told that a white witch ...
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Wickford Internment Camp.
17/02/2018
Carol Cooper contacted the Archive with a request for information. “I do hope you are able ...
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Duchess of Cambridge visits Wickford
09/02/2018
Photographs, thanks to Laura Anne Phillips. On Wednesday 7 February 2018, Wickford had a visit by ...
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War Time - the ARP.
30/01/2018
I remember that the garage in the garden of Milestone Cottages was used to house ...
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South Hanningfield and Wickford memories
23/05/2018
Thanks for the history on Poplars Farm. My father, Thomas S. Mallinson bought Poplars Farm as it was next to...
Sergeant Frederick Brewer
21/05/2018
A few years back I bought a 1958 Ford Prefect classic car. Tracing its history, it was bought from The...
The Chat and Chew Club.
15/05/2018
This was my lovely Mum's cafe. Please do you have any more pics?
Madge Viscardini’s Memories of the Downham area (Circa 1930), Part 1
10/05/2018
Delighted to find some personal recollections of Ramsden Heath and the junior school at Downham. I emigrated to South Australia...
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