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News of the flood of 1958 goes out to the nation.
08/02/2019
Pathe News shows the flood of 1958, and tells about local residents' protests.
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Teachers of Wickford Senior School, 1937
01/02/2019
Does anyone still remember any of these teachers?
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Carter & Ward, a new venture after the Second World War.
23/01/2019
Karrimix, one of the Carter and Ward group of companies.
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Products available in Gigney's Stores 1894
16/01/2019
Everything you might want was available in Wickford in the 1900s.
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KeilKraft
15/01/2019
This model making company made Wickford famous around the world.
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WICKFORD TOWN YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB - the history.
19/12/2018
Wickford Town Youth FC is one of the longest serving clubs in the community, having been in existence since 1969. This is its story.
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Wickford Floods, 1958: Personal Memories.
30/11/2018
Between the 20th and 22nd of September 2018, there was an exhibition of work produced ...
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'Jasmin', Sugden Avenue.
27/11/2018
‘Jasmin’, in Sugden Avenue, was one of the last plotland houses of Wickford.
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Gas Explosion in Wickford
20/11/2018
In November 1971 there was a gas explosion outside the post office in Lower Southend ...
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Wickford, Runwell and Shotgate street names. (Part 3).
10/11/2018
Please note that none of the information here can be guaranteed to be correct or ...
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Wickford, Runwell and Shotgate street names. (Part 2)
10/11/2018
Please note that none of the information here can be guaranteed to be correct or ...
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Wickford, Runwell and Shotgate street names. (Part 1)
10/11/2018
Please note that none of the information here can be guaranteed to be correct or ...
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Runwell Hospital. Photographs from the 'Echo' archive.
26/10/2018
When the ‘Echo’ closed its archive a year or two ago these photographs came into ...
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Adrian's
25/10/2018
Adrian’s has been a feature of Wickford High Street for some decades. Although it is ...
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A school report from 1941.
18/10/2018
This is my report dated July 1941 from Wickford infants school: in September the same ...
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The Turnpike in 1930s
18/10/2018
I have a picture taken from a newspaper and showing the Turnpike in the 1930s ...
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Gigney 'advertising plate' - the original.
12/09/2018
“Please see the pictures which I hope will prove of interest. The plate is the ...
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Wickford Floods, 1958: a community exhibition held 60 years later.
12/09/2018
An exhibition remembering the Wickford floods was held in St. Andrew’s Church (20th – 22nd September 2018). Here are some of the memories which were left by visitors.
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Wickford Market 1950s
20/07/2018
This photograph shows a rather drab time. Bright colours were in short supply. The structure in ...
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Wickford Women's Institute Celebrates 100 years.
20/07/2018
The Wickford WI celebrated its 100th anniversary in June 2017 in Christ Church Hall in ...
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Stanley's sermon hits the airwaves
20/07/2018
On the 27th May, 1981, the Rev. Stanley Hodges had the biggest congregation of his ...
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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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Memories of Wickford - Suzette Higgins
23/05/2018
Paula Sloane, one of our Archive members, who sadly died in November 2017, had met ...
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(Higley) DOLPHIN PRINT, since 1983
08/05/2018
My parents bought the shop about 1959 and ran it as a greengrocers. They then ...
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