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  • Church Road in Ramsden Bellhouse, and the original houses. 10/11/2018 I lived in Church Road, at 'Little Warrens', next to Davis nursery which was 3 doors down from the church....
  • The Manor House at Ramsden Bellhouse 08/11/2018 This is now my house which I bought 2 years ago. I would love more history on my house, if...
  • Swan Garage. 05/11/2018 I am quite sure this is my father, Joe Green, being carried by Franklin the butcher!
  • V2 Rocket Venturi, Sugden Avenue, 3rd December 1944. 31/10/2018 This is a wonderful find, great photos and a great project. I can remember playing as a child in the...
  • A little more history of Shotgate. 21/10/2018 With reference to the Bobcroot comment, the Billericay Urban District was renamed Basildon Urban District in 1955, so the land...
  • A school report from 1941. 18/10/2018 Editor: Compare this report with the long, detailed (and complicated) ones produced in schools now.
  • Church Road in Ramsden Bellhouse, and the original houses. 18/10/2018 My grandparents, Grace and William Overing, bought the Gables (see above) in the mid 1920s, and my mother was born...
  • Wickford Secondary School 1951/2 – School Trip 16/10/2018 P.S. The Hague twins were John and David.
  • Wickford Secondary School 1951/2 – School Trip 16/10/2018 I remember the trip very well. The mill race ran right through the youth hostel building and we were told...
  • Wickford Secondary School 1951/2 – School Play, 16/10/2018 It's two years since Bob Croot suggested a reunion of the class of 51/2 but it's still a good idea....
  • Wickford Animal Market 04/10/2018 This picture is how I remember the cattle market in the 1940s. And the cattle pens at the railway station...
  • Wickford Floods 1958: a community exhibition 23/09/2018 Editor: Linda Payne visited the exhibition and added the following comment, which highlighted the fact that flooding was a problem...
  • George Anstead, Hairdresser. 23/09/2018 After George retired the business was taken over by Jill Turner (Tucker), who is my sister, and Helen Osuji. Both...
  • The Wickford Branch Library 20/09/2018 This entry was about the public library run by the Essex County Council. There were also private libraries which people...
  • Wickford floods – more personal pictures of the floods 18/09/2018 I think that the shop (to the left of the Post Office in Southend Road) is actually Sargant’s Greengrocers. This...
  • Wick Farm 12/09/2018 Editor. In late April 2018, Les came back with another comment. "After discussing the dates with relations yesterday, it is...
  • Runwell Hall – the Lordship of the Manor of Runwell. 06/09/2018 My grandmother, Ethel May, was cook at Runwell Hall in the early 1900s, and married Mark Gentry, who also worked...
  • Nevendon School 03/09/2018 My mum went to this school. Her name was Shirley Rickards, and she was born in 1938.
  • What’s in a name? 28/08/2018 Thanks for the guidance Trevor. I went with EB-M in B scheme in the end and the model is almost...
  • Southlands Farm 26/08/2018 Do you know anything about Poplars Farm, Rettenden, when the army camp was there?
  • Poplars Farm House, Runwell. 26/08/2018 I lived in Rettendon at Merryfield bungalow, Chalk Street, as did my grandmother further up. My dad was stationed at...
  • Wickford floods – a personal view 26/08/2018 Thank you for posting these photographs of byegone Wickford. They are wonderful snapshots of the life and times that were....
  • MEMORIES OF ELIZABETH (BETTY) SHYNN, NEE WATTS, APRIL 2018. 25/08/2018 I remember you and your family well, and also your brother, Donald. A bit of the hedge that was between...
  • Guinea Pig Hall 21/08/2018 I too was related to Jack and Silva Carter - they were both second-cousins, so I visited 'Guinea Pig Hall'...
Latest articles

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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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