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  • George Key of Bretts Cottage, Runwell Road 09/03/2019 My family moved to numbers 1 and 2 Pondlands Bungalows, Runwell Road in September 1979. I remember the small field...
  • Early Days in Wickford 09/03/2019 I remember Bill Hales and his wife who ran the shop in Swan Lane. At one time they had two...
  • Various scenes around Wickford – the London Road 07/03/2019 I was born in 1950 in Belmont Avenue, our house was called 'Windermere'. We had about 4 acres which eventually...
  • A little more history of Shotgate. 03/03/2019 Simon Boughey sent in this request about a property called 'Kismet' in Shotgate: "I'm looking into the history of a...
  • Mayfield’s Swimming Pool in Battlesbridge 24/02/2019 I went a few times in the Summer around 1957-8 for a bit of a splash-about but all I can...
  • The Wheatsheaf, Rettendon Common 20/02/2019 I used to visit this pub back in the 60s with my mum, Mary. I believe she was born at...
  • Recollections of Tony Livermore about the Church of England School. 15/02/2019 My grand father R Harris moved to Shotgate 1924. They lived at 16 Fanton Walk; my mother was 13. She...
  • Wickford in the Second World War 14/02/2019 My father was in the Home Guard at Shotgate. He had a rifle; I know because I got a finger...
  • Memories of South Hanningfield. 12/02/2019 How many years after the Wooten Family lost their daughter to the reservoir, did the Goymer Family lose their son...
  • Runwell Hospital in a time of war (2). (Sequel to previous article on memories of Runwell Hospital during wartime). 08/02/2019 I recall and correct the name of my former colleague to John Mugford (not Mugley).
  • Wickford floods – a personal view 08/02/2019 Thanks John
  • Wickford in the Second World War 08/02/2019 My father, Arthur Reed served as a Private in the Wickford Home Guard from 17th January 1944 to 31st December...
  • Wickford floods – a personal view 07/02/2019 The photographs of Nevendon Road are actually of Wick Drive. The guy swimming with a cigarette in his mouth is...
  • ‘The Briars’, Sugden Avenue. 05/02/2019 My mother and father-in-law lived in 'Mavis, Sugden Avenue. The property backed onto the Wick and when the river flooded...
  • A sketch of Mayes Bros, Wickford. 03/02/2019 There was a Bobbie Mayes and also a Sonia Mayes too! They all lived with their Mum and Dad in...
  • Runwell Hospital in a time of war (2). (Sequel to previous article on memories of Runwell Hospital during wartime). 02/02/2019 I was delighted to read your account of the photographs taken by Mr Tom Hall. I knew Tom Hall as...
  • WW2 Recovered V2 Rocket Venturi 30/01/2019 I remember a V2 falling just past the bridge (Southend line, on Dollimans Farm) by the side of a pond....
  • A sketch of Mayes Bros, Wickford. 27/01/2019 I posted something 3 years ago about Mayes Bros. as my father Andy Smith worked there and I remember him...
  • A sketch of Mayes Bros, Wickford. 24/01/2019 As far as I remember there were three Mayes brothers. I only knew two when I worked there as a...
  • Green Stores 24/01/2019 Thank you Robin for mentioning Harold Locke, he is my father. He took over the Wickford shop in 1935. He...
  • A little more history of Shotgate. 22/01/2019 Editor: These comments are from Kenneth Saward, "My grandparents moved from Edmonton, London, to Shotgate in 1924. They lived at...
  • KeilKraft 17/01/2019 Remember them, they were still working there in 1976 when I had a look around the showrooms, with completed planes...
  • Sergeant Frederick Brewer 11/01/2019 I remember Sgt. Brewer well. During the war I was with my father in the market. The black market in...
  • A little more history of Shotgate. 06/01/2019 My Dad grew up at, I believe, 16 Fanton Walk in the 1950s/60s. His name was Terry Mayne and he...
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