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  • Wickford War Memorial Fund. 05/12/2021 Editor: Steve Newman, who wrote the earlier articles on the history of the War Memorial, has added a further comment....
  • Water colour paintings of scenes in Wickford. 03/12/2021 As I said before, I remember during the War 39/45 my Mum used to take your sister and me in...
  • A little more history of Shotgate. 01/12/2021 I lived in Shotgate some 45 years ago and I remember the Craig family as I was good friend with...
  • Carpenters Arms public house, Rawreth, near Wickford. 18/11/2021 Some of us bikers from Leigh and Southend used to have a ride along the Arterial Road and visit The...
  • Wickford Library 08/11/2021 Wickford library opened in Market Road in 1963 and held its 50th anniversary in 2013. The plane tree in the...
  • The Harrows public house 06/11/2021 The earlier pub was located in Harrow Road, off Pound Lane, North Benfleet. The A127 was built in the 1930s,...
  • Wickford Library 02/11/2021 When was the current building built and the trees planted? Thank you
  • Wickford Junior School memories. 15/10/2021 Does anyone remember the time the band Andromeda played at this school? It must have been around late 1969. Any...
  • Madge Viscardini’s Memories of the Downham area (Circa 1930), Part 1 12/10/2021 I lived with my Grandma who purchased 'Hillside' in Church Road, Ramsden Bellhouse. Before that was 'Westcroft' and also 'Deodar'....
  • KeilKraft 10/10/2021 My dad, Arthur "Buck" Adams, was the printer at Keil Kraft. He appears in the movie mentioned above. He's dressed...
  • Wickford War Memorial (Part 1) 09/10/2021 Does anyone recognise any Gigneys in this photograph?
  • Information and photographs needed. Can you help? 09/10/2021 Does anyone have a front view of Gigney's shop?
  • Memories of Cranfield Park Road 06/10/2021 Thank you David, Some great information there. I knew about Nancy from the death certificate and that there was an...
  • Memories of Cranfield Park Road 06/10/2021 Hello Peter, Thank you very much for that! Yes it most likely is. I had a problem understanding the old-fashioned...
  • Memories of Cranfield Park Road 06/10/2021 The property in Cranfield Park Road, Wickford was called “Inyati”. Nancy Gonnella, the daughter of Louis Antoni and Margaret Gonnella...
  • The Wickford Floods of 1958. 05/10/2021 That was very interesting. I knew about the floods because my father's parents lived there in a place called 'The...
  • Runwell Residents 04/10/2021 Top picture, far left, my Mum and Dad, Fred and Sylvia Wells. Front left kneeling, David DeAth, front far right...
  • Memories of Cranfield Park Road 04/10/2021 There used to be an "Inyati" in Cranfield Park Road. Could that have been the house?
  • Runwell Hospital in a time of war (1). Memories of wartime. (Updated and republished). 24/09/2021 My grandmother, Rosetta Esther Margaret Comber, nee Avis, (29/9/1894-17/7/1945) died in Runwell Hospital in 1945. Was Runwell Hospital being used...
  • The Vanished Giants of Wickford. 16/09/2021 I remember the giant elms in the church yard that surrounded St Mary's in Runwell, full of nesting rooks in...
  • A Brief History of Shotgate. 16/09/2021 Well I never did! I never thought I would read about my childhood at Shotgate during the period your author...
  • In and around Runwell 12/09/2021 In response to Denis Gode: I am not aware of any such item being manufactured in Runwell, Wickford. Without seeing...
  • In and around Runwell 11/09/2021 Hi Denis, Hope you are well. Thanks for your comment. Unfortunately your Runwell Foundry No 4 "wheel" has no connection...
  • Dr. Clive Bruton (1941-1996): world renowned neuropathologist of Runwell Hospital 09/09/2021 I am from the U.S. and was training in neuropathology in the early 1990s. I had a chance to meet...
  • In and around Runwell 07/09/2021 Hello. Live in North Queensland and playing with a metal detector found a wheel, for want of a better word....
  • Wickford School Netball team, 1954 03/09/2021 Left front row. Joan Gentry, Sandra Burns, Barbara ?. Back row left Helen ?, ???, Rita ?, ???. Sorry girls...
  • Meeting of Wickford Headteachers 03/09/2021 John Davies is shown 6th from the right. Peter Webster, Head of Castledon School, is on the far left.
  • Meeting of Wickford Headteachers 02/09/2021 6th from the right is the former headteacher from Beauchamps School John Davies (?) He wrote a Lett's Study Aids...
  • Edward Bentley, the Runwell Horse-Burker 29/08/2021 Thank you again Julie for your offer to send source info. In particular, the newspaper report and his birth record....
  • Water colour paintings of scenes in Wickford. 26/08/2021 These are beautiful paintings and capture something photos cannot.
  • Belmont Avenue (b), photographs of the end of the 1950s. 24/08/2021 Belmont Manor was originally in 4 and a half acres with 250 fruit trees. My parents purchased it in the...
  • Belmont Avenue (b), photographs of the end of the 1950s. 21/08/2021 Wonderful to hear the history of Belmont Avenue My bungalow is still there and my cousin Janet sent me a...
  • Belmont Avenue (a), memories from the 1950s. 21/08/2021 Wonderful to hear the history of Belmont Avenue
  • Belmont Avenue (b), photographs of the end of the 1950s. 20/08/2021 Remember the little boy falling and dying. Very sad. Also is Nicholas the brother of the little baby sister that...
  • Belmont Avenue (b), photographs of the end of the 1950s. 20/08/2021 I lived in the bungalow which is still there today. I was next door to my mum and dad, Mr...
  • Belmont Avenue (a), memories from the 1950s. 20/08/2021 H E Knowles was my Aunt. She lived in Belmont Manor with my parents Mr and Mrs Large. The original...
  • Edward Bentley, the Runwell Horse-Burker 20/08/2021 I was born in Western Australia. I read your story recently. It was a felonious and malicious crime for which...
  • Wickford Football. 11/08/2021 My dad, Ray Smith, used to run a Rangers side in the 80s. Jon Reeves and Darren Lepper used to...
  • Denis Ife’s Memories of Wickford 11/08/2021 Is your wife related to Frankie Longman[?] of Wickford? He was around when I was a kid in the 70s,...
  • Edward Bentley, the Runwell Horse-Burker 11/08/2021 Thank you Jeannine. I came across a mention of the story when I was researching one of the men who...
  • Edward Bentley, the Runwell Horse-Burker 08/08/2021 Thank you, Julie, your story is very interesting. I am his great-great granddaughter. Where did you find these details? Best...
  • PEOPLE OF OLD WICKFORD 03/08/2021 My great grandfather, George Henry Stubbings, and his wife Elizabeth Sophia Carter, lived at 8 Brick Field Cottages, Nevendon Road....
  • Ben Simpson 03/08/2021 The shorter of the two men is Ron Parker, who I believe was the Wickford Sub-Postmaster, who lived in the...
  • Pynning’s Farm, West Hanningfield 01/08/2021 Essex Herald 22 January 1839 and Chelmsford Chronicle 25 January 1839. Charity Commissioners Report by Mr Wrottesly. Parish of Great...
  • St Margaret’s Church, Downham: the ‘Phoenix’ Church (1) 01/08/2021 The previous ring of four bells was hung in an old frame and fittings which were in a derelict condition....
  • Gateway Supermarket 29/07/2021 I remember working at Gateways when I was 15 in 1988.
  • Mayfield’s Swimming Pool in Battlesbridge 25/07/2021 I also worked at VME about the same time. I was the welder there. Trouble is I cannot remember anyone's...
  • A Brief History of Shotgate. 24/07/2021 I was born in 34 Fanton Walk and lived there until around 1970. My father claimed he helped dig Fanton...
  • Church Road in Ramsden Bellhouse, and the original houses. 21/07/2021 Delighted to see the photograph of GULSTON. My parents lived there approximately 1929 to 1935. My father worked in the...
  • WICKFORD TOWN YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB – the history. 20/07/2021 I'm in that photo, I think. Great club under managers Dave Nuding, George Martin(?) Thinking of a reunion...
Latest articles

  • Wickford War Memorial Fund.

    27/11/2021
    A collection of old documents throws light on a Trust established after the First World War.

  • Wickford Library, the Mural

    26/11/2021
    What will happen to the mural around the outside of the library when the library moves from Market Road?

  • Memories of William and Margaret Dell

    13/11/2021
    From Wickford, Essex to Wickford, Rhode Island.

  • Battlesbridge Swimming Pool

    06/10/2021
    Memories of the swimming pool at Battlesbridge.
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