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  • 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'...
  • 4. The High Street. 21/08/2018 My Grannie Rodgers (born 1846 in Newry, Ireland) lived in the black boarded cottage in the High Street, (probably where...
  • Gigney ‘advertising plate’ found. 20/08/2018 One of my 2 sisters-in-law has one, what in the family was I presume to be a one-off. Why would...
  • MEMORIES OF ELIZABETH (BETTY) SHYNN, NEE WATTS, APRIL 2018. 12/08/2018 I lived next door to the Shynn family in Nevendon Road. Near the Hallmark Hatcheries, at No 160. Was there...
  • Henry Robert Bewers 12/08/2018 He and his brother are also listed on the Hockley war memorial too. As a child we had a large...
  • Franklin’s Butchers (1), the shop, early 1900s 05/08/2018 Albert Warren is mentioned in an earlier comment. I wonder if he's my relative? My grandad was Albert Warren, his...
  • The High Street in the late 1940s and early 1950s 03/08/2018 Great write-up on Wickford High Street, loved reading it. The dry cleaners was Lush and Cook, a tiny shop. I...
  • Memories of South Hanningfield 19/07/2018 I worked at 'Bearmains' in the early 1990s, when it was a care home. I'd like to know more of...
  • Wickford Junction Signal Box 14/07/2018 I can remember cleaning the outside of those windows with the trains thundering closely past. Used to terrify me. In...
  • The Wickford signal box 1980s (2) 14/07/2018 I sat for many hours in Wickford signal box learning rules and regs from Signalman 'Sausage' Harris.
  • The Vanished Giants of Wickford. 14/07/2018 Both articles about the elm trees in Wickford were so interesting. Wickford was known for its elm trees, it is...
  • W.L. English Butcher’s van 12/07/2018 Apparently this gentlemen was my great, great grandfather. My nan was Amy English, who married a Charman.
  • Sir Bertram Hyde Jones 10/07/2018 Great guy, fascinating material.
  • Mayfield’s Swimming Pool in Battlesbridge 03/07/2018 I went to Ashingdon Primary School and we were bussed to Battlesbridge open air pool for weekly swimming lessons. In...
  • Fremnells Manor and Hanningfield Reservoir 02/07/2018 An article appeared in the "Weekly News" August 16, 2007 (p18) celebrating the 50th anniversary of the creation of the...
  • Runwell Post Office early 1900s 23/06/2018 The lady in question that had this quaint little village shop/sub Post Office was Mrs. Lilly Stokes, a great personal...
Latest articles

  • Gigney 'advertising plate' - the original.

    12/09/2018
    “Please see the pictures which I hope will prove of interest. The plate is the ...

  • Wickford Floods 1958: a community exhibition

    12/09/2018
    St. Andrew’s Church, 20th – 22nd September 2018.

  • Wickford Market 1950s

    20/07/2018
    This photograph shows a rather drab time. Bright colours were in short supply. The structure in ...

  • Wickford Women's Institute Celebrate 100 years.

    20/07/2018
    On the 12th June 2017, Wickford Women’s Institute celebrated their 100th anniversary. The Queen sent ...
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