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  • New Supermarket? 29/11/2023 I Worked at Somerfields in the early 2000's. From other sources it was originally KeyMarkets, Gateway then purchased and rebranded...
  • Cars and Carnivals 24/11/2023 The house in pictures 1, 2 and 4 could well be 80 London Road (opposite St Peters Terrace).
  • The Tolstoyan Colony in Wickford 23/11/2023 The Wickford Colony gets a mention in a book by W H G Armytage entitled Heavens Below: Utopian experiments in...
  • Bromfords School 21/11/2023 Bill Bolton maths second set not mentioned Mr Gardiner (top set maths) Mr Arthur (english) not mentioned
  • ‘Ghosts’ of Wickford 20/11/2023 Hi! I know quite a lot about ghosts, I'm not an expert but I was wondering if anyone suspects the...
  • The Vanished Giants of Wickford. 20/11/2023 This is very interesting, it's so sad that these fascinating, tall trees are being cut down by the wind or...
  • Carter & Ward, in the early days. 15/11/2023 Hi my name is James Burbidge Edward Phillip Bewers was my Grandfather and my mother was Ivy D Bewers one...
  • Pardy and Johnson 09/11/2023 Pardy & Johnson had a grocery / general store in Aveley, Essex. Sawdust on floor boards! The ham slicer scared...
  • St Nicholas, Rawreth 07/11/2023 As stated above, there was an association with the Priory and Convent at Prittlewell, but Newcourt, who was the Proctor...
  • St Nicholas, Rawreth 27/10/2023 Is it true that nuns were also buried on site, as it was also a nunnery ?
  • Simpsons Restaurant, 1977. 23/10/2023 My mum used to take me into Simpsons, back in the mid to late sixties. I believe it was a...
  • Madge Viscardini’s Memories of the Downham area (Circa 1930), Part 3 20/10/2023 My grandmother, Alice Paylor, lived in a house very near The Grange, I can’t remember the name, but I used...
  • Found! A new school on what is now Halls Corner. 20/10/2023 I believe the building on the map to be St George’s School. See “St George’s School-Wickford” (Bob Plimmer 17/10/2012), on...
  • Madge Viscardini’s Memories of the Downham area (Circa 1930), Part 1 19/10/2023 Thank you for this. My great grandfather was the Patten who ran the shops in the village. I spent much...
  • Photographs around Wickford, some unknown locations. 19/10/2023 Photo 5 is clearly behind 'Plush'.
  • Found! A new school on what is now Halls Corner. 18/10/2023 Yes I can So please connect with me.
  • A sketch of Mayes Bros, Wickford. 17/10/2023 Could Simon Mayes please contact me. I am the Secretary of Wickford Cricket Club and have been approached by Chelsea...
  • A sketch of Mayes Bros, Wickford. 15/10/2023 Does anyone know the final resting place of Arnold Jack Mayes, who played for Chelsea between 1935 and 1939, and...
  • A sketch of Mayes Bros, Wickford. 13/10/2023 Message for Fenella & Simon Mayes. My father worked at the shop in the very early 1920s as a boy...
  • Church Road in Ramsden Bellhouse, and the original houses. 24/09/2023 With reference to 'The Chalet', I am sure I lived next door to it in 'Westcroft', and my friend, called...
  • Friern Farm 24/09/2023 Edwin Goodspeed and Elizabeth Goodspeed were my Great Grandparents. This is the first bit of History I have found on...
  • A Hospital in Wickford? 24/09/2023 Being hospital land does not make it a hospital. Runwell Hospital and Billericay Hospital were the only two in the...
  • Memories of of Downham and South Hanningfield 21/09/2023 The comments are very informative, and it is nice to see some of the people I knew in our village....
  • Burr Hall 19/09/2023 It would appear that by 1939 Percy S Anderson had moved to nearby Rayleigh, Essex, with his family. Name: Percy...
  • Runwell Hospital, the chapel. 19/09/2023 St. Luke's Church was the largest in the parish of Wickford (St. Catherine's, St. Mary's and St. Luke's). The surrounding...
  • History associated with The Chichester Hotel 19/09/2023 It was lovely to read the history behind 'The Chichester'. It's a big part of Wickford.
  • Memories of South Hanningfield. 19/09/2023 Beverly Jay I would be interested how you are connected to the Wootton family. I am the granddaughter of Peter...
  • Memories of South Hanningfield. 17/09/2023 It was my mum's sister that lost her life in Hanningfield reservoir in 1956. It still haunts her to this...
  • The oldest piece of street furniture in Wickford 09/09/2023 I remember this well. When I was young (1960s) I scraped away some of the soil around the base as...
  • The Quart Pot pub, Runwell Road. 06/09/2023 Information suggests A. Guiver was proprietor from 1937 - 1955
  • A Hospital in Wickford? 30/08/2023 The site was owned by Bartholomew Hospital. See my article 'Friern Farm' on this website.
  • A Hospital in Wickford? 30/08/2023 I have from the Essex Records Office a copy of a map of land for sale dated 1732 Survey Tim...
  • A Hospital in Wickford? 30/08/2023 I don't know about a hospital I think the label says Hospital Farm though.
  • Belmont Avenue (a), memories from the 1950s. 23/08/2023 Note to Nicolas White. Could the address have been 52 not 32 as we have lived at number 52 since...
  • Blue plaque for Marian Wilberforce 21/08/2023 I remember her back in 1963. I delivered fruit and veg to her house in Borwick Lane. She was was...
  • Building in Lower Southend Road 19/08/2023 I lived in this house, 24 Southend Road, from 1959 until February 1967. It had about 200 rose bushes when...
  • Local schoolboy chosen to carry Olympic Torch. 19/08/2023 George is now a Basildon Councillor, representing the Wickford Park ward.
  • Photos from the Peter Nutt Collection 16/08/2023 Interesting pics. Top Pic – Yes, the photograph was taken from a position opposite the Swan with a part of...
  • Marion Wilberforce – a resident of Nevendon Manor. 09/08/2023 On 9th August, 2023, a blue plaque was unveiled at Nevendon Manor,
  • Barry Patmore – Morten Harket come to town! 05/08/2023 I have all the documentation, photos and memorabilia still to the Barry Patmore cystic fibrosis runs, having helped organise it...
  • The Castle – destruction of a pub 27/07/2023 The Castle was advertised to be let in the Ipswich Journal of August 17, 1765. It was described as “A...
  • The Castle – destruction of a pub 27/07/2023 The Castle pub was very popular with all my friends back in 1969, it was our meeting place. I met...
  • The Post Office 23/07/2023 My Mum and Dad ran the bakery and shop 1961-1965 ish; the post office part had moved elsewhere.
  • Hereward Gardens 1960 15/07/2023 I lived in the white cottage just where the milk float is.
  • Wickford Junior School Swimming Pool 04/07/2023 I was at school with Colin Reschwamm. I was a pupil at Wickford Junior School from 1961-1965. I was in...
  • KeilKraft 01/07/2023 We found a Keil Kraft Short Seamew here in Fredrikstad, Norway. Its unmade, in its original box. Would someone appreciate...
  • ‘Jasmin’, Sugden Avenue. 30/06/2023 Before the war my Mother's family purchased 3 plots of land in Sugden Avenue. Each one was 20 foot by...
  • Shotgate Plotting 20/06/2023 In the 70s, my paper round from Bunces required me to make a delivery at Shotgate Farm. My round finished...
  • Runwell Hospital, the chapel. 14/06/2023 Hi. I was the organist there when the Revd David Lloyd was the priest. It was from about 1980 to...
  • Football Teams of Wickford – photographs of some of the teams from 1949 and 1967. 08/06/2023 Great picture of the 1949 Runwell Hospital football team. I have identified the following from left to right. Back row...
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  • Cars and Carnivals

    23/11/2023
    These photographs are from the collection of the late Mr Peter Nutt. Can anybody identify ...

  • A Mystery Photograph

    18/11/2023
    Can you assist us with information about this photograph?

  • Wickford Wistful Wanderings

    30/08/2023
    School and village life in the early 1950s

  • A Hospital in Wickford?

    29/08/2023
    A request for information about an item on an 1805 map of Wickford.
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