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  • 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...
  • Guinea Pig Hall 15/06/2018 I remember living there in the early 1950s. There was a little round out-house behind it....it was thatched as well,...
  • The Salvation Army in Wickford – its hall, early 1900s 12/06/2018 I am currently researching Salvation Army buildings in Wickford and Runwell and therefore find this photo interesting. The location is...
  • Wickford War Memorial (Part 2) 12/06/2018 The local RAF man was architect Douglas Pearcy.
  • Congregational Church 09/06/2018 My family were regular members and we met with Gladys Aylward when she visited the Church. We did not move...
  • Hall’s, Corn and Seed Merchant, (1) 08/06/2018 That part of the High Street was busy with produce-merchant shops in the 1950s and 60s, as not many doors...
  • Franklin’s Butchers (1), the shop, early 1900s 04/06/2018 In the early 70s I used to regularly shop at Franklins buying half a lamb that would jointed and packed...
  • Building in Lower Southend Road 04/06/2018 The dentist was Keanes. My uncle Bill (William) Brassett and his daughter, Sandra, lived in one of the bungalows near...
  • The Vanished Giants of Wickford. 29/05/2018 Following on from my earlier comment, I have just been visiting my mother in Wickford and took a moment to...
  • Sergeant Frederick Brewer 25/05/2018 When Sgt Brewer retired from the Police the family moved to to Wick Drive.
  • South Hanningfield and Wickford memories 23/05/2018 Thanks for the history on Poplars Farm. My father, Thomas S. Mallinson bought Poplars Farm as it was next to...
  • Sergeant Frederick Brewer 21/05/2018 A few years back I bought a 1958 Ford Prefect classic car. Tracing its history, it was bought from The...
  • The Chat and Chew Club. 15/05/2018 This was my lovely Mum's cafe. Please do you have any more pics?
  • Madge Viscardini’s Memories of the Downham area (Circa 1930), Part 1 10/05/2018 Delighted to find some personal recollections of Ramsden Heath and the junior school at Downham. I emigrated to South Australia...
  • What’s in a name? 10/05/2018 Hi Alex, my sincere thanks for your kind words and my apologies for late response, having only just found your...
  • What’s in a name? 07/05/2018 Hi Trevor, Thanks for sharing the story. Its truly admirable how much time you have spent researching to detail the...
  • Prentice’s cycle shop (Republished August 2016 with family photograph). 05/05/2018 I remember Vaughan going to the Windmill pub with ‘the gang’ in 1975! I moved to Jersey.
  • George Key of Bretts Cottage, Runwell Road 05/05/2018 Could it be that they are standing out the front of the property, as the road is visible and what...
  • The Happy Hours Club 30/04/2018 I was Happy Hours Club chairman from it's formation, my wife Joan appears in the photos above. The photos bring...
  • ‘Ghosts’ of Wickford 29/04/2018 Bridge over the Wick. Saw a person in black.
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  • MEMORIES OF ELIZABETH (BETTY) SHYNN, NEE WATTS, APRIL 2018.

    24/05/2018
    In 1941 my family moved from Thundersley to Wickford. At first we lived in a ...

  • Memories of Wickford - Suzette Higgins

    23/05/2018
    Paula Sloane, one of our Archive members, who sadly died in November 2017, had met ...

  • DOLPHIN PRINT 1959-2018

    08/05/2018
    My parents bought the shop about 1959 and ran it as a greengrocers.  They then ...

  • 'West View', Belmont Avenue.

    05/05/2018
    ‘West View’ is one of the oldest houses in Belmont Avenue, being built in 1905 ...
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