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  • 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...
  • Church Road in Ramsden Bellhouse, and the original houses. 20/07/2021 This is really interesting, the photos and information. I would like to jump in with my story, that my great...
  • Runwell Hospital in a time of war (1). Memories of wartime. (Updated and republished). 15/07/2021 Runwell did have a maternity unit during the war, I think it was based in the old Harper Unit opposite...
  • Runwell Hospital 15/07/2021 David Piper ... During the war Runwell was used as a maternity hospital, they also had a unit for TB...
  • Belmont Avenue, ‘West View’. 14/07/2021 The main building of The Dingle is essentially the same in appearance but it was extended a few years ago....
  • Belmont Avenue, ‘West View’. 12/07/2021 No, The Dingle is further south down Belmont Avenue, at the junction with Leasway. I think it's still the original...
  • Fairmead Estate in 1960s 05/07/2021 I lived at the end of Cranfield Park Road near the Harrows pub from 1949 until 1970. People I remember...
  • Belmont Avenue, ‘West View’. 05/07/2021 Did this house used to be called The Dingle? My father in law used to live in a house like...
  • The site before it became Alpha Garden Centre, on London Road. 04/07/2021 I thought the petrol station and MOT garage was at Crays Hill, next to the mobile home site?
  • Mayfield’s Swimming Pool in Battlesbridge 29/06/2021 I and my brother learnt to swim in that pool. We were living down the bottom of Hawk Lane where...
  • Church Road in Ramsden Bellhouse, and the original houses. 27/06/2021 Mr Clarke was my grandad and he lived at Rozel. He died in his armchair, and had laid out all...
  • Church Road in Ramsden Bellhouse, and the original houses. 27/06/2021 I am trying to trace a school friend from the 60s. His name was Stuart Jenkins or maybe Jenkinson. Also...
  • Deirdre Avenue renumbered? 21/06/2021 I have just found this article and it interests me as I was brought up in Deirdre Avenue and the...
  • Meeting of Wickford Headteachers 18/06/2021 John Poad, head of the table, from Bromfords School, and I believe Mr Lang from Grange Primary is 3 to...
  • A sketch of Mayes Bros, Wickford. 08/06/2021 I remember Mayes, especially your father, Fenella, and your mother at the flower shop. Those were the days. I last...
  • Belmont Avenue (a), memories from the 1950s. 07/06/2021 According to the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission it was Denis Ambrose David Lavin, the son of Thomas...
  • Belmont Avenue (a), memories from the 1950s. 07/06/2021 As far as I am aware Belmont Avenue has always been ‘L’ shaped, the road (or track) on the west...
  • Fremnells Manor and Hanningfield Reservoir(2) 07/06/2021 Yes, the copy of The Sphere to which I refer was published in 1948. Thanks for the correction. David C...
  • Belmont Avenue (a), memories from the 1950s. 05/06/2021 I am the great grandson of William Dermott who lived in The Dingle around 1935 with his 5 children, one...
  • Fremnells Manor and Hanningfield Reservoir(2) 01/06/2021 The Photo in the Illustrated London News actually shows Miss Joan Parry, who came in second. The incorrect labelling of...
Latest articles

  • Found: a pen picture of Wickford 1880

    31/08/2021
    A little gem of a poem.

  • Beauchamps School, 1970s.

    14/08/2021
    I went to Beauchamps School in the 1970s. I remember the teachers so well. Mr ...

  • Early Ramsden Bellhouse, the Church and its Patrons.

    10/08/2021
    The Ramsdens, comprising Ramsden Bellhouse and Ramsden Crays (which was at one time a Royal ...

  • The Early Hanningfields, the Churches and their Patrons.

    05/08/2021
    Background history of the Hanningfield Churches.
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