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Open Spaces

Here you will find details and memories of the open spaces in and around Billericay from Woods to Parks, Playing Fields to Playgrounds.

  • Boating

    Boating

    Boats in Lake Meadows
  • Bomb Disposal on Laindon Common

    Bomb Disposal on Laindon Common

    Sorting through some old 35mm slides recently I found a photograph that I had taken ...
  • Coronation Pageant 1953

    Coronation Pageant 1953

    Celebrating the start of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II
  • Fun in the Park

    Fun in the Park

    Old photograph of Lake Meadows
  • Lake Meadows

    Lake Meadows

    How the park came about
  • Lake Meadows

    Lake Meadows

    Fishing Memories
  • Lake Meadows in the 60s

    Lake Meadows in the 60s

    Memories of growing up
  • May Queen 1950s

    May Queen 1950s

    I found this photo at my mother’s old house. I believe it was taken at ...
  • South Green Recreation Ground

    South Green Recreation Ground

    Memories
  • Summer at Sun Corner in the 1970's

    Summer at Sun Corner in the 1970's

    The Play Hut
  • The Battle of Norsey Wood 1381

    The Battle of Norsey Wood 1381

    Most Billericay townspeople know that in 1381 there occurred the Battle of Norsey Wood, the ...
  • The Child in the Park

    The Child in the Park

    Lake Meadows
  • The Coronation

    The Coronation

    Gt. Burstead County Primary School
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