Our first wooden town sign was erected on Perry Green by the A129 junction with Mountnessing Road to commemorate Queen’s Elizabeth’s Coronation in 1953. Mrs. Cater, founder of the Cater Museum, unveiled the first town sign.
With two restorations, it stood for 40 years.
A second sign on the A176 Noak Hill Road carved by Peter Benson and unveiled in 1986
The original town sign on Perry Green eventually succumbed to age and a new sign, our third, made from weather resistant metal replaced it in March 1997. This sign was designed by the Billericay Society past chairman Roy Mizen.
Erected in 1995, our fourth town sign is in Stock Road [B1007] by the Potash roundabout. This was to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Billericay Society. The main board is made of Iroco, a hard wood from Africa. Splitting of the leg supports damaged this sign in August 1997. It was restored by Peter Benson and was re-erected in October 2000.
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We lived right opposite this sign in the little service road. The 251 & 151 buses used to stop there as well. Lovely sign, so sad to hear of its demise.
We were there from 1958 to 1971.
We lived in a bungalow that was owned by Dr Rylstone until my parents bought it for under 2k!!
The bungalow and the magnificent willow tree have since gone but I noticed that one of the new houses there have kept the name of the bungalow which my mum used as a kindergarten for 13 years called “Glenella Kindergarten”
Many Billericay families would have had a connection with this.
The sign was popular for the kids to run around on the green when the parents were having a natter or waiting for the bus. Happy days
The top picture is of a group of Society members at a bulb planting, hence the spades The Society arranged several bulb planting sessions on this green. One on the 4th November 1985 is possibly shown in this picture.
The new metal sign was actually unveiled on the 29th May 1993.
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