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  • The South Green Sign

    The South Green Sign

    07/06/2018
    When designs for the South Green sign were considered the history of the Green was ...
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  • Before Sunnymead School

    Before Sunnymead School

    30/04/2018
    DID YOU KNOW…. Before Sunnymede School was built the school land was intended to be ...
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  • Mayflower in the 1960s

    Mayflower in the 1960s

    30/03/2018
    Looking through our family photograph albums I was amazed to find this old photograph of ...
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  • Memories of Lockers

    Memories of Lockers

    30/03/2018
    I was bought up in Lockers on the Southend Rd from 1950 to approx 1962 ...
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  • 105-103 High Street

    105-103 High Street

    15/03/2018
    Caleb Houghton, linen draper, occupied this premises in 1848 adding a grocery department in 1860.  ...
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  • Ball's Plastics Factory

    Ball's Plastics Factory

    28/02/2018
    The Former Ball’s Plastics factory in Kennel Lane faced  farmland with the triangle of South ...
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  • St. Peter's School

    St. Peter's School

    28/02/2018
    In the late 1960s two schools were planned for this site, infant and this junior. ...
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  • Train Derailment

    Train Derailment

    06/02/2018
    These photos show the aftermath of a train derailment said to be in 1956 before ...
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  • Taking the Bus to Work

    Taking the Bus to Work

    30/12/2017
    The double deck bus shown above at the Chequers junction with the High Street shows ...
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  • Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church

    Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church

    21/12/2017
    The Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Laindon Road has a brass plaque on the ...
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  • 2Lt. Percival Edey Cripps

    2Lt. Percival Edey Cripps

    18/12/2017
    Service number ‘99802’ – 1/5th Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Killed in action on Saturday ...
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  • Cpt. Jim Marcham

    Cpt. Jim Marcham

    18/12/2017
    Service number ‘146096’ – Intelligence Corps Killed on Sunday 7th January 1945, aged 38 Son of Joseph ...
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  • Leading Seaman Rupert Henry Evans

    Leading Seaman Rupert Henry Evans

    17/12/2017
    Service number “C/JX150615 – Royal Navy H.M.S. Warspite Killed in action on Thursday 16th September 1943, ...
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  • Sgt. John Sidney Wall

    Sgt. John Sidney Wall

    17/12/2017
    Service number ‘927481’ – 100 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on Monday 15th February 1943, ...
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  • Sapper Frederick Wade

    Sapper Frederick Wade

    17/12/2017
    Service number ‘211357’ – 28 Bomb Disposal Engineers Killed on Friday 23rd June 1944, aged 24. Son ...
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  • Sgt. Charles Corbett Stevens

    Sgt. Charles Corbett Stevens

    17/12/2017
    Service number ‘946087’ – 156 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Killed on Wednesday 20th May ...
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  • Flt. Sgt. Robert Ernest Pugh

    Flt. Sgt. Robert Ernest Pugh

    17/12/2017
    Service number ‘1616263’ – 644 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Killed on Thursday 19th July ...
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  • 2Lt. George Anthony Cripps

    2Lt. George Anthony Cripps

    17/12/2017
    Service No. 105586 – 2/5th Bttn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) Killed in action on Monday ...
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  • Private Edmund Mark Wiffen Hornsby

    Private Edmund Mark Wiffen Hornsby

    15/12/2017
    Service Number ‘G/67440 – ‘C’ Coy. 6th Bn. The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) Killed in ...
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  • Private James Wilfred Rayment

    Private James Wilfred Rayment

    15/12/2017
    Service Number ‘6/1964’ – 1st  Bn. Canterbury Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force Died on 9th July ...
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  • Sgt. Herbert Stewart

    Sgt. Herbert Stewart

    15/12/2017
    Service Number ‘250466’ – Essex Regiment, 9th Bn. Died of wounds 24th August 1918 aged 33. Husband ...
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  • Great Burstead War Memorial

    Great Burstead War Memorial

    15/12/2017
    The memorial at Great Burstead is on the left side of the porch of St ...
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  • Second World War Memorial

    Second World War Memorial

    14/12/2017
    The Second World War Memorial is placed behind the First World War Memorial and was ...
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  • Sgt Henry Thomas Joel

    Sgt Henry Thomas Joel

    14/12/2017
    Born December 1921 in West Ham, son of William Henry Joel and Dorothy Joel (nee ...
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Latest comments
  • Key markets/Gateway 30/07/2022 I lived in Billericay from 1972 until 1981, when my family moved to Sussex.. My parents didn't drive so we...
  • Before Sunnymead School 25/07/2022 I too did my first ever swimming badges in the freezing raised pool at Sunnymede - a "width" and a...
  • Archer Hall 23/07/2022 I went to ballet and tap classes both here at Archer Hall and also above the Co-op in the High...
  • H.M.S. Cattistock 17/07/2022 My grandfather served on Cattistock during the war, he was chief stoker.
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