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  • Shopping Outing 02/12/2020 I was born in Billericay 1957 and lived in Saffron Walk. I remember walking to Sunnymead School quite a way...
  • History of a House 29/11/2020 I knew a Danny at the children's home, I spent Xmas 1963 there. Some American people came and took Danny...
  • Testing Times 26/11/2020 Wow after all these years! I ended up playing far too much Sport at Billericay and, like you Keith, got...
  • The Retreat 25/11/2020 On my Birth certificate dated 15th June 1950, my birth location is given as 'The Retreat', Gt. Burstead, Essex. My...
  • Memories of Billericay School 22/11/2020 I was at the Newt pond at the top of Outwood Common Road with Danny and Chrissie Quinton. Danny said...
  • Life in the fifties at the Billericay School 21/11/2020 I went to school from 1953-58. I remember Miss Killeen, Miss Norris for English and music, Mrs Kefford for games,...
  • Quilters Junior School Centenary Celebrations in 1978 17/11/2020 I think a Jubilee mug is still knocking around my mother's house somewhere. I'm sure I saw it recently. I...
  • A Billericay schoolboy 12/11/2020 Wow! We must have bumped into one another some time. I was a few years behind you at the infants...
  • Boys Will Be Boys 12/11/2020 We too had a Moody house, ours was in Norsey Road at the top of Jacksons Lane, we were the...
  • Changes to Billericay 11/11/2020 I remember an awful lot of this, I was born in St Andrews Hospital in 1957 and lived in the...
  • Mayflower in the 1960s 11/11/2020 I started here in 1969 and the school must have doubled in size over the five years I was there....
  • A Perry Street Kid 11/11/2020 Andy. I remember you from Mayflower School. I remember Shuttleworth's shop, it was the only place open on a Sunday...
  • The 400th Anniversary of the Sailing of the Mayflower 11/11/2020 Really interesting talk, thank you Susan. I shall look out for that plaque next time I'm in Slipped Discs.
  • Foxcroft Children’s Home Remembered 10/11/2020 Me and my 2 sisters went to Foxcroft from 1968 for about 3 years, at the time there was only...
  • Wartime Memories 10/11/2020 Were children evacuated in Billericay. My Mum has now passed, but she always insisted that an uncle of mine was...
  • My Scouting Career 10/11/2020 Does anyone remember Ralph Reader visiting the 4th Billericay scout group? I wasn't in the scouts very long but I...
  • Testing Times 08/11/2020 "Mutual Admiration" Having just read "Testing Times" I would like to say how personable I found Keith Clempson as a...
  • Memories of Billericay School 25/10/2020 I attended Billericay School, leaving as a 5th former in 1961. These reminiscences certainly take me back to a time...
  • The Pilgrim John Howland 12/10/2020 As John was described as a servant, I imagine he had already up sticks to work for John Carver,...
  • Childhood Memories 12/10/2020 Thanks for your comment Paul. I would love it if anyone who attended the dances could add some detail.
  • The Pilgrim Myles Standish 10/10/2020 Hello Paul, thanks for your comments. I love the idea that Miles Standish may have met up with his fellow...
  • Childhood Memories 07/10/2020 I think the description and memory of the dance at Billericay School just fantastic, It reminded me of a similar...
  • The Pilgrim John Howland 07/10/2020 Hello I have several questions, maybe you could answer. In the Fens where John lived, did he sell his belongings...
  • The Pilgrim Myles Standish 07/10/2020 Fascinating post Siàn about your family connection to the Mayflower, I too am fascinated by the History of Billericay. The...
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