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John Lindsay
19/11/2023
It is with the deepest regret and sadness that I have inform you of the ...
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Remembrance Sunday 12th November 2023
17/11/2023
Remembrance Sunday 12th November 2023 It was another excellent turnout at 3pm for this year’s Remembrance ...
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Laindon Calendar 2024
09/11/2023
Our 2024 Calendar is now available, If you would like one please contact me on ...
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Laindon Revellers
06/11/2023
This is a picture featuring some members of the Laindon Revellers – Bill Guy, Jean ...
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Prince of Wales pub excursion
21/10/2023
Can anyone help identify when and where this photograph was taken? Ellen English found the ...
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Royston Avenue VE Day street party
21/10/2023
Ellen English has very kindly provided some photographs taken at a VE Day street party ...
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Memories of LHCC
17/09/2023
I played for Langdon Hills CC in the 60’s can remember Pay bros and Smith ...
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Looking for help with my family -Barham and Gough.
11/09/2023
I am looking for some help, my mum was born and brought up in Laindon. ...
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Dry Street Development - Road Names
12/08/2023
Next to the Westley Green Development in Dry Street by Redrow is the Woodside Place ...
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CANCELLED Memory morning 28th August 2023
11/08/2023
THE MEETING DUE TO BE HELD 0N THE 28TH AUGUST HAS REGRETFULLY BEEN CANCELLED BECAUSE ...
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Dry Street - Road Names
10/06/2023
Hawes Place road sign on the Westley Mews development behind the hospital is in honour ...
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Seeking info on sullivan family
06/06/2023
My grandad lived at ‘The Nook’ Church Road but I’m seeking any information about my ...
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Living Landscape Interpretation Board
11/05/2023
If you take a walk down to Langdon Hills Recreation Ground, you will find up ...
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New Book Release on Laindon
11/05/2023
New Book Release on Laindon After several months of researching the newspapers and other documents and ...
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Westley Cricket 1956
23/04/2023
First of all I must introduce myself; my name is Brian Cunningham and my family ...
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Memories of Ivydene, Langdon Hills
23/03/2023
My family, the Hoopers, moved into ‘Ivydene’ around the late 1950s. They moved in during ...
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Midland Bank, Laindon
13/03/2023
I wonder if any visitors to this site remember the Midland Bank, Laindon , which ...
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March 2023 Memory Day
13/03/2023
Laindon and District Community Archive Our next Memory and Coffee Day Will be on Saturday 25th March ...
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Finished, the church that old Tom built
07/03/2023
Article in a local newspaper by Floyd Waterworth Old Tom Price is not a man to ...
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Auntie Page
26/02/2023
My parents had a friend called “Auntie Page” who lived in the first bungalow on ...
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'Rosedene' Durban Road
31/12/2022
My family, the Adams, lived in Rosedene on Durban Road and were bombed, ‘blown to ...
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A Christmas tale.
29/12/2022
Tom Monk was a year ahead of me at Chelmsford Tech. He and at least ...
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Westley Green
12/12/2022
A further three Road Names have been added to the Westley Green, development behind St ...
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Quinton and Walker Families
07/12/2022
Hi all, I’ve recently been tracing my family history and looking to see if anyone has ...
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