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Brian Cordell
22/07/2021
Brian Cordell It is with great sadness that we have to report the passing of Brian ...
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Grant Best Limited, Durham Road: A potted history
18/06/2021
The firm was inaugurated and owned by my parents, Francis and Ethel Grant, of Victoria ...
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Cliftonville, the home of Grace Healing
09/06/2021
In the course of researching my family history I am piecing together the movements of ...
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Nina Humphrey 1946 - 2021
02/06/2021
With great sadness we announce the news that Nina lost her battle with her illness ...
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St Nicholas Church by Georgina Nottage
22/05/2021
ST NICHOLAS CHURCH by Georgina Nottage The Church of St Nicholas sits on high spire high in the ...
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PROGRESS FOR BETTER OR WORSE by Georgina Nottage
22/05/2021
PROGRESS FOR BETTER OR WORSE by Georgina Nottage “Would you deny progress?” the young man said Hearing this I felt ...
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Little Burstead school pupils 1946-47?
13/05/2021
Peter Rushen has sent in a photograph of children from the Little Burstead School on ...
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Grant Best of Durham Road, Laindon
08/05/2021
I started my apprenticeship as a hot metal compositor at Grant Best and worked with ...
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Basildon's Famous People Volume Two
09/04/2021
Back in 2016 I published my first book on Basildon’s Famous People whereby I wrote ...
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Laindon Library - Gates
02/04/2021
I just wonder how many of you have really taken any notice of the Gates ...
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Dry Street Development - Road Names - Burdett Road
01/04/2021
Dry Street Development – Road Names – Burdett Road Following a recent visit to the Redrow ...
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Laindon Community Centre Consultation
25/03/2021
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Mini Wear shop in Laindon Centre
21/03/2021
I found this bag whilst clearing a neighbour’s house. I don’t remember the shop and ...
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Chris Ash - Archive Supporter
09/03/2021
It is of great sadness that we have to report the passing of Chris one ...
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Laindon Golf Course
28/02/2021
I have been researching the history of Laindon and surrounding district for many years and ...
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John Sargeant's Unit Concert Party appearance
21/02/2021
My uncle, John Sargeant, was in the RAF during the war and was in the ...
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Fond Memories of Basildon Road Laindon
04/02/2021
I was born in the bungalow called “June” in Basildon Road Laindon on 18th May ...
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Info on house in Victoria Ave, Langdon Hills called the Rowans.
03/02/2021
I lived at the Rowans in Victoria Ave Langdon Hills that was the name of ...
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Canon John Vaughan-Jones Curate of St Nicholas Church, Laindon
22/01/2021
Canon John Vaughan-Jones curate of St Nicholas Church, Laindon Probably like many of you with time ...
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Daphne Wyatt Nee Austin, I lived at 5 King Edward Terrace.
19/01/2021
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Local celebrities from the newspaper Archives - Laindon Recorder 1951 - Number 6.
04/01/2021
Don and Mary Blackford – Shortly after the war Mary-then Mary Basden – joined Laindon ...
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Calendar 2021 January error
04/01/2021
Calendar 2021 January error. We are sorry to report that the month of January in our ...
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Happy New Year
01/01/2021
We hope that everybody including our friends overseas had a very pleasant Christmas and we ...
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A picture postcard of Laindon High Road in the Thirties.
21/12/2020
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Grant Best of Durham Road, Laindon
24/07/2021
Hi Paul, reading your story has certainly brought back memories for me !. I started at Grant-Best in late 1960...
Brian Cordell
22/07/2021
I am shocked to hear of Brian Cordell's passing. I was at Laindon High Road School, a few years younger...
The Church on the Hill – St Nicholas
22/07/2021
As a recent new volunteer helping to keep Mother Nature in check with the Church grounds, I am proud alongside...
Markhams Chase Story
22/07/2021
I attended Janet Duke Primary and Juniors from about 1961 (I was born in 1956) I think my first teacher...
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