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A Salvation Army Celebration 1948.
04/09/2019
This photo was taken at the Salvation Army Hall in Northumberland Avenue in approximately 1948. Dimpy ...
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Memory Day 31st August 2019.
31/08/2019
Around 30 people came along, with a few new faces amongst the regulars. After an ...
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A scene in Laindon High Road
30/08/2019
The attached undated photo was handed into the Laindon Library, along with others, by a ...
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Mandalay Moments
19/08/2019
Mr Parents, Mr and Mrs Jones lived in a bungalow called ‘Mandalay, in Third Avenue, ...
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Across the Footlights (5) - Audrey Carter 1938 - 2019
16/08/2019
The local papers during the 1950s often featured residents in the area who had graced ...
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Do you Remember - Murray Coath
03/08/2019
The following article appeared in the Basildon Standard – 2 October 1954 Climbed Mountain as a ...
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Westley Green Development, Dry Street, Langdon Hills - Part 4
30/07/2019
The Westley Green Development in Dry Street is slowly progressing and another two roads have ...
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Important information about the Laindon War Memorial
28/07/2019
I have received the following letter concerning the temporary relocation of the Laindon War Memorial ...
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Ernest Arthur Thurwood 18.02.1929. – 03. 05. 2019.
27/07/2019
Ernest was born on 18th February 1929 in the registration district of Billericay. He attended ...
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Westley Green Development, Dry Street, Langdon Hills–Part 3
08/07/2019
Following previous articles on the development at the east end of Dry Street, another two ...
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Butler's Grove
07/07/2019
My first experience of Butler’s Grove was around 1961 when a classmate asked me back ...
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Acorn Window Services
01/07/2019
Acorn Window Services – sponsors We would like to thank Acorn services for a very generous ...
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Funeral Procession in High Road, Laindon.
08/06/2019
This photo was recently published on the Basildon Heritage website with an appeal for any ...
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Memory Day 25th May 2019.
29/05/2019
Another successful Memory Day took place on Saturday 25th May. Despite it being a Bank ...
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Dust Bins --- Then & Now!
21/05/2019
Friday is the day when the garbage gets picked up by the San Diego county ...
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Hilly Road residents Sarah and George Hunt
07/05/2019
I fondly remember visiting my grandparents at their Hilly Road home called “Sunrae”. I particularly ...
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Wheelchair Race 1966.
30/04/2019
Here are some more photographs of the 1966 Wheelchair Race from the Prince of Wales ...
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Nostalgia in Willow Park, Langdon Hills.
10/04/2019
Roy, a beautiful Suffolk Punch was hired from Hawthorn Heavy Horses at Chelmsford, to haul ...
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BBC Essex ‘The Quest’ visits Mark’s Hill Wood, Langdon Hills.
31/03/2019
Sunday morning at 9 pm, members of the Basildon Natural History Society gathered in Mark’s ...
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Annual Photographic Display - Manor Mission, 30th March 2019
30/03/2019
A beautiful day brought out dozens of people to the Manor Mission Hall. Several were waiting ...
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Westley Green Development, Dry Street, Langdon Hills, part 2
30/03/2019
Following my article date 21st June 2018, the Redrow development at the east end of ...
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W. J. Cottis - Diploma 1909.
23/03/2019
I was contacted by a lady who had recently bought a very old embroidery that ...
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Memories of Dry Street
16/03/2019
It is strange how a simple task can lead to a sequence of events. Currently ...
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Basildon’s Worst Case Of Eviction?
09/03/2019
Whether or not you are celebrating the 70th Anniversary of Basildon New Town, it may ...
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