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Road Names of Laindon 2.
18/01/2019
Further to Ken’s article on ‘Laindon Road Names’, other roads in Laindon were named after ...
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Road Names of Laindon
18/01/2019
I am not sure how many of you are aware that the local Echo, every ...
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Merry Christmas 2018.
17/12/2018
We would like to thank all our contributors for their continued support throughout 2018 and ...
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Memories of Form 4B, 1954/55 LHR.
06/12/2018
Anyone remember “Form 4B” at LHR 1954/55? I will start the ball rolling. Me, John Birch, others ...
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Funeral Group on Laindon Station
25/11/2018
The above intriguing photograph taken on Laindon Station raises several questions. What year was it? ...
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School Quiz 1961.
24/11/2018
The above cutting from the Basildon Standard dated 25th March 1961 shows a photo of ...
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Laindon War Memorial 11.11.2018.
11/11/2018
Around 100 people turned out on 11.11.2018 to pay their respects at the Laindon War ...
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Chowdhary School Class Photo 1969/70
10/11/2018
I was recently shown this photo of my class at Chowdhary School. I am the ...
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From Langdon Hills to Vancouver.
28/10/2018
Dr John Z Garson of ‘Bethume’, High Road, Langdon Hills (Surgery at ‘Hiawatha’, High Road, ...
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Remembrance Day Service at 3pm at the Laindon War Memorial Sunday 11th Nov. 2018.
26/10/2018
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Park Lodge – Synagogue 1968 – 1976
23/10/2018
Park Lodge, built by Isaac Levy, on the corner of High Road and Park Avenue, ...
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2019 Calendar
22/10/2018
The LDCA 2019 calendar is available priced £6. Please contact the Editor.
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Peter Gibbons – ‘Birchlea’ Bridge Avenue, Langdon Hills.
01/10/2018
Peter came to Memory Day at Laindon Library for the first time on Saturday 29th ...
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Alexander Cope - WW1 Hero
26/09/2018
Alexander died on the 4th April 1952 and is buried in St Mary’s Old Church ...
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Memories of Vowler Road
17/09/2018
Further to my comments re Jack Lockett who passed away in 2009, ( see below ...
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Langdon is Special - It's Official
14/08/2018
Well we have always known that Langdon Ridge is special but Natural England appears to ...
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Who Remembers - Circus Rosaire
14/08/2018
On 25 March 1949 the local paper reported that the Circus Rosaire who have their ...
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Joseph Green, Jobbing Gardener and the tragic death of his father on Black Tuesday 18th January 1881.
11/08/2018
This very old photograph (shown below) was recently sent to me by my friend Vivienne. ...
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Gransden - Arterial Road (A127)
07/07/2018
The following enquiry was recently received from Margaret Payne. “In 1958 I visited a great ...
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Memory Day 30th June 2018.
30/06/2018
Despite an Armed Forces Day event taking place in Basiildon Town Centre and the temptation ...
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Westley Gardens Development - Dry Street, Langdon Hills
21/06/2018
The Redrow development at the east end of Dry Street is progressing well and a ...
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Langdon Hills Army - Casualties - Kenneth Allen Appleby
20/06/2018
In the Old Church cemetery half way down Old Church Hill, Langdon Hills is the ...
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St Nicholas Church Lads Brigade
20/06/2018
Over the years I joined various youth activities, one was the St Nicholas Church Lads ...
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The Retreat - High Road, Laindon
20/06/2018
My Mother Joan Lodge lived in this house in Laindon, named the Retreat over 90 ...
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Relph’s the Chemist.
19/01/2019
Hi Ellen. I am sure you are correct about Harry's greengrocers and that the photocopied photo I used in my...
Relph’s the Chemist.
19/01/2019
Hi Nina and Alan, I have a print out of all shops and properties from the Crown to the Fortune...
Betting
19/01/2019
Alan, I didn't expect to get a reply, so thank you for responding to my email. Most of the names...
Relph’s the Chemist.
18/01/2019
Alan. Thank you for querying the name of the greengrocer next to Relph’s the chemist. No, I’m not sure of...
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