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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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Thomas Michael Murphy
11/12/2020
My Grandfather, Thomas Michael Murphy lived in Victoria Lodge, Victoria Avenue, Langdon Hills. He died ...
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My Laindon Life
16/11/2020
I miss my life in Laindon. I grew up in Bramley Gardens, just off Tavistock Road, ...
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Laindon War memorial - Remembrance Sunday November 2020
15/11/2020
Although the 3pm Remembrance Day service on the 8 November at the Laindon War Memorial ...
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My Family Tree links to Laindon
29/10/2020
John Mead (my 7x Great Grandfather) was born in Laindon C1694. He married Hanna Peak ...
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Laindon & District Remembrance Day Service Cancelled
24/10/2020
Following lengthy discussion with Swan Housing, Council and several other bodies that normally attend, we ...
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New Book Just Released - By Ken Porter.
24/10/2020
Just Released – ‘Poems and a Brief History of Laindon & Surrounding District’ This book covers ...
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Grant Best of Durham Road, Laindon
14/05/2021
Eric Grant was my dad, Len Robinson's cousin and my godfather. My brother, Martin, worked for a while there to...
Laindon High Road School 1956 (11 of 11)
12/05/2021
No. 2 is Pamela Allan, I remember her well as she was my first date, took her to the cinema...
My school days at Little Bursted
11/05/2021
I attended the school from 1944 to about 1949 when it closed. My teachers were Mrs Collins and MIss Storey....
Little Burstead Coach Outing
11/05/2021
I lived in the village with my parents for 15 years, 1941-1956. My father Alec John Rushen who worked for...
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