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Margaret Roper and Her Music
15/03/2018
My mother, Margaret Roper studied violin, piano and mandolin at the Royal College of Music ...
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Peg-Leg
12/03/2018
Just recently, I was thinking back to my young days watching trains at Laindon Station ...
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The Davis's in Laindon
04/03/2018
My Dad Ted lived in Bow, East London with his parents and two brothers Jack ...
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Relph's the Chemist.
26/02/2018
We have a few old glass bottles, one of which is a medicine bottle from ...
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Stan Harvey
20/02/2018
Sadly, I received an e mail from his daughter, Jean Harvey, that her father Stan ...
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Who remembers Agnes (Annie) Jones and her Mandolin?
12/02/2018
Gerry (Gerald) Jones a contributor to the site informs me that his family moved to ...
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The Walker family, Victoria Road, Laindon
05/02/2018
Hi there, I’m trying to find out about my Dad and his family. They moved ...
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Memories of the Roper Family of Langdon Hills
02/02/2018
This little lady was my dad’s sister. She was Head Mistress at the little school ...
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Laindon High Road School 58/63
19/01/2018
Laindon High Road School. Believe picture dates to 1963 ? Geoffrey Schroeder, John Kingsley, Jo Borowski ...
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Laindon Buses
19/01/2018
Laindon, Station Approach. 1955.
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Laindon Park Primary School, Reports
16/01/2018
Somehow seem to have mislaid one report, the one showing 61 pupils in class, but ...
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LT&SR
16/01/2018
For anybody interested, I am admin on a Facebook page for LT&SR should you wish ...
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Happy New Year 2018 From
31/12/2017
Wishing all our contributors a Very Happy New Year. Let’s make 2018 another great success ...
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Photo from a recent Rail magazine, anybody know of Alec?
30/12/2017
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'Springfield' Basildon Road 1928 to 1955.
16/12/2017
We were recently contacted by Leslie Mitchell, a former resident of Basildon Road, who had ...
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Memory Day 25th November 2017.
15/12/2017
The last Memory Day for the year, held at Laindon Library on 25th November was ...
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Community Bunkers in WW
10/12/2017
Please can anyone tell me about these as I found the plans for them among ...
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Happy Memories at Sylvan Glen.
10/12/2017
We lived in Sylvan Road from 1951 until 1957 and just loved it there. Sadly ...
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Langdon Hills School Trip
08/12/2017
Just before we left Langdon Hills Primary School, we went on a school trip to ...
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Memories 1953-1963
06/12/2017
It has been really great to look back at old memories of Laindon. I was at ...
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Login to System
27/11/2017
These notes will help you to log in to the sytem depending on your circumstances: If ...
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Remembrance Sunday 12th November 2017
22/10/2017
This year’s service at the Laindon War Memorial will be held as usual at 3pm. Last ...
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'Pendennis' - 1923 to 1958.
22/10/2017
I have written previously about my maternal grandparents’ plotland bungalow ‘Pendennis’ in Alexandra Road, Laindon. I’d ...
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Sergeant John Charles Burdett.
10/10/2017
Bomber Command.
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