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Laindon Community Centre Café.
10/10/2017
Photographic Display.
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Laindon 1926-40, Dorothy Harber
05/10/2017
My family, (mum Nellie, dad William, sister Hilda and me Dorothy/Doris/Dolly Harber – we had ...
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Service House
02/10/2017
In the 1930/40/50’s, and perhaps beyond, there was, pigeon holed between Toomey’s Garage and the ...
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Memory Day, 30th September 2017.
01/10/2017
September’s memory day was a tremendous success. At least 25 people attended, some paying their ...
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David Edwards, 'Elsa Villa', Colony View Road
01/10/2017
David Edwards has kindly supplied a photo of his grandparent’s bungalow which was situated on ...
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Laindon & District Community Archive Calendar 2018
01/10/2017
The Laindon & District Community Archive’s calendar for 2018 is almost completed and will be available ...
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Stan Hollands 1922 - 1992.
23/09/2017
Remembering Stan Hollands – It was very much down to Stan Hollands that Willow Park, ...
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Laindon Park Primary School & Nursery
20/09/2017
We were contacted today by Mrs D Hodgson, School Business Manager of Laindon Park School ...
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Joan Goodfellow (nèe White)
16/09/2017
School Trips
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Snippets from the Past (4)
16/09/2017
Essex Countryside Magazine 1966
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Laindon Station and Goods Yard.
11/09/2017
In the time of Steam Trains.
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Blue Plaque on Station House
11/09/2017
Birth place and home of Joan Sims 1930 to 1952.
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The Carnival Cup Arrives Home
01/09/2017
Joan Bowyer - Carnival Queen 1939.
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Where are they now?
30/08/2017
Leaving Laindon
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Second World War Civil Defence Messengers
28/08/2017
WW2 Civil Defence Messengers Researching through some old newspaper clippings that had been handed to Basildon ...
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Memory Days at Laindon Library 2017
28/08/2017
Memory Days at Laindon Library are as popular now as when they first started six ...
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The Strangest Laindon Church
22/08/2017
Laindon's Theomonistic Church
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Early Saint Nicholas Rectors
16/08/2017
Which Language Was Spoken In Early St Nicholas Church?
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Sponsorship/donations
11/08/2017
Following a previous post, we are still appealing for donations to help fund the transfer ...
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Prefects, 4X and 5X 1959/60
29/07/2017
Laindon High Road School
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Memory Day at the Library 29th July 2017
29/07/2017
Another happy gathering at Laindon Library this morning. Twenty two people attended and spent two ...
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Photographs from Bob Moore
29/07/2017
The following was received from Patsy Mott at this morning’s Memory Day at Laindon Library:- Some time ...
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GW Jeakins Removals and Storage
25/07/2017
Arterial Road Laindon
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Betting
17/07/2017
The Not So Secret World Of Bookies.
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