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  • Laindon Chamber of Commerce Meeting.

    Laindon Chamber of Commerce Meeting.

    17/08/2015
    This photograph supplied by Peter Hayden is thought to be of The Laindon Chamber of ...
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  • 'Down the Line' - an Update.

    'Down the Line' - an Update.

    13/08/2015
    I recently had the pleasure of meeting Muriel Hoole in the back garden of The ...
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  • Laindon as I recall

    Laindon as I recall

    07/08/2015
    Schoolmates/A Nice Boy?
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  • The Dunton Reunion 2015

    The Dunton Reunion 2015

    02/08/2015
    A lovely sunny afternoon was spent in the back garden of the Haven. Everything was in ...
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  • Pound Lane Estate

    Pound Lane Estate

    30/07/2015
    I was born in Pound Lane in 1944. My parents’ bungalow, No.19 (Kia Ora), was ...
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  • Sandie Shaw and the WI Hall - 'Girl Don't Come'

    Sandie Shaw and the WI Hall - 'Girl Don't Come'

    26/07/2015
    The aunt and uncle of singer Sandie Shaw lived in Salisbury Avenue, Langdon Hills.  In ...
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  • Archer Road/Newlands End

    Archer Road/Newlands End

    24/07/2015
    Then and Now
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  • WWII Roll of Honour

    WWII Roll of Honour

    18/07/2015
    Last year Basildon Heritage produced a Roll of Honour for those who were killed in ...
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  • Happy Days, by Judith Howgego (née Dutnall)

    Happy Days, by Judith Howgego (née Dutnall)

    14/07/2015
    During WW2, I am told that people were advised to get out of London if ...
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  • S. Hayden & Son. and D. Kent & Co. Laindon Builders.

    S. Hayden & Son. and D. Kent & Co. Laindon Builders.

    13/07/2015
    Peter Hayden, born 1942, now lives in Nottingham but he grew up in Laindon.  In 1929 ...
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  • Forties Theme Open Day at Dunton Visitor Centre 2015

    Forties Theme Open Day at Dunton Visitor Centre 2015

    08/07/2015
    Saturday 5th July began overcast with rain showers, some of which were quite heavy.  Regardless, ...
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  • Laindon and its Roads

    Laindon and its Roads

    28/06/2015
    The influence of history
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  • Primrose Hill Estate

    Primrose Hill Estate

    27/06/2015
    Plotlands
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  • Village Signs

    Village Signs

    25/06/2015
    I drove passed Noak Bridge village sign a few days ago and thought to myself, ...
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  • GR Post Boxes

    GR Post Boxes

    24/06/2015
    GR Post Boxes Following up on my article on Victorian Post Boxes the group are now ...
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  • Joan Dowling

    Joan Dowling

    23/06/2015
    Laindon's tragic child star
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  • The Cobb Family of Fleetwood Lodge

    The Cobb Family of Fleetwood Lodge

    21/06/2015
    In response to a question on our Family Message Board, I have recently been helping ...
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  • Short Mat Bowling

    Short Mat Bowling

    19/06/2015
    Over 60s Norfolk
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  • Victorian Post Box - Red Cow, Dry Street, Langdon Hills

    Victorian Post Box - Red Cow, Dry Street, Langdon Hills

    13/06/2015
    On the bottom left corner of the building known as the Red Cow you can ...
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  • Dunton Races

    Dunton Races

    10/06/2015
    Following up my article on the ‘Laindon & Dunton at the Races’ dated 15 October ...
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  • Early Life in Laindon 1940 to 1947. Part 2.

    Early Life in Laindon 1940 to 1947. Part 2.

    06/06/2015
    Living next to the Arterial Road.
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  • Early Life in Laindon 1940 to 1947. Part 4.

    Early Life in Laindon 1940 to 1947. Part 4.

    05/06/2015
    More Memories of living next to the Arterial Road
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  • Memory Day - 30th May 2015

    Memory Day - 30th May 2015

    01/06/2015
    At the library, we were delighted to greet Alan Davies, a frequent contributor to the ...
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  • Memory Walk - 31st May 2015

    Memory Walk - 31st May 2015

    01/06/2015
    A heavy downpour didn’t deter 16 people from assembling in the recreation ground car park ...
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Latest comments
  • The Pets that stayed behind. Poem. 22/02/2019 That was very sad Ellen. We rented from the Basildon Development Corporation when we first got married. I remember reading...
  • The Pets that stayed behind. Poem. 22/02/2019 Oh, after fifty seven years, these memories resonate with me. We were compulsory purchased in 1961 and at that time...
  • Fords Research Centre – Before and After 22/02/2019 I would like to add that before Bourne Avenue was ‘made up’ in the mid-sixties, it had been an unmade...
  • Buckenham Butchers 22/02/2019 A LHR school friend, Margaret Cousins', father was a manager of this branch of Buckenhams, and they lived in the...
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