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Polio
20/09/2015
It is now about 6 weeks since I discovered this fascinating website. In that time ...
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Tortoise v Matchbox
17/09/2015
Simmonds the corn chandlers, suppliers of feeds for livestock and all manner of pet requisites. ...
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Progress ? ? ?
15/09/2015
Many articles regarding the old Laindon, as we knew it, describe it as “not a ...
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Memory Days
13/09/2015
I attended a school reunion at Laindon High Road School year uncertain maybe early 2000s? ...
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The Rest, Victoria Avenue.
11/09/2015
While exploring my box marked “Dads Treasure”, I discovered some birthday cards, my first birthday. ...
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'Alberta' Gladstone Road.
08/09/2015
Helen Calver’s grandparents (Evan and Emily Jones) lived in a bungalow called ‘Alberta’ in Gladstone ...
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Boyhood Country Style
07/09/2015
Yes we were poor, although we didn’t know it at the time. This was just ...
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St Nicholas Stores - St Nicholas Lane
05/09/2015
The two photographs below are published with the kind permission of Georgina Nottage née Ellingford ...
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Peter Sloper and his vehicles.
31/08/2015
The following article was contributed by Peter Sloper:- My father brought a Ford Mk1 Zephyr 6 ...
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St. Peter's Brownie Pack
31/08/2015
Georgina Nottage (née Ellingford) has kindly supplied this photograph of the Brownie Pack that used ...
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Sidney Salt and "Langdon Hills Corn Stores"
18/08/2015
Peter Hayden has kindly supplied this photograph of his father-in-law, Sidney W Salt as a ...
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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.
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
07/08/2015
Schoolmates/A Nice Boy?
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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
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'
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
24/07/2015
Then and Now
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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)
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.
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
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
28/06/2015
The influence of history
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Primrose Hill Estate
27/06/2015
Plotlands
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Markhams Chase Story
22/04/2019
Both my sister, Beryl, and I went to 'Markham's Chase' school during the 1950s. She is 5 years older than...
Langdon Hills Primary ( 5 of 10)
13/04/2019
Alan, there was no mellowing of "the dragon lady" during the 7 years I attended (1944 - 1951). I did...
Langdon Hills Primary ( 5 of 10)
11/04/2019
I attended Langdon Hills twenty years earlier (1939 -- 1945) but I am surprised to see some of the same...
Langdon Hills Primary ( 5 of 10)
11/04/2019
Miss Wilkinson used to play the accordion and we all did country dancing. I remember wearing navy blue knickers but...
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