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Direct ancestor of Philip Lambert Sr. (1737)
13/07/2017
looking for information
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St Nicholas Sunday School
03/07/2017
1947 & 1948
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Early School Reports 1930s
03/07/2017
These belonged to a lady who passed away a few years ago. Due to the ...
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Old Photos - Jemima Chapman (nèe Rhind)
30/06/2017
My family were originally from Fife in Scotland. My parents (William Rhind and Caroline Carey) married ...
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Memory Day at Laindon Library 24 June 2017
26/06/2017
June’s Memory Day saw a group of 16 at Laindon Library, including a former Laindon resident ...
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May Queen 1956/57
25/06/2017
May Day gathering at Laindon High Road School for the crowning of the local Guide’s ...
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High Road Laindon 1929 - ?
23/06/2017
A photograph of High Road, Laindon which I haven’t seen before. I’m not sure which ...
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Work and a schoolboy
23/06/2017
My first foray into the demanding world of work was as a newspaper delivery boy. ...
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James Horslen - Laindon Army Veteran
21/06/2017
I have been researching the British Newspapers Archive and it is amazing the interesting individual ...
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LHR School Sports Days 1960, 1962 and 1963.
16/06/2017
I now have photocopies of the LHR School Sports Day Results for 1960, 1962 and ...
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LHR School Sports Day Results 1961
15/06/2017
The field events took place one afternoon. That was when I won the discus throwing ...
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LHR School Sports Day Results 1959
14/06/2017
A few years ago, for my own records, I took a photocopy of the Laindon High ...
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Crown Sign at Langdon Hills
09/06/2017
What happened to the fine plaster inn sign of the Crown Hotel, Langdon Hills which ...
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School teams
08/06/2017
A little help is needed from someone, anyone. I have recollection of being in a ...
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Langdon Hills Second World War Army Camp - Final Bugle Call
05/06/2017
The camp was built towards the end of 1938 and became the home of first ...
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A model/starlet who lodged in Laindon?
04/06/2017
I was told by my sister Anne, that we once had a young fair haired ...
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Across the footlights - Dorothy Reeves (4)
26/05/2017
Another local celebrity from the newspaper archives – Laindon Recorder March 1951: Dorothy Reeves and her ...
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Paul Egholm
21/05/2017
The Pinkees 1980s Pop Group.
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Sponsorship
30/04/2017
Laindon and District Community Archive – Sponsorship www.laindonhistory.org.uk Re: Saving our Community Archive website We are looking for sponsorship ...
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George Hill
19/04/2017
Sadly George Hill, my old friend of over sixty years, died unexpectedly last Thursday April ...
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A man who don't refuse
23/03/2017
A man who don’t refuse Here is a man, who don’t refuse, To make or mend your ...
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Unexploded Bomb Railway Approach 21.03.17
21/03/2017
I first heard of this via the Basildon Memories Group on Facebook. Looking on the map, ...
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Growing up in the shadow of St Nicholas
12/03/2017
Expanding on Boyhood Country Style 09/15
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Report and Photos of the Annual Display at the Manor Mission 29.04.17.
08/03/2017
A new attraction was added to this year’s Annual Display at the Manor Mission Hall ...
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