Skip to content
Log in
Contribute
Register
Contact us
Laindon & District Community Archive
Your history, memories, photos & comments
home
about
events
places
buildings
people
services
decades
get involved
search
Search:
You are here:
Home
next
Latest articles
Latest articles
Chapter 5, Pt 3 of 4
15/01/2014
I often came home and laughed over that last remark. Did a doctor’s wife get ...
See more
Chapter Introduction
15/01/2014
Writing, like any other art, is all-absorbing. It grows on you and eventually grips your ...
See more
Chapter 5, Pt 4 of 4
15/01/2014
No wonder he was always so very grateful for what we did for him. He ...
See more
Chapter Contents
15/01/2014
Introduction Chapter 1 The Voyage Chapter 2 My First Home Chapter 3 Incidents Connected with the Surgery and ...
See more
Chapter 4, Pt 1 of 4
15/01/2014
Apart from the difficulty of remembering names of people, I often got confused about the ...
See more
I Made My Home in England
15/01/2014
Published by SAVITRI CHOWDHARY and Printed in Great Britain by GRANT-BEST LTD., Durham Road, Laindon, ...
See more
Chapter 4, Pt 2 of 4
15/01/2014
When eventually we had to give her notice, I saw tears roll down her cheeks. ...
See more
Chapter 4, Pt 3 of 4
15/01/2014
One Wednesday afternoon, as I passed through the wooden gates of St Benets and went ...
See more
Chapter 4, Pt 4 of 4
15/01/2014
One evening a policeman brought a drunkard to the door. The chap was looking red ...
See more
Chapter 3, Pt 1 of 4
15/01/2014
It was during December when the cold winds and the drizzling rains were becoming more ...
See more
Chapter 3, Pt 2 of 4
15/01/2014
I was more than grateful and happy with those first new things, which Sheel bought ...
See more
Chapter 3, Pt 3 of 4
15/01/2014
The first heavy snowfall fascinated me beyond measure, and when at night time the full ...
See more
Chapter 3, Pt 4 of 4
15/01/2014
For a minute my mind went back to Muradpur, my husband’s native village, where, when ...
See more
Chapter 2, Pt 1 of 4
15/01/2014
It was about three in the afternoon when the English skies were grey and it ...
See more
Chapter 2, Pt 2 of 4
15/01/2014
I was given a week’s grace to recover from my long voyage before taking on ...
See more
Chapter 2, Pt 3 of 4
15/01/2014
“Oh, she is one of the sweet English girls I know.” There was a twinkle ...
See more
Chapter 2, Pt 4 of 4
15/01/2014
However, I scrubbed, polished and did the weekly wash. I did the cooking and prepared ...
See more
Chapter 5, Pt 1 of 4
15/01/2014
I had been in Laindon for nearly two years: had got fairly settled in my ...
See more
Chapter 1, Pt 1 of 2
15/01/2014
THE VOYAGE
See more
Chapter 5, Pt 2 of 4
15/01/2014
About seven in the morning Doctor Wells came in the room and said “Good morning” ...
See more
Chapter 1, Pt 2 of 2
15/01/2014
My cabin-mate was a very sophisticated and fashionable young lady from Bombay who was going ...
See more
Service House, High Road, Laindon
14/01/2014
I was thrilled to come across this photograph of Service House which was next to Toomey Motors ...
See more
Chapter 8, Pt 3 of 6
13/01/2014
“We desperately needed more volunteers and a First Aid Point, and I set to work ...
See more
Chapter 8, Pt 4 of 6
13/01/2014
I took her into the drawing room and sat down beside her. “Are you feeling ...
See more
PAGE:
<< First
< Previous
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
Next >
Last >>
See the latest comments
You can also see a list of the latest comments added to the site.
View latest comments