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Daphne Wyatt Nee Austin, I lived at 5 King Edward Terrace.
19/01/2021
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Local celebrities from the newspaper Archives - Laindon Recorder 1951 - Number 6.
04/01/2021
Don and Mary Blackford – Shortly after the war Mary-then Mary Basden – joined Laindon ...
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Calendar 2021 January error
04/01/2021
Calendar 2021 January error. We are sorry to report that the month of January in our ...
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Happy New Year
01/01/2021
We hope that everybody including our friends overseas had a very pleasant Christmas and we ...
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A picture postcard of Laindon High Road in the Thirties.
21/12/2020
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Thomas Michael Murphy
11/12/2020
My Grandfather, Thomas Michael Murphy lived in Victoria Lodge, Victoria Avenue, Langdon Hills. He died ...
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My Laindon Life
16/11/2020
I miss my life in Laindon. I grew up in Bramley Gardens, just off Tavistock Road, ...
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Laindon War memorial - Remembrance Sunday November 2020
15/11/2020
Although the 3pm Remembrance Day service on the 8 November at the Laindon War Memorial ...
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My Family Tree links to Laindon
29/10/2020
John Mead (my 7x Great Grandfather) was born in Laindon C1694. He married Hanna Peak ...
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Laindon & District Remembrance Day Service Cancelled
24/10/2020
Following lengthy discussion with Swan Housing, Council and several other bodies that normally attend, we ...
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New Book Just Released - By Ken Porter.
24/10/2020
Just Released – ‘Poems and a Brief History of Laindon & Surrounding District’ This book covers ...
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Memories of Merrylands Road
18/10/2020
I recall as a lad of ten or eleven being fostered to a family called ...
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1956 Trip to Edinburgh
29/09/2020
Editor: During the summer Jean contacted the site with regard to one of the long ...
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Laindon WW2 Flying Bombs and Rockets
31/08/2020
There are several articles and comments on the site with regards to the V1 that ...
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John Baron Fun Walk
31/08/2020
John Baron Fun Walk – Donation. You may be aware that each year John Baron MP ...
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2021 Calendar
25/08/2020
Due to the current circumstances, we have decided to make our 2021 calendar available earlier ...
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William Patrick Gamon
17/07/2020
When carrying out one of my researches in the local papers, I came across this ...
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Teacher & Headmaster John Wiggins
17/07/2020
John Wiggins was my grandfather but he died when I was very young. I was ...
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Laindon 4th year football team spring 1977
17/07/2020
Laindon high Road school 4th year football team photo. Photo taken in main hall. Editor: Mark, ...
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Alexandra Road Revisited 10 July 2020.
10/07/2020
We took a walk today to the area of my old childhood home in Alexandra ...
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Malayan Medal for Laindon Lad
30/06/2020
Malayan Medal for Laindon Lad Searching through some old local papers I came across the following ...
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Poem-Memories of Laindon/Langdon Hills in the 50s and 60s
30/06/2020
Julie Ellen has given us permission to place her poem on the site it had ...
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St Nicholas Church Burial Records
28/06/2020
The burial records for St Nicholas Church from Book B (August 1951 to April 2017) ...
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Memories of Mrs Emily Ada Tossell (Emma)
19/06/2020
Hello everyone, I am currently researching my family and have become aware that my 2nd ...
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