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Dry Street Victorian Post Box - Where is it?
26/01/2020
Some of you may remember that there used to be a Victorian Post Box in ...
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Langdon Hills Water Tower
26/01/2020
Though not a very attractive one but nevertheless a land mark, is the Langdon Hills ...
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First hot air balloon landing in Essex
12/01/2020
Something I read in the book Essex and its Race for the Skies by Graham ...
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Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud!
06/01/2020
I recently acquired a little ceramic ornament in the shape of a boot with the ...
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Hot water pipe near to Laindon Station
05/01/2020
A 3" cast hot water pipe once ran from Essex Road to Laindon Station
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Laindon & District Archive Memory Days for 2020
22/12/2019
Month Day Time Comments All Memory Days are held at Laindon Library unless otherwise stated. January 25th ...
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Memories of my younger days
12/12/2019
I lived in Laindon for years as a boy with my Mum and Dad and ...
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Memory Day 30th November 2019
07/12/2019
Our memory day on the 30th November was the last for the year and it ...
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Remembrance Sunday 10th November 2019
25/11/2019
This years’ service was one of the best attended for a few years with well ...
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The Lee Family
22/11/2019
Does anyone have any information about the Lee family mentioned in this article or know ...
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Coffee Morning
11/11/2019
Every Friday morning from 10.00 until 11.30am. in Dry St Memorial Church Hall! SS16 5FP (on ...
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The source of the name "Laindon"
09/11/2019
FYI. The name “Lain” is french L’Ain (the Ain), the Ain River in France. Ain ...
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Who remembers our Joan Rosaire and her Wonder Horse Goldy
03/11/2019
Although born somewhere on the Welsh/English borders, Joan is a Billericay Girl. Her Grandparents’ circus ...
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Laindon & District Community Archive 2020 Calendar
03/11/2019
The LDCA 2020 calendar is now available – price £6 (plus postage if it has ...
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Laindon War Memorial
02/11/2019
Many of you will know that due to the development work going on by Swan ...
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Memory Day October 26th 2019.
26/10/2019
Twenty five people attended October’s Memory Day at the Laindon Library this morning, at least ...
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Churchill's British Restaurants
03/10/2019
In a previous article I mentioned the British Restaurant which was situated in the Memorial ...
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A Salvation Army Celebration 1948.
04/09/2019
This photo was taken at the Salvation Army Hall in Northumberland Avenue in approximately 1948. Dimpy ...
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Memory Day 31st August 2019.
31/08/2019
Around 30 people came along, with a few new faces amongst the regulars. After an ...
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A scene in Laindon High Road
30/08/2019
The attached undated photo was handed into the Laindon Library, along with others, by a ...
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Mandalay Moments
19/08/2019
Mr Parents, Mr and Mrs Jones lived in a bungalow called ‘Mandalay, in Third Avenue, ...
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Across the Footlights (5) - Audrey Carter 1938 - 2019
16/08/2019
The local papers during the 1950s often featured residents in the area who had graced ...
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Do you Remember - Murray Coath
03/08/2019
The following article appeared in the Basildon Standard – 2 October 1954 Climbed Mountain as a ...
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Westley Green Development, Dry Street, Langdon Hills - Part 4
30/07/2019
The Westley Green Development in Dry Street is slowly progressing and another two roads have ...
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