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  • Memories 1953-1963

    Memories 1953-1963

    06/12/2017
    It has been really great to look back at old memories of Laindon. I was at ...
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  • Login to System

    Login to System

    27/11/2017
    These notes will help you to log in to the sytem depending on your circumstances: If ...
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  • Remembrance Sunday 12th November 2017

    Remembrance Sunday 12th November 2017

    22/10/2017
    This year’s service at the Laindon War Memorial will be held as usual at 3pm. Last ...
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  • 'Pendennis' - 1923 to 1958.

    'Pendennis' - 1923 to 1958.

    22/10/2017
    I have written previously about my maternal grandparents’ plotland bungalow ‘Pendennis’ in Alexandra Road, Laindon.   I’d ...
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  • Sergeant John Charles Burdett.

    Sergeant John Charles Burdett.

    10/10/2017
    Bomber Command.
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  • Laindon Community Centre Café.

    Laindon Community Centre Café.

    10/10/2017
    Photographic Display.
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  • Laindon 1926-40, Dorothy Harber

    Laindon 1926-40, Dorothy Harber

    05/10/2017
    My family, (mum Nellie, dad William, sister Hilda and me Dorothy/Doris/Dolly Harber – we had ...
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  • Service House

    Service House

    02/10/2017
    In the 1930/40/50’s, and perhaps beyond, there was, pigeon holed between Toomey’s Garage and the ...
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  • Memory Day, 30th September  2017.

    Memory Day, 30th September 2017.

    01/10/2017
    September’s memory day was a tremendous success.  At least 25 people attended, some paying their ...
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  • David Edwards, 'Elsa Villa', Colony View Road

    David Edwards, 'Elsa Villa', Colony View Road

    01/10/2017
    David Edwards has kindly supplied a photo of his grandparent’s bungalow which was situated on ...
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  • Laindon & District Community Archive Calendar 2018

    Laindon & District Community Archive Calendar 2018

    01/10/2017
    The Laindon & District Community Archive’s calendar for 2018 is almost completed and will be available ...
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  • Stan Hollands 1922 - 1992.

    Stan Hollands 1922 - 1992.

    23/09/2017
    Remembering Stan Hollands – It was very much down to Stan Hollands that Willow Park, ...
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  • Laindon Park Primary School & Nursery

    Laindon Park Primary School & Nursery

    20/09/2017
    We were contacted today by Mrs D Hodgson, School Business Manager of Laindon Park School ...
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  • Joan Goodfellow (nèe White)

    Joan Goodfellow (nèe White)

    16/09/2017
    School Trips
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  • Snippets from the Past (4)

    Snippets from the Past (4)

    16/09/2017
    Essex Countryside Magazine 1966
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  • Laindon Station and Goods Yard.

    Laindon Station and Goods Yard.

    11/09/2017
    In the time of Steam Trains.
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  • Blue Plaque on Station House

    Blue Plaque on Station House

    11/09/2017
    Birth place and home of Joan Sims 1930 to 1952.
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  • The Carnival Cup Arrives Home

    The Carnival Cup Arrives Home

    01/09/2017
    Joan Bowyer - Carnival Queen 1939.
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  • Where are they now?

    Where are they now?

    30/08/2017
    Leaving Laindon
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  • Second World War Civil Defence Messengers

    Second World War Civil Defence Messengers

    28/08/2017
    WW2 Civil Defence Messengers Researching through some old newspaper clippings that had been handed to Basildon ...
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  • Memory Days at Laindon Library 2017

    Memory Days at Laindon Library 2017

    28/08/2017
    Memory Days at Laindon Library are as popular now as when they first started six ...
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  • The Strangest Laindon Church

    The Strangest Laindon Church

    22/08/2017
    Laindon's Theomonistic Church
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  • Early Saint Nicholas Rectors

    Early Saint Nicholas Rectors

    16/08/2017
    Which Language Was Spoken In Early St Nicholas Church?
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  • Sponsorship/donations

    Sponsorship/donations

    11/08/2017
    Following a previous post, we are still appealing for donations to help fund the transfer ...
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Latest comments
  • A surfeit of butchers in Old Laindon 27/02/2021 Hello David. Are you the David Reed that lived in Durham Road, attended Langdon Hills Primary School, and went on...
  • The Haven and Plotlands 27/02/2021 Hi David ranger, after reading your comment I believe I know exactly where this is...my daughter and I have been...
  • A surfeit of butchers in Old Laindon 27/02/2021 During the 1940s/early 1950s there were five butchers in Laindon. Three of them were Godden, Wood and Lagden. Does anybody...
  • St John Ambulance – Laindon Branch 26/02/2021 My mother believes that her grandfather Henry Ginbey (known as Harry) together with Dr Chowdhary of Laindon founded this service...
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