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  • LHRS Speech Day 1962. 11/04/2021 Nina, I've just looked at this again with the magnified version. Thanks for working on it. I agree that Mr...
  • Spartan Football Team 09/04/2021 Bobby Rasmussen was my dad...I’ve never seen a team picture of him although we were told while growing up that...
  • WW2-Spitfire Collision- Markhams Chase School-5th September 1940 02/04/2021 I was part of the ATC that excavated the Dornier. I think it was 1973 or 1974. As I recall...
  • Memories of Vowler Road 28/03/2021 I was a friend of Jack Lockett and he told me he worked for the post office in the motor...
  • Daphne Wyatt Nee Austin, I lived at 5 King Edward Terrace. 22/03/2021 Hello, I was in the same class as John Austin in the first year. We had Mr Rosen as our...
  • Mini Wear shop in Laindon Centre 21/03/2021 Mini Wear as the name suggests was a baby and children's wear shop and was situated at no 18 Laindon...
  • Laindon Shopping Centre Free Guide 21/03/2021 I worked at Lloyds bank from September 1973 to March 1985. I remember lots of the old shops.
  • Daphne Wyatt Nee Austin, I lived at 5 King Edward Terrace. 21/03/2021 Yes John Austin was my Brother sadly he passed away few years ago.
  • Daphne Wyatt Nee Austin, I lived at 5 King Edward Terrace. 21/03/2021 I recall a boy in the same year as me at the High Road school, John Austin, I wonder if...
  • Uncle Bill Foyle and King 20/03/2021 Hi Ann so good to know your out there! I hope lifes been kind to you, I remember you from...
  • Uncle Bill Foyle and King 20/03/2021 Hello, Billy Foyle was my father I'm the youngest of the four daughter Anne.
  • Fond Memories of Basildon Road Laindon 18/03/2021 Hi Colin remember you well back in the days of the old Liberal club opposite your bungalow 'June', you were...
  • Happy Days, by Judith Howgego (née Dutnall) 17/03/2021 Judith, on seeing your name I immediately thought ‘Woodlands School’! It was a long time ago and I can’t quite...
  • Chris Ash – Archive Supporter 16/03/2021 Looking at the photos above brings back so many happy memories of the times that we met up with Chris...
  • Cubs and Scouts circa 1954 08/03/2021 I recognise some of the boys as some were in my class at Langdon Hills, On the cubs photo there...
  • Cubs and Scouts circa 1954 07/03/2021 The hall opposite Langdon Hills School I think was the St Mary's church hall where I used to attend meetings...
  • Richards Dairy 06/03/2021 Mention is made of John Dimmick I remember being told to go to him as he could weld a large...
  • Richards Dairy 06/03/2021 Thankyou for adding my comment and the link. Lizzie Richards married George Hornet and they were always Aunty Liz and...
  • Richards Dairy 06/03/2021 The Richards Family were cousins of my Grandad Samuel Barnes. My mum used to go to the farm from Dagenham...
  • Coronation Tea Laindon Park School 1953 28/02/2021 Hi Jonny, It is only during the last week or two that I have started to look at the Laindon...
  • ‘Mr Laindon – Parky’ 28/02/2021 Margaret do you have any pictures of his old house
  • A surfeit of butchers in Old Laindon 28/02/2021 Mr Bathurst mentions a possible butchers in Nightingale Parade Langdon Hills, There was, and it was the very first shop...
  • 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...
  • Memories of Dry Street 26/02/2021 My grandmother Ethel Smith worked in the Sanatorium in the 1950’s when it was for men with TB. Her daughter...
  • Our Village 26/02/2021 My father and uncle ran the L&D newsagents in laindon High Road in the 1950’s. Lea and David’s mother worked...
  • Canon John Vaughan-Jones Curate of St Nicholas Church, Laindon 25/02/2021 I didn’t know him but he probably Christened me as I was born in in July 1946 and Christened in...
  • Canon John Vaughan-Jones Curate of St Nicholas Church, Laindon 25/02/2021 I do remember Vaughan - Jones when he was curate of St, Nicholas Church. He used to help me with...
  • The Parish of Langdon Hills – a Brief History 24/02/2021 Good evening, I am looking for any information of reverend Telford, who was at St Mary’s in the late 60’s...
  • The Haven and Plotlands 22/02/2021 I am at this time making enquiries about a plot of land at the site that my late Sister and...
  • Who remembers our Joan Rosaire and her Wonder Horse Goldy 21/02/2021 I remember watching a display of Joan Rosaire and Goldy around 1966 at the horse show on Larkins playing field,...
  • Laindon Park Primary School, Reports 20/02/2021 Hi Jonny, Well, well, well - after all this time! I have only just come across your posting of 26th...
  • Buckenham’s 19/02/2021 I remember the two Buckenham brothers, Paul and Howard, from the Young Conservatives Club situated in an old bungalow in...
  • Patrick Oneil 17/02/2021 A fireman named O'Neill who died on the Sampa is mentioned in the excellent book 'Survivors' by G H &...
  • Presland’s Fair 16/02/2021 I recall one of Presland's caravan dwellers making humbugs. Just inside the van the lady occupant had hooks fixed to...
  • Clifford’s of Laindon 14/02/2021 Is that the Yardley that use to stand in High Road Landon, next to a post office, if so my...
  • Clifford’s of Laindon 13/02/2021 My mother, Margaret Cullis, remembers Sid Clifford very well. My dad, Keith Cullis, bought the Newsagent shop Pelham’s from Sid...
  • Memories of Merrylands Road 12/02/2021 Hi I used to live at Sweet Clematis, Merrylands Road, Laindon. I am now 71 years old, and only today,...
  • Dr. D.S.Chowdhary 1902-1959 by his Daughter 12/02/2021 Hi Stephen White I have been trying remember you at first assuming you had come to our house ...not that...
  • Daphne Wyatt Nee Austin, I lived at 5 King Edward Terrace. 10/02/2021 Alan, I Certainly do remember the Bedfords -------I married Joan back in 1951, unfortunately no longer with me. Bunny died...
  • Clifford’s of Laindon 07/02/2021 I've only just caught up with this article by Valerie. We moved to Laindon from Barking in August 1957. Our...
  • The V1 incident 07/02/2021 Most interesting articles. Unfortunately I can only recount some very blurred memories told to me by my mother Mrs Annie...
  • Fond Memories of Basildon Road Laindon 06/02/2021 I delivered milk to 'June' and the hall was on the corner of Bracken Mount
  • Dr. D.S.Chowdhary 1902-1959 by his Daughter 05/02/2021 Dear Janet, I've only just seen your message. Lovely to hear from you. Of course I remember both yourself, your...
  • Dr. D.S.Chowdhary 1902-1959 by his Daughter 04/02/2021 Hi Shakun, I knew you from Laindon, your mum used to bring us orange juice and biscuits in the garden...
  • Prof. Noall-Stevens (1906–1990) 04/02/2021 I have Charlie's letters from world leaders, kings, politicians, Prince Charles, the receipts for the record deal for the people's...
  • A Memory of my Mother Savitri Devi Chowdhary 1919 – 1996 31/01/2021 Hello Anne Vallance, lovely to read that you have my mother's cookery book and that you use it so often....
  • A Memory of my Mother Savitri Devi Chowdhary 1919 – 1996 31/01/2021 Dear Hannah, I do remember you and your friend Helen helping my mother in the kitchen regularly and taking Sandy...
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