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  • Langdon Hills School c 1956. 17/08/2019 No. 4 is Peter Ellis. 8 is John Short and 9 is Tony Hurley.
  • Laindon High Road School 17/08/2019 I was a pupil from 1964 to 1968 and Mr Day was headmaster in 1964. I'm not sure when he...
  • Presland’s Fair 16/08/2019 Hi After searching the Web I came across this forum. My great grandfather was Benjamin Presland who run side shows,...
  • Markham’s Farm (Great Berry Farm) in Langdon Hills 15/08/2019 Re Brenda Buckenham. The last time I heard of her was c 1998 and she was living in Upton, Chester...
  • Hilly Road residents Sarah and George Hunt 12/08/2019 Further to my own last comment, I have looked on Google Maps and it shows the upper end as Hilly...
  • Photographs of some Laindon Roads 12/08/2019 Hi Rita, I well remember Royston Avenue. You lived next door to my in-laws Mr and Mrs English, I married...
  • Langdon Hills Annual London trip for Year Seven 12/08/2019 Hi Valerie, Yes Valerie was a popular name then, the other four were Valerie Tiller, Valerie Brooker, Valerie Peall and...
  • Hilly Road residents Sarah and George Hunt 11/08/2019 I recently looked at the 1939 census records for my grandparents Sarah and George Hunt and found the address described...
  • Langdon Hills Annual London trip for Year Seven 10/08/2019 Great to recognise all the faces and names from the past I’m one of the 5 Valerie’s Valerie Dodd(Lovell) I...
  • Important information about the Laindon War Memorial 10/08/2019 Update:- The War memorial and Silver Jubilee Fountain have been removed on behalf of Swan Housing by Momark the Queen's...
  • Photographs of some Laindon Roads 07/08/2019 Love all the photos thank you. Hoping next time there will be one of Royston Ave. I lived there from...
  • Pictures of all the Football Teams to assist Identification 05/08/2019 That's my granddad, Ron Ellerby.
  • Do you Remember – Murray Coath 03/08/2019 Ray was a very close friend of mine. Jim Grindle, George Hill, Ray Coath, and I were always together. Ray...
  • Coronation Celebrations on Primrose Hill 1952 02/08/2019 I was doing my national service while all the above was going on, but during that same period Joan and...
  • Ernest Arthur Thurwood 18.02.1929. – 03. 05. 2019. 01/08/2019 We knew each other at Laindon High Road School, and afterwards, along with my brother Ron, in football around the...
  • Ernest Arthur Thurwood 18.02.1929. – 03. 05. 2019. 31/07/2019 Many thanks for the tributes to Ernie, I knew him quite well. More details to follow.
  • The Laindon Hotel 1941-1942 30/07/2019 Hi Margaret We would love to hear your mother's stories, if you can remember them...and do you have any photographs...
  • The Laindon Hotel 1941-1942 30/07/2019 I was so pleased to read this, as Jack Holman, mentioned in the article, was my great uncle and I...
  • Ernest Arthur Thurwood 18.02.1929. – 03. 05. 2019. 28/07/2019 Can there be a misspelling in the name Beswell? I see a Bill Beswell next to Les Shepard in the...
  • The Dunton Reunion 2015 20/07/2019 Please could you let me know if you are opening 'The Haven Museum' on the first weekend this August 19...
  • Chowdhary School, Lee Chapel North 1980 19/07/2019 Hello Garry My daughter Michelle was also in Mrs Brown’s class and we both remember you and that your name...
  • Laindon Shops and Employment – Mid Sixties 15/07/2019 My Mother's family lived in Laindon from the 1920's, so from Time to Time, I visited them long before I...
  • Cecil Alex Hewett 1926-1998, another one of Laindon’s famous and talented people 15/07/2019 Christopher Howse of the Telegraph newspaper kindly referenced Cecil Hewett's 'Cathedral and Monastic Carpentry' in his "Sacred Mysteries' column last...
  • Uncle Bill Foyle and King 14/07/2019 I delivered glass to a factory unit at the farm. Upon opening the driver's door I was confronted by a...
Latest articles

  • 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 ...

  • Do you Remember - Murray Coath

    03/08/2019
    The following article appeared in the Basildon Standard – 2 October 1954 Climbed Mountain as a ...

  • 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 ...

  • Important information about the Laindon War Memorial

    28/07/2019
    I have received the following letter concerning the temporary relocation of the Laindon War Memorial ...
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