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  • Relph’s the Chemist. 19/01/2019 Hi Ellen. I am sure you are correct about Harry's greengrocers and that the photocopied photo I used in my...
  • Relph’s the Chemist. 19/01/2019 Hi Nina and Alan, I have a print out of all shops and properties from the Crown to the Fortune...
  • Betting 19/01/2019 Alan, I didn't expect to get a reply, so thank you for responding to my email. Most of the names...
  • Relph’s the Chemist. 18/01/2019 Alan. Thank you for querying the name of the greengrocer next to Relph’s the chemist. No, I’m not sure of...
  • Relph’s the Chemist. 18/01/2019 Nina, regarding the photo showing Relph's, Laindon Recorder, Shepherd's Restaurant etc. Are you sure that is Cole's greengrocer? My memory...
  • Wartime memories Langdon Hills and Laindon 17/01/2019 I can remember going blackberrying with my Dad near Gibson Farm on Sunday morning. We used to get quite a...
  • Betting 17/01/2019 Kathleen, what a nice surprise to see your comments. Of course my ego is sadly bruised (but not fatally so)...
  • Betting 14/01/2019 My name is Kathleen Pateyjohns (nee Clegg) and I have recently been made aware of this website by a family...
  • 1956 Laindon cum Basildon Parish News. 11/01/2019 Hi Eric Just picked up on this page, yes, Henry Porter was my Grandfather who lived in St Nicholas Lane....
  • Nurse Trickey 08/01/2019 Hi Jo, or as I knew you Jose! I have just come across this posting and just had to respond....
  • Joe Goodman – King of the One Liners 07/01/2019 I had the privelege of not only to work at Pontins' Selsey Bill with Joe Goodman, but to become his...
  • Hutted Camp 266 04/01/2019 At the time of the Queen’s Coronation I think the camp was used to house RAF personnel and maybe others...
  • Dunton School 04/01/2019 Does anyone on this site have any details about Dunton Hall (now Friern Manor)? My Great Aunt and Uncle, Horace...
  • Hutted Camp 266 03/01/2019 I believe my father a Richard Henzler was a POW based at the Laindon camp. He was given farm work...
  • GW Jeakins Removals and Storage 03/01/2019 Thank you Nina, your research is fascinating! I am the great grand daughter of Charles William Jeakins and have recently...
  • Laindon High Road School 1958 (12 of 14) 27/12/2018 No 51 is John Bronsdon who sat beside me in 4x2.
  • William King and Ivy Parker 26/12/2018 Yes I am sure you are right. If you have a sister with the nickname 'Bubbles' then you’re right
  • Cecil Alex Hewett 1926-1998, another one of Laindon’s famous and talented people 22/12/2018 I have only just seen this page - Cecil was my art teacher for two years at Halstead Grammar School....
  • The Bungalow Cafe 22/12/2018 Do any of your readers remember Harry's Cafe on the 127 next to the dartboard factory? This was also a...
  • Merry Christmas 2018. 21/12/2018 Absolutely! Well said.
  • Merry Christmas 2018. 21/12/2018 Thank you Nina for all the marvellous work you and Colin do. Also John and Ann Rugg, and all the...
  • Peg-Leg 21/12/2018 I remember 'Peg Leg' - seemed always around Laindon Hotel area - I always looked at the bottom of his...
  • Pratt Family of Dunton Drive 18/12/2018 My name is Tess Germain. I was born at STANTON, Victory Avenue. I went to Dunton School (infants) from 1948...
  • Primrose Hill Estate 18/12/2018 Hi Martin, Cousin Wendy, found this on the web, hope you and Maureen are well. We all still live in...
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    18/01/2019
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  • Merry Christmas 2018.

    17/12/2018
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  • Memories of Form 4B, 1954/55 LHR.

    06/12/2018
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