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  • Jim Rawley – Local Builder 26/09/2020 My father used to deliver groceries to the Rawleys at "Nickleby" in St Nicholas Lane. I remember a lady who...
  • Second World War Civil Defence Messengers 25/09/2020 My dad was a bicycle messenger in Hull,one of the most bombed cities in the country, before he was called...
  • Jim Rawley – Local Builder 24/09/2020 As a young child I accompanied my mother on her trips down the High Road. A routine stop was to...
  • Jim Rawley – Local Builder 24/09/2020 I knew Janet Rawley. when I was a kid about 14. Her father built a house in Worthing Road for...
  • Laindon WW2 Flying Bombs and Rockets 22/09/2020 Hi Alan I will do a little research, I also understood that iron railings etc., were used for the war...
  • Laindon WW2 Flying Bombs and Rockets 22/09/2020 Hi Ken, This is off topic but I cannot find a more appropriate parking spot and, if anyone can shed...
  • Joan Dowling 21/09/2020 Just watched film The Magic Box. Joan Dowling was one of the stars playing cameo roles along with the likes...
  • S. X. Tools, Pound Lane, Laindon 21/09/2020 My father John Church worked at S. X. Tools. I remember the coach trips to London shows. I remember Roy...
  • ‘Mr Laindon – Parky’ 16/09/2020 Answer to Jess. Cliff lived with his sister Dolly. She was another amazing Parkinson. I have some very old photos...
  • Markham’s Farm (Great Berry Farm) in Langdon Hills 11/09/2020 Does anyone have any photographs of Arthur Markham or his wife? I'd love to put faces to them.
  • Basildon’s Worst Case Of Eviction? 09/09/2020 I believe the road mentioned in this story was formerly known as Rectory Road and not Nevendon Road. When the...
  • L A M Stubbs & Son 05/09/2020 Yes, I can confirm that I was related to L. A. M. (Leonard Alfred Mark) Stubbs. His father, also Leonard,...
  • Laindon High Road School 1958 (7 of 14) 05/09/2020 No. 3 is Elaine Winkworth.
  • Langdon Hills Primary School 03/09/2020 I attended Langdon Hills from June 1951-July 1952 and was in Mr Richardson’s class. I sat next to Margaret Biggs...
  • VE Day Party Worthing Road 03/09/2020 This was in my then garden at No. 5 Worthing Road. Co-op and woodyard on the corners.
  • POW Camp 266 Langdon Hills 02/09/2020 Hi David Any chance of having a photograph of the pistol? Ken
  • Basildon Famous People 31/08/2020 Hi David. Where did the wedding take place? I spent nearly an hour on the phone with Graham when I...
  • POW Camp 266 Langdon Hills 31/08/2020 My father Alan Newman was the son of Rose and Percy Newman who lived and operated the forge at Dunton...
  • Basildon Famous People 31/08/2020 Graham Bonney was best man at my uncle Dennis Hambers' wedding to my Auntie Pat Card.
  • Basildon Road 29/08/2020 I have a photo taken during 2nd WW of my Grandmother Lilian (Jesse) Freshwater with my father Sydney. On the...
  • Sandy Penson 28/08/2020 I knew Pearl ( her real name ) from the sixties. Her mum and dad owned a caravan next to...
  • Teacher & Headmaster John Wiggins 25/08/2020 I was in Mr Wiggins' class at Markhams Chase Primary School 1949/50. Richard Devine was my uncle and I was...
  • Markham’s Chase School 1950s 25/08/2020 My husband, Terry English went to Laindon Park school but then to Laindon High Road. He has often spoken of...
  • Markham’s Chase School 1950s 22/08/2020 I remember playing football at Laindon High Road with Brian Whitehead, Brian Scott, Roy Webster, Derek Chapman. Re twins, also...
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