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  • A Visit to All Saints Church, North Benfleet 17/05/2022 Thanks, Robert, for recounting some of the history of North Benfleet. I paid a visit up there today 16/5/22 for...
  • The changing face of Thundersley Village 10/05/2022 To Alan {who wrote that he did his apprenticeship in 1967;} who trained you if you don't mind me asking,...
  • When the Waggon and Horses Pub stood in Hadleigh 10/05/2022 Is anybody doing more on the Waggon and Horses. I believe there was a guest book!
  • Hart Road, Thundersley Village 15/04/2022 I'm Alfred from Malta who gave the job as a mechanic to Mr Khan, who had just came to UK...
  • The changing face of Thundersley Village 04/04/2022 I did my apprenticeship with Wiggins, starting in 1967. So I was quite familiar with the buildings, including the training...
  • Old Post Office 03/04/2022 I have a photo, possibly of the original postcard, of Thundersley Post Office in 1916; I think.
  • School gathering at Hadleigh Castle 03/04/2022 Does anybody remember Violet Fulford? Daughters Eileen and Joyce. Then Terry in 1944. Followed by Kathleen, Michael and Pauline.
  • Hadleigh, High Street and around 21/03/2022 Brilliant pictures - any more in the archives {Ed: Yes, Dave; there are many more which can be found by...
  • Hadleigh Athletic and other memories 28/02/2022 Hi Albert, Unfortunately you arrived after I was in the RAF, I emailed Roy and he remembered you as a...
  • Hadleigh Athletic and other memories 27/02/2022 I have just seen this picture of the 1964-65 team which took me back to this period in time when...
  • Contact us 26/02/2022 I understand that my great Aunt moved to Thundersley after working as a nurse in London. She lived at 177...
  • W. Thorington, Homestead Dairy, Thundersley 21/02/2022 Hi Les, Your Grandmother, Caroline was, I believe, the sister of Mary Ann Parish? If I am right that would...
  • Hadleigh Commercial School : A Short Life 1842-49 14/02/2022 I need to update the comment I made on the 'Where was Hadleigh House' page. By the time of the...
  • Where was Hadleigh House? 09/02/2022 Thanks for this, the maps work very well, haven't seen such before. I've been researching Frederick Carter, to try for...
  • Hadleigh Junior School staff, summer 1972. 09/02/2022 Front row, second from left next to Mr. Evans is Mrs. Holloway. She taught French as an extra subject. From...
  • The Harveys 09/02/2022 I really enjoyed this book because, although my family did not arrive in Hadleigh until 1875, I was brought up...
  • St James The Less Church Choir 04/02/2022 1930 choir photo: our aunt and uncle were Ethel Williams and Frank Nichols. Possibly the other Williams boys may have...
  • History of Hadleigh School 01/02/2022 Many happy times at Hadleigh, but I had to behave, as my Dad was the caretaker, Mr Harry OBrian ,...
  • St James The Less Church Choir 30/01/2022 My father Leslie Williams was in the choir and I believe the ones in the photos are his brother and...
  • The Harveys 25/01/2022 Having recently purchased this and read through it with delight, I found it utterly enchanting - fabulous photographs and intricate...
  • Hadleigh Kingsway Cinema 24/01/2022 I went to the Kingsway and saw the Spencer Davis Group and the Who. Keith Moon threw his drumsticks into...
  • Archie and the Trick Cyclists 24/01/2022 Archibald Daunton SHAW 1879–1964 BIRTH 1879 • Goornong, Victoria, Australia DEATH MAR 1964 • Rochford, Essex, England was my great-granduncle....
  • C. S. Wiggins – the early days 23/01/2022 The Author Bernard Cornwell was adopted by the Wiggins and so had his name changed to Wiggins. He was very...
  • Hadleigh Marching Militaire 23/01/2022 I was an early member of this band circa 1967. I played clarinet and there were just two of us!-...
  • Suffolk House and the Tookeys 20/01/2022 As with Mark, I also found this randomly. Charles and Amy were my 2 x Great Grandparents (as you know...
  • The Hadleigh Workhouse 15/01/2022 Hadleigh Great House was the Salvation Army property later renamed as Victoria House after 1901. As such it housed "inebriates"...
  • Where was Hadleigh House? 15/01/2022 My ancestor Jesse Woodman was in Hadleigh Great House in the 1901 Census, listed as a pauper. An editorial response...
  • The Hadleigh Workhouse 15/01/2022 I have an ancestor, Jesse Woodman, in Hadleigh Great House, 1901, listed as a pauper. Would this be Hadleigh Workhouse?...
  • Thomas Stapel, Sergeant-at-Arms to Edward III 10/01/2022 Was his father Edward/Edmund, the Sergeant for King Edward I?
  • Thundersley Village Bakery 09/01/2022 My family lived at 119 and this brings back lots of memories... especially going to the bakers (the only shop...
  • ROMAN BATHS ? 08/01/2022 We fished it, the gypsies would net the crucian carp, also known as goldfish to sell at fairs, or as...
  • Thundersley Shops 1937 – 1946 05/01/2022 Connie Grimwade was my Great Aunt. My Grandad, David Grimwade was the delivery lad. Their father did indeed trade horses...
  • Jane Chalk? 1917 02/01/2022 Hi Debbie, so lovely to hear from another relation that I didn't know I had - and so close too....
  • Jane Chalk? 1917 30/12/2021 Hi Kay My grandfather Aribert Howard is one of Janes Chalk/Howard children & I have done extensive research on the...
  • 1939 War Time Hadleigh 24/11/2021 I am 94 years of age and have lived in Benfleet Road for 58 years. Where the block of shops...
  • Excavations at High Street Hadleigh 23/11/2021 Leonard Helliwell was my dear grandfather; I am so proud of his work and those of his team.
  • Archie and the Trick Cyclists 05/11/2021 Wow, that was a fast response, Eileen. Thanks very much. It is most encouraging to know that someone remembers seeing...
  • Archie and the Trick Cyclists 05/11/2021 I was really interested to read this article. From around 1957 to 1963 I passed 'Woodside' twice daily on my...
  • Southend Waterworks Company Houses 02/11/2021 My wife and I moved into Pumping Station House in 2012- -present. We purchased the property from Terence and Christine...
  • Rayleigh Weir Stadium 20/10/2021 I was at Rayleigh Stadium to watch the 'Canadian Hell Drivers' in, I think, the 1970s. This was a demo...
  • Howard’s Dairies: pictures needed 20/10/2021 Brian, There is a Benfleet Community Archive which is set up rather like this one. The Benfleet one has a...
  • Rectory Road c.1928 19/10/2021 It's later than 1928 as there are Belisha beacons on the pedestrian crossing, and they were only introduced in 1934....
  • History of Hadleigh School 17/10/2021 I so enjoyed reading the many memories of Hadleigh council school. I started in the infants there in 1935 altho...
  • History of Hadleigh School 15/10/2021 Hi! I have been reading the archive comments on Hadleigh School which I attended from 1933 to 1937. I am...
  • Hadleigh Junior School’s 110th Birthday  15/10/2021 I have been reading the archive comments on Hadleigh School which I attended from 1933 to 1937. I am now...
  • W and HL Carruthers, Daws Heath Builders 04/10/2021 I have some memories of the Littlejohn family who came from Ohio and lived in Thundersley. Dr John Martin Littlejohn ...
  • The Cunning Man 06/09/2021 Felicity Blackwell née Murrell – We would be most interested in any new information you might add, especially real family...
  • The Cunning Man 06/09/2021 I'm a direct descendant of James (Cunning) Murrell; I'm from Australia; I have a lot of information.
  • Western Road / Daws Heath Road to The Woodmans Arms 30/08/2021 I think I should get a photo credit for the pictures of my grandfather outside O'oo Cottage because I originally...
  • Hart Road, Thundersley Village 20/08/2021 I agree that the photo of the garage was taken later. Dad (Ian Hawks) spent a great deal of time...
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  • The Wells of Hadleigh and Thundersley

    08/05/2022
    How water was obtained locally up to about 100 years ago

  • A frail basket

    04/05/2022
    In 1900, Arthur Morrison's 310 page novel about Cunning Murrell from 1854

  • Seeds

    25/04/2022
    See the Day

  • Before the demolition before the dig

    31/03/2022
    Hadleigh Corner once had a tiny shopping parade
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