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  • Thundersley Common. 18/10/2020 Possibly Kings Cottage.
  • Old St. Peter’s Church, Thundersley 12/10/2020 I wanted to get married in this church as it was lovely looking, but I was one road out and...
  • C. S. Wiggins – the early days 12/10/2020 My husband did his apprenticeship with this company then ended up the youngest carpenter to train apprentices. His name was...
  • Where was Hadleigh House? 12/10/2020 I have just found out in my Family History research that a distant cousin of mine, Hester Hannah Walker née...
  • World War 2 03/10/2020 “Uncle Frank” from Vancouver was in fact Sergeant Frank H. Sedman of the 11th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, 1st Canadian Heavy...
  • Hadleigh Corner 02/10/2020 Very interesting about the shops in Hadleigh, Essex. The ones I remember in the 1950s were the large co-op grocery...
  • Who lived at Hadleigh in 1851? 01/10/2020 As it is 1st October (National Poetry Day,) it might be of interest to note the W B Yeats poem...
  • Hadleigh Corner 29/09/2020 Richardson's cycles are still in Elm Road, Leigh-on-Sea. My first bike was from Ray Rippon (circa 1953) whose shop was...
  • Hadleigh Doctors Remembered 28/09/2020 Dr Donald Rough was my father. I remember living at 276 Kiln Road and there was a surgery on the...
  • Howard’s Dairies 24/09/2020 I used to help the milkman with deliveries on weekends in 1956; I think his name was Bert. I was...
  • A Thundersley Mystery of a Quiet Man 23/09/2020 I am reading and collecting first and early editions of Mr. Hume's books, and I have set up a group...
  • A Hive of Activity from Morning Until Dusk 19/09/2020 Although younger than Mr Walpole his memories of the Colony are just as I remember a lot of them. On...
  • Zululand to Hadleigh Farm Colony 16/09/2020 Many thanks to my cousin Jackie for passing on this article to me. I have been doing some research into...
  • More Hadleigh Memories 1930-1940 16/09/2020 In this article, my grandad Attwood is mentioned. His picture was said to be on the wall of Hadleigh football...
  • Howard’s Dairies 15/09/2020 Let me be the first, then, to mention Howard's Dairies at Leigh. I attended Westleigh Infants & Juniors from 1952...
  • The Keys Brothers 14/09/2020 Hi Everyone, I have been researching the Keys family tree for about 16 years. Would be interested in talking to...
  • The Keys Brothers 14/09/2020 Hi Everyone, Sidney Daniel Keys was my Great Grandfather so the 3 Brothers were my Great Uncles. I have been...
  • Hadleigh Corner 13/09/2020 The cycle shop in Elm Rd I am sure was Richardsons as well; if memory serves me right it was...
  • Hadleigh Heritage Education and Schools 10/09/2020 I remember getting the cane from Mr Tutt probably in 1940. Several of us were late back to school after...
  • A Thundersley Mystery of a Quiet Man 10/09/2020 My Father knew Fergus Hume and for many years I had a copy of a poem he wrote when my...
  • Contact us 10/09/2020 I am finding the Hadleigh Archives so interesting. I was born at Windyridge Bramble Road Daws Heath in September 1930...
  • Hadleigh Fire Station during World War II 10/09/2020 I lived in Church Rd in 1944 in a house called Elanor and was 2 years old, my Aunt threw...
  • Howard’s Dairies 02/09/2020 I remember going to Howard's Dairies in the evening with my Mum for a tour around the premises and a...
  • Howard’s Dairies 31/08/2020 There was also a depot in London Road Westcliff between The Cricketers and Hamlet Court Road. The site was developed...
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  • Sayers Farm in isolation; still a great walk

    13/10/2020
    Springtime around Sayers Farm, largely hidden by foliage

  • Little Haven Nature Reserve and Tile Wood

    13/10/2020
    A pleasant walk  through Little Haven Nature Reserve and Tile Wood. Stroll up Western Road ...

  • Hadleigh Junior School’s 110th Birthday 

    12/10/2020
    On Saturday 10th October 2020 our school turned 110 years old. We had planned a community ...

  • Memories of Kamastone

    10/10/2020
    Kamastone was 66 Beech Road Hadleigh.    Actually the house was situated just a few ...
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