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  • 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...
  • The Bamber Stores in Common Approach 19/08/2021 I well remember Bambers Hardware shop. I lived in Thundersley from 1949 to 1960 and used to buy fire wood,...
  • Hart Road, Thundersley Village 19/08/2021 Yes S Kahn, the garage photo does look much later than 1960s, like you say more 1990s because of the...
  • Formerly Howards Dairies 07/08/2021 Hi Sue Bromberger, my name is Bob Hicks and my Great Grandfather was George Hicks. He owned a dairy in...
  • Hadleigh Corner 01/08/2021 I still have a bike frame which my late husband purchased from Ray Rippon (Leigh) in the late 1950s early...
  • Hadleigh Fire Station in the 1930s 01/08/2021 I wonder if Mr Lazell was related to my husband David Lazell!
  • Sustainable crafts: Basket making in Hadleigh 29/07/2021 There are many other local crafts, many no longer in action; but there are some surprising new crafts being honed....
  • W and HL Carruthers, Daws Heath Builders 27/07/2021 A Few Corrections ___ It was our maternal grandmother, Louise Moss who lived at the Triangle, our grandmother Charlotte remained...
  • Memories of an old Hadleigh resident 13/07/2021 I live at 5 Castle Road and had no idea of our house’s history until my neighbour showed me this....
  • Stones of Ancient Britain 13/07/2021 It’s at the church laying down now on its side
  • Hadleigh Junior School staff, summer 1972. 06/07/2021 Back: Harris, Hewitt, Smith, Shaw, Lazell, Carlane, unknown, Knight, Seymour, Edge (?), Allen Front: Unknown, Unknown, Evans, Mott, Denton, Layram,...
  • Rayleigh Weir Stadium 06/07/2021 Would you have a 1949 Rayleigh home programme that you are interested in selling? {Editors: we regret that we have...
  • Suffolk House and the Tookeys 28/06/2021 Charles was also my great grandfather. My grandfather being Harold Edward, born 1903. Found this randomly on the internet but...
  • Burches Farm, Burches Road, Thundersley 26/06/2021 Caroline Orchard née Lucena, I'm looking for the next of kin of Mavesyn Ross Lucena for a book I'm writing....are...
  • 6 Kingsway Parade 20/06/2021 My aunt Mrs. Hilda Stroud used to work in Crafts in the early 1960s, which for this six year old...
  • Hadleigh Public Hall 20/06/2021 If my memory serves me correctly Georgina married Alex Stenhouse then a player for Southend United, I took some photos...
  • Contact us 14/06/2021 I’ve found out the original name of my house was ‘Topex’ It’s a 1930s house off Commonhall Lane. Would anyone...
  • Contact us 14/06/2021 I was wondering, when was the reservoir built in the country park and did it/does it supply water to anywhere,...
  • C. S. Wiggins – the early days 26/05/2021 In response to Sheela's post below: Stan's three children were Cyril, Mary and Joe. It was Joe who was your...
  • Norman Hudder: A Hadleigh Farm Colony worker who went to war 23/05/2021 Thanks for your comment Neville, you apparently are still following Hadleigh Farm and our website. Happy days.
Latest articles

  • Main Line Models

    23/01/2022
    Amazing invention from Beech Road, Hadleigh

  • Jessie, the Deaf Recluse of Daws Heath (1892-1969)

    15/01/2022
    Jessie Octavia Emson’s life, with picture

  • The 2022-2026 Draft Library Plan and Consultation

    13/01/2022
    Consultation: ECC have issued a draft Library Service Plan

  • Memories of King's Cottage on Thundersley Common

    21/12/2021
    King’s Cottage is part of local folklore
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