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  • 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.
  • Thundersley and Daws Heath – A History 21/05/2021 I have just received a copy of this book which I am really looking forward to reading. However, on glancing...
  • Norman Hudder: A Hadleigh Farm Colony worker who went to war 21/05/2021 Unfortunately, whilst the Commonwealth War Graves Commission have an excellent track record of maintaining the names of all those known...
  • A Timber Boarded Cottage in London Road Hadleigh 17/05/2021 My mother Adelaide Cordelia “Peggy” Stace was born here 1922. The children climbed a step ladder to their beds. They...
  • A Timber Boarded Cottage in London Road Hadleigh 17/05/2021 My great grandfather and his family were the Staces who lived in Montisdene after the Welsh family. My grandfather had...
  • Third and final column of 1902 report on Thundersley 17/05/2021 PSA stands for "Pleasant Sunday Afternoon". This was a religious revivalist movement that first emanated from the Birmingham area and...
  • Barge: The ‘Hadleigh Castle’ 11/05/2021 Hi, William Turner was master of Hadleigh Castle in the 1911 census with his 2 sons as crew. He was...
  • Croisette’s 3, Kingsway Parade 05/05/2021 I started buying records there in the late 50's early 60's. I used to be a DJ at the Forum...
  • 1 Kingsway Parade, Hadleigh 04/05/2021 My mother lived at 1 Kingsway Parade; I believe my grandparents, certainly my grandmother, ran the cafe. Gran's name was...
  • Arcadian Gardens – A well, a stream, and things that went bump in the night! 04/05/2021 I believe this is about my house! I would love to get in touch and find out more information about...
  • Formerly Howards Dairies 03/05/2021 Hi, I live in Perth, Western Australia but was born and lived in Southend on Sea, some 38 years ago....
  • 1945 VE Street Party at Elm Road, Hadleigh 02/05/2021 No 46, I think, is Tony Freeman. Additional information, in case it is of any use - Tony was the...
  • Southend Waterworks Company Houses 30/04/2021 This excellent article adds to the research currently being carried out by AGES Archaeological & Historical Asociation as part of...
  • King John’s Lodge on Kingston Way? 25/04/2021 I am researching my relative Winifred Warren Foster (great aunt.) As you can see from the link {https://bit.ly/330ogsB } they...
  • Arcadian Gardens – A well, a stream, and things that went bump in the night! 23/04/2021 What a stunning poster! Strongly reminiscent of those fabulous interwar Art Deco Railway and Travel Posters. When these houses were...
  • The Keys Brothers 14/04/2021 Hi Stuart. All I can recall is that my dad Jim Keys, died on the 14th of February 1978. He...
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  • Pictorial Life, Times and End of the Crown Inn

    17/11/2021
    Gone but not forgotten

  • James Cunning Murrell 1785-1860

    13/11/2021
    This is a link to a story Roger Shinn and I have on the following ...

  • Exploring The Salvation Army’s History

    12/11/2021
    Park Farm House. The first Heritage Open Day that I attended.

  • Jim Mayzes – A Life of Poverty in Early Victorian Hadleigh and Daws Heath

    11/11/2021
    What poverty meant in the 19th Century
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