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  • Hadleigh Fire Station in the 1930s 06/04/2021 I believe that my father, William Light, (known as Bill or Sonny) was also a fireman at Hadleigh Fire during...
  • 1945 VE Street Party at Castle Road, Hadleigh 06/04/2021 Hi This photo was taken outside our house (no 58) where I was born 23rd February 1945, to Florence Day....
  • The Keys Brothers 04/04/2021 Hi James, if you can let me have year of birth or death of your family I can trace them...
  • About the Pipes in Pieces Project 03/04/2021 The virtual museum is very interesting, but just for clarification, the Kingsway was demolished and the first Safeway was built...
  • The Keys Brothers 02/04/2021 My grandad William Keys was a Thames sailing barge master. He had four sons, Fred, Jim, Bob, and Tom. All...
  • Thundersley & Hadleigh Football Club {2} 25/03/2021 The only player I can recall is my father's cousin, Peter Howard (goal keeper), fourth from left, back row. I...
  • 643-645 London Road 21/03/2021 Re Broadvue Stores at 643 London Road, Hadleigh; I remember it was owned by Mr. & Mrs. Clough and was...
  • The Ecclesiastical Census of 1851 20/03/2021 Fascinating to me that Thundersley’s biggest church congregation in 1851 was the Baptists! Their chapel, it seems, was established in...
  • James Booth (1927-2005) 18/03/2021 My dad has just done some work on the family tree, Vanessa; it may be of interest to you. Not...
  • Thomas Causton Thundersley Protestant Martyr on Rayleigh Memorial 14/03/2021 Who were the three people who paid for the memorial in Rayleigh?
  • Lockharts Cocoa Rooms 12/03/2021 For those wishing to experience the Cocoa Rooms for themselves, there might be an opportunity at the new Museum of...
  • Lockharts Cocoa Rooms 10/03/2021 Very interesting new addition to the article and the link to the mudlarking site has kept me busy for hours...
  • Thomas Causton Thundersley Protestant Martyr on Rayleigh Memorial 06/03/2021 Hey thank you! I hadn't seen this, as had not been researching due to illness and archives closed .. but...
  • James Booth (1927-2005) 04/03/2021 Just trying to do my family tree. My dad always says he is his cousin but can’t quite work it...
  • Thundersley & Hadleigh Football Club {1} 03/03/2021 From information received, the above photo seems to have been taken circa 1958. Jim Donovan, who was Captain at that...
  • Some Schoolboy Memories 27/02/2021 I live in New Road by the park and I'm desperately trying to find out the history but I can't...
  • Hadleigh’s New Road Nursery 1916 – 1959 27/02/2021 I live in one of the houses in the background! Any idea of the date of the nursery field photo?...
  • Thundersley & Hadleigh Football Club {1} 23/02/2021 Front left is my Dad...Donald Cook...sadly passed away 12th March 1991. Dad loved football and supported Ipswich with his brother...
  • War Time Memories of Thundersley 21/02/2021 The Spitfire incident at Nutt's Oakleigh Poultry Farm is one of the incidents that can be read about on the...
  • War Time Memories of Thundersley 20/02/2021 Hi; My grandfather actually owned that poultry farm. I grew up hearing stories of that day. Apparently many chickens died...
  • Thundersley’s Biggest Christmas Tree 20/02/2021 I was born in a caravan at White Hart caravan park.
  • Chalk Family Timeline 20/02/2021 Hi Kay, Thanks; that's great information which I can add & really good to find that link. If you want...
  • Chalk Family Timeline 19/02/2021 Hi Gayle, I too am related to Angelo Chalk and Mary Ann Parrish. Daughter Jane Chalk is my Great Grandmother....
  • What used to be here? 19/02/2021 Hadleigh Hall was purchased by William Booth around 1899, as part of his 'In Darkest England' programme. It was used...
  • Some Schoolboy Memories 19/02/2021 Hi Harry - I was in your class at school! I have a class photograph, I think taken sometime between...
  • Thomas Causton Thundersley Protestant Martyr on Rayleigh Memorial 19/02/2021 Hi Wendy, some sources of information that may help with your research: 1) John Causton has written a detailed article...
  • Chalk Family Timeline 18/02/2021 Very excited! This is my family line. I got back to Thomas Chalk married Ann Shonk (think Spelling) they were...
  • Jane Chalk? 1917 18/02/2021 Hi, I have a Jane Chalk married Charles Howard on my family tree could be connected ....Carrie could be Louisa...
  • James Booth (1927-2005) 17/02/2021 I knew James Booth as David Geeves when we played football together in Southend in our teens and early twenties....
  • Castle House 14/02/2021 When William Booth was selling off land, 9 acres Leigh Marsh Farm (Two Tree Island) to Leigh Urban District Council,...
  • Alf Adams, FRS 14/02/2021 I remember Alfie Adams. We moved to New Road in 1940 during the Blitz. Myself born in 1937 was a...
  • History of Hadleigh School 09/02/2021 I was at Hadleigh Primary from 1942 to seniors then on to King John. The cane was used a lot...
  • Some Schoolboy Memories 09/02/2021 I moved to New Road in 1940. Remember all the shops, businesses and the tank traps mentioned and almost all...
  • The Public Hall, Hadleigh 09/02/2021 The slip of paper referred to in Dad’s earlier post is shown on the article ‘History of a Hadleigh Bungalow’...
  • St Barnabas Bomb 09/02/2021 I was 7 yrs old and living in New road. We watched many flying bombs that seemed to come up...
  • The Public Hall, Hadleigh 07/02/2021 In the 1911 England Census there is a Frederick Malthouse living in Castle Road, Castle Lane, Hadleigh, Essex. At that...
  • Memories of an old Hadleigh resident 07/02/2021 The photos of properties above show dates - I'm not sure if these denote the date of the property or...
  • Old Post Office 06/02/2021 Hi I grew up on Broomfield, & remember the corner newsagents shop, a post office next to it in the...
  • Memories of an old Hadleigh resident 05/02/2021 I have my mother’s reports from this school. They are headed Holmwood School, Arcadian Gardens, Hadleigh and are signed by...
  • Castle House 05/02/2021 My memory is that the men that went to the Salvation Army farm were there to learn a trade before...
  • What used to be here? 05/02/2021 What happened to Hadleigh Hall? Dr McGladdery lived there during the war when the owner, also a Doctor, was in...
  • Memories of an old Hadleigh resident 05/02/2021 Lillian Howship taught at a primary school in Upminster. The school closed in 1943.
  • Memories of an old Hadleigh resident 05/02/2021 I was a pupil at the school at "Bonchurch" in Arcadian Gardens. I have no recollection of the school having...
  • Scrambling on Hadleigh Downs in the 1970s 04/02/2021 In the dust trails picture, bike 2 is Brian Atkinson on his Yamaha, I think.
  • Elaine`s Memories of Tarpots 31/01/2021 My Dad ran a Judo class in the hall at the back of The Tarpots pub.
  • Old St. Peter’s Church, Thundersley 28/01/2021 I have just found out that my 4th cousin, Edward Albert Smith, is buried in St Peter's Church Yard. He...
  • History of Hadleigh School 23/01/2021 I remember being in Miss Bennywith's class primary 1 in 1949 or 50 - I thought her name was Miss...
  • Wheelers Rest and Packham Brothers Motor Garage 23/01/2021 My Grandad and Nan had Hilltop Service Station from 1957-1974 when it was compulsory bought by the council for the...
  • Some Schoolboy Memories 23/01/2021 It was a long shot; thanks for letting me know anyway, Roy. ATB, Ian
  • Howard’s Dairies 22/01/2021 My mum worked in the Leigh on Sea branch 1959/1960 era. Somewhere on the Broadway I think.
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  • Arcadian Gardens - A well, a stream, and things that went bump in the night!

    05/04/2021
    I lived in Arcadian Gardens in the 1960s and early 1970s and I thought it ...

  • About the Pipes in Pieces Project

    02/04/2021
    Virtual museum of the Kingsway's Compton organ

  • Is extra housing the only goal?

    31/03/2021
    A questionable 
questionnaire?

  • The Rise and Fall of the Kingsway Compton

    08/03/2021
    The golden age of cinema
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