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Knightswick Shopping Centre

In the early 1970s it was proposed to regenerate Canvey's Town centre. Work began clearing the area for the proposed shopping centre. In this section we have before and after photos of the area and the centre.

  • Gateways Move In

    Gateways Move In

    In the 1990s
  • Knightswick Centre

    Knightswick Centre

    The vision 1973
  • Knightswick Centre Foundation Stone

    Knightswick Centre Foundation Stone

    laid by Council Chairman Ray Howard
  • Proposed Site of the Knightswick Centre

    Proposed Site of the Knightswick Centre

    Photos 1974-1977
  • Taken in 1974

    Taken in 1974

    But where
  • The New Knightswick Centre

    The New Knightswick Centre

    Dated 1979
  • Three Photos of Inside of Knightswick Centre

    Three Photos of Inside of Knightswick Centre

    Dated 1979/80
Old Photographs
  • 'The Red Circle'
  • 1618 Dutch Cottage
  • 1618 Dutch Cottage
  • 1621 Dutch Cottage
  • 60 Acres
  • A Beach Scene
  • A Camouflaged Casino
  • A Canvey Fishmongers
  • A Very Young Martin Tucker
  • Abraham Bird and Family
  • Admiral Jellicoe
  • Admiral Jellicoe Hall
  • An Old Round Hut
  • An Old Stable
  • Another Great Canvey Home
  • Another Photo of Stevens Bakers
  • Around Jones Corner
  • Around Laburnum Road
  • At the Ice Cream Bar
  • Barclays Bank
  • Bathing Belles
  • Benfleet and Canvey Island
  • Benfleet Creek 1928
  • Benfleet Creek Photo
  • Bicycle Anyone?
  • Bill Cass' Horses
  • Billy Stevens
  • Billy Wells' Pony Rides
  • Birthday Party?
  • Bishop Family Photos
  • Blacksmith Shop
  • Blaze at 'Crystaldene', Trevia Avenue
  • Briarswood Clinic
  • Building of the Gas Works Jetty
  • Burrell Traction Engine
  • Bus Garage Christmas Party 1953-54
  • Bus Terminal at the Crossing Canvey
  • Cafeteria Service
  • Can You Help
  • Can you help?
  • Canvey 1973
  • Canvey Amusements
  • Canvey Catwalks
  • Canvey Celebrates Christmas Past
  • Canvey Child Welfare Clinic Members
  • Canvey Choir 1950
  • Canvey Choral Empire Day
  • Canvey Council Offices
  • Canvey Ferry
  • Canvey Fire 1959
  • Canvey Fire Station
  • Canvey Fort
  • Canvey Fort 1949-1952
  • Canvey from the Air
  • Canvey Horticultural Society Show
  • Canvey Island Chamber of Trade
  • Canvey Island Towing Para Commander Sandivers
  • Canvey Island, 1930
  • Canvey Lake in the late 1980s.
  • Canvey Netball Team 1973
  • Canvey Police ' Soggy Panda'
  • Canvey Ponies c1960
  • Canvey Post Cards
  • Canvey RNLI stand at The Essex Show
  • Canvey September 1919
  • Canvey Supply 1997
  • Canvey Supply Yard
  • Canvey Tennis Court
  • Canvey Village
  • Canvey Village c1907
  • Canvey Village Photo
  • Canvey Winter Time
  • Canvey's Amusements 1930's
  • Carousel on Canvey
  • Casino and Boating Pool
  • Casino Service Station
  • Celia Fowler and Brother Ken
  • Chalets at Thorney Bay Caravan Park
  • Chamberlain Avenue 1960
  • Chapman Lighthouse
  • Christmas at the Chapman Lighthouse
  • Christmas comes to Chapman Lighthouse
  • Coastguard Cottages
  • Colvin Bridge newly opened
  • Concord Beach Paddling Pool & Lighthouse
  • Could this be Canvey?
  • Cox's Hotel
  • Crazy Night
  • Creek House
  • Daneby no 58 (LVIII)
  • Dave and Jessica Thorndike's Wedding 1959
  • Dave Thorndike's Family
  • Day Trip to Canvey in 1949
  • Delgada Road in 1960
  • Demolishing Village Shops
  • Did you take these pictures?
  • Do you recognise this place?
  • Does anyone know
  • Does this ring any bells?
  • Dutch Cottage Museum
  • E J Cook Dairy
  • Eames Stores
  • Early Photo of Canvey Village and Pump.
  • Fairgrounds
  • Family at Greenglades
  • Farming on Canvey
  • Fielders Road and Bridge
  • Floods 1968
  • From Dutch Cottage
  • From the Grounds Of the King Canute
  • Fun on the Beach 1960s
  • Furtherwick Park School
  • Furtherwick Road?
  • Furtherwick School area late 1980s/early 1990s
  • Furtherwick Shops
  • Gains Close Street Party
  • Garage on Canvey?
  • Garden 1621 Dutch Cottage
  • Gas Storage Vessel
  • George Pratt & Annie Edwards.
  • Georgette's Juveniles
  • Getting Your Water for 1/2d a Bucket
  • Girls Life Brigade 1951
  • Gorbachev visits Canvey in 1963
  • Gpa Stevens Wolseley in front of P.O
  • Grandpa Noble
  • Great Seafront Picture
  • Guard of Honour Queens Coronation 2nd June 1953
  • H. Neales Bookbinders
  • Haystack Corner
  • Help Please
  • High Street??
  • House Boat on a Creek
  • Icon Hairdressers
  • Industrial Property
  • Inside Cox's Restaurant?
  • Inside the Monico
  • Interesting Photo
  • Is This Jones' Corner?
  • Janice Watts Family Photos
  • Joint BB and GB Band
  • Jubilee Day
  • Kemp Family Photos.
  • Knightswick Road
  • Komberg Villa, Komberg Crescent
  • Laburnum Road
  • Labworth and new seawall
  • Labworth Cafe
  • Lads at Canvey Beach 1913
  • Leigh Road at the junction with Ferndale Crescent
  • Linda Foulger Carnival 1950s
  • Lobster Smack Inn and Sluice Farm
  • Lobster Smack Pill Box
  • Looking East towards Southend
  • Love C. A. & Son, Grocers, High Street
  • Lowering the road
  • M. Ullman and Son
  • Making Out
  • Marlborough House
  • Matthews and Charles
  • Merry Christmas
  • Mike Brown aged 10
  • Miss James and the WI
  • Miss Lilly Brown
  • Mrs Wright's Bungalow
  • Mystery Photo
  • National Savings 50th Anniversary 1916-1966
  • New Photo of Concrete Barge
  • Newlands Holiday Camp
  • Not seen before
  • Obviously a Boot Sale
  • Off Canvey Island 1904
  • Official Gathering on the Beach
  • Old Bungalow
  • Old Canvey Carriage
  • Old Canvey Photo September 1923
  • Old Canvey Photos
  • Old Canvey Photos c1904-6
  • Old Caravan
  • Old Lakeside Sign
  • Old Photo
  • Old Photo 1928
  • Old photo of the Red Cow
  • On Canvey
  • On the Buses
  • Our Baker Mr Marsh
  • Pat Bailey at the Tidal Pool
  • Peter Wonnacott and family
  • Photos from the 1950's
  • Rattwick Drive
  • Reg Bishop and his cart
  • Remembrance Day
  • Renamed King Canute
  • Replica Dutch Cottage
  • Rev Henry Hayes
  • Roughcast Bungalow
  • Royal Eagle Nr Deadman's Point 1948
  • Rugby Match
  • Salvation Army
  • Seafront Aerial View
  • Smallgains Creek and the Annie Jones
  • Smallgains Hall
  • Smile for the Camera Joe Overs
  • Smile Please
  • Snowy Canvey Again
  • Some Familiar Places from Above
  • Some odd Canvey stuff from me computer
  • Someone is not happy
  • Somnes Avenue 1992
  • St Lucia, Gains Road
  • Steven's Bakery in the High Street
  • Stop & Shop at the CO-OP
  • Summer Time?
  • Swans at a Canvey Lake
  • Taken Opposite the Casino in 1965
  • Taskers Stores
  • Teddy Boys 1950s
  • Temple Bar
  • Terry Foulger
  • Thames Sailing Barge Event
  • The Amusements
  • The Bread & Honey Shop
  • The Building of Somnes Avenue
  • The Building of the Benfleet-Canvey Flood Barrier
  • The Carnival opposite the King Canute
  • The Casino.
  • The Chapman Lighthouse
  • The Concrete Barge
  • The Creek Frozen Over
  • The Demise of the Casino
  • The Essex Five
  • The Ferry
  • The Goldmine
  • The Grange
  • The Haystack
  • The Heritage Centre Christmas Party
  • The Laguna Belle
  • The Moorings Annexe and Garden
  • The New Baptist Church (Winter Gardens)
  • The New Bridge
  • The Oil Storage Depot
  • The Old Canvey Bridge
  • The Old Dutch Cottage c1955
  • The Old Ferry Tearooms
  • The Paddling Pool
  • The Queen's Coronation
  • The Queens Silver Jubilee Party
  • The Red Cow
  • The Riverside Cafe
  • The Road from the Ford
  • The Russians were here
  • The Star Tea Room
  • The Toilet Block Labworth
  • The Vicarage through the ages
  • The Village Pump
  • The Wedding of Rosalie and Gray Nobbs
  • Thomas Evans at the Lobster Smack
  • Thorney Bay Beach and Tearoom
  • Thorney Bay Camp
  • Three New Photos
  • Three old Roughcast Bungalows
  • Tramps Christmas Party
  • Tree Planting
  • Two Aerial Photos Canvey Point
  • Two Bishop Photos
  • Two Crossing Photos
  • Two Houses Several Years Apart
  • Two Old Photos
  • Two Photos Labworth Field
  • Two Very Recognisable Buildings
  • Typical Old Canvey Bungalow
  • Uncle Sam's Canvey Minstrals
  • Uncle Sam's Entertainers
  • Uncle Ted's Cabin 1930s
  • Unusual old bungalow
  • Unusual Shaped House
  • Urmond Road
  • Very Old Bungalow
  • Very Old Photo
  • Very Rare Photo
  • Very Young Looking Jessica Thorndike
  • Village Pump
  • Walkers Stores
  • Waterside Athletics Track Construction
  • Waterside Sports Centre
  • Whats Happening?
  • When and Where
  • When and Where?
  • Where and When?
  • Where is this?
  • Where is this?
  • Where was this taken?
  • Where was this?
  • Where?
  • Where?
  • Who can tell me what this is.
  • Whoops
  • Windmill Cottage
  • Winter Gardens Coronation Party
  • Winterswyk Avenue
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