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I remember Paul and Michael Lacey also Janet Walden I was at school the same time 1969 – 1974 good times
Ha Ha Thanks Maureen! Never saw you do it but my imagination is running wild!!😄 Tony I checked out that section of fence in front of the Openreach building and the uprights are concrete and I think that the tubes have a slightly smaller circumference. Possibly Long Rd had later replacements cos the wooden uprights had rotted.🤔. Graham.
I remember trying to do somersaults holding onto the poles. I didn’t realise you had to change your grip as you went over so would fall off and land in the ditch.
Thank you David that means a lot.
Those are very poignant pictures, Janet. Our thanks to all three of you for making Dick’s funeral day an even more special event. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for taking the time and the trouble, and for displaying such unmitigated love for the crew and for Dick. Absolutely wonderful of each of you, Janet. Thank you, thank you, thank you. David Tarbox (son in law)
The Welsh lady’s house name would have been spelt Ty Gwyn. ( = White House), pronounced “Tee Gwinn”.
I don’t speak Welsh, but when I was a student in Cardiff, my Hall of Residence was in Ty Gwyn Road, and a fellow Welsh-speaking student explained what this and other Welsh words meant, and how to pronounce Welsh words correctly .
I remember the Cafe Rose from a 1950’s Sunday School outing. We ate our packed lunches in a field next to the cafe, and I think our church had arranged for the cafe to prepare them for us.
I was in Paul’s class too and remember Janet Walden too
Sorry Graham you are incorrect. St Anne’s is in the photo at the back far right.
Yes , this is the end of Gafzelle Dve the house in l/h foreground is ‘ Tyserville’ which still exists in a modernised version, it seems to be obscuring the view of ‘. Kismet’ but Queensbury is vaguely visible in distance ! I can’t see St Annes Church so pre 1910. 👍 Graham.
Yes this is certainly very old probably late 30s( just pre-war) 🤔. I’v checked the Flood photos of the DUKWs based there in the Flood and there is no sign( unintended pun) of the signs in the gable or free-standing so pre- Flood could possibly be when Charringtons took it on, it looks so pristine! Tony, clever observation of the the iron poles that we used to sit on or hang upside- down from😄👍. I think the supports were concrete ? The ones you refer to by the Telecomm building, once more another acute observation! I often use Kitkatts as a short-cut to the Thorney Bay/ Seafront, I’ll check it out next time I pass by. Graham.
Thats an old onethat hedge was ther when i was a youngster but hasnt been there for donkeys years, and the wooden fence with the iron pole through it used to be both sides of road, from the point to Benfleet with a dyke behind it. The only bit left as for as i know is outside Oooenreach telephone base in long road , nearly opposite Fairlop Ave.
I have just been in contact with Mrs Bindoff’s son Laurence who is a Consultant Professor of Neurology at Bergen University in Norway and he has informed me that Mrs B. spent her last years living with her daughter Madeleine in Newcastle and she passed away in 2007. Graham.
Lovely to see the photo of Mrs Stevens, When we were first married we lived in a bungalow “Heathgate” in Landsburg Road. During the winter the unmade road was very muddy, Rene told me I could leave my Wellington boots at hers and change into shoes for work, reversing the process in the evening. I still have the 21st Birthday card from Rene, Charlie, Betty and David. Rene was a lovely lady, I always enjoyed a chat with her when I lived on Canvey, she worked in Chambers Bakery for a time. Is David still on Canvey?
I stand to be corrected but my understanding is that the daughter Maria anglicised to Mary and married Rodney Hall ( whose mother owned Hootons Stores at High St end of Maurice Rd) . From the 1960s Rodney built up the local conglomerate of Halcon companies ( see Ian Hawke’s page on this site) , starting with contracts involved with the refurbishing of Woolworths Stores nationwide. Rodney and Mary had a large upside-down house overlooking the sea-wall at the bottom of Zelham Dve when I lived there in 70s to 90s. Graham. PS. Re Fortuna Stores I delivered there continually from 1961, just getting my brain in gear to make a comment later,🤔
You are very welcome. It is one of thousands of photos saved when the Echo shut their offices in Basildon. They were all going in a skip if we and other local archives had not stepped in. Your comment makes all our hard work worth it.
Hi Janet – This is a photo of my mum and my nan (and Sparky the dog), we didn’t have a copy of this photo and my mum has never seen it before! Thank you so much for posting this, it means so much to see things like this and know more about our family.
Planning for this property was approved 4th July 1934 to A.A. LESADD
I’m sure that I’m top left in the upper photo (I rarely smiled) and my friend John Corboy is 5th from the right. I remember Sr Anunciata tearing round the playground with her habit hitched up. I loved my years at St. Josephs. I can’t see my siblings Sandra and Michael Arnold were in the year below me.
Update 2024 99 May Avenue bought by Mr V. and Mrs S. Borkhatriya (Owner of S And V Traders Ltd – t/a Canvey Local, Next to Bingo Hall and S and V Projects Ltd) from Swaine family.
Sad To See The Old School Go But All Thing’s Must Pass as a Wise Man Once Said. Still Can’t Get My Head Around That My Old School Furtherwick is Now Called Castle View..😳🤦♂️ It’s Furtherwick on Furtherwick Road and You Can’t See The Castle from there, 🤦♂️🤣 It Just doesn’t make sense, just like most things now a days = 2024 😩. Looking back I realise how Lucky I was to have gone there it was a great school, Lots of sports and great laughs and Great Teachers as well, They had a Lot to put up with, with some of us Like me a (self confessed pest)🤣🤣 but they we’re always fair with us God Rest the Teachers that are no longer with us like Mr Leonard and Mr Edwards Both Great Men and Teachers 🙏.. Great Memories 1984-1989 Thank You and God Bless 🙌❤️🌞 ..
Great Martin thank you
Used to Love this place in my late teens early 20s used to do gigs in there Dean and Warren Kennedy used to run it, see some good bands and good musicians there, It had its own charm a bit like an old Juke Joint from The American South, It was a good place always something going on musically every night of the week, it’s a shame it’s no longer as it was but I suppose that’s progress or regress however you look upon it ..
I lived in Roggle Road around the corner from the shop from 1981-1998 and never new the history of the shop I was surprised it dates back to the 1930s .. I believe a family called the Hearns had the shop when I lived there I think the their daughters name was Karen she had a brother but I just can’t think of his name. ❤️👍🏻
We have an Irish linen tea towel with the print of ‘May’ on it,framed up and hanging in a bedroom.
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