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Arcadia for all (First published 1984)
Reprinted in 2004 From Canvey to Jaywick Sands, from Peacehaven to Pitsea: in the first 40 years of last century, thousands of families made their own place in the sun, without benefit of councils, planners, architects, building societies, or even builders. Were they as many planners and environmentalists suggested, making rural slums and seaside eyesores, or were they providing a unique example of unaided self-build housing, with lessons for u...
Mississippi and The Halcon Barge
Ready for Launching 1980 a replica showboat was built on a catamaran hull to be used as H.Q. for the Halcon Boating Club and a social centre for Halcon staff. The lower deck was a bar with usual facilities and the upper deck was a clear area for social events. At Christmas there would be staff party with a raffle for festive goodies including a large turkey. In the summer months various social event were held including Jazz nights with a live ban...
Swans at a Canvey Lake
... This lovely picture was taken in the late 1950’s near a lake which you can see in the background. ...
Canvey Island Revisited
... This is the latest in Geoff’s pictorial books about Canvey. As previous books the pictures are great. The books are on sale on Geoff’s site or can be borrowed from the library. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...
Audrey's Quest
... David Bullock What a wonderful story ...
Rivers of Great Britain. The Thames from Source to sea
... Robert Hallmann Such evocative descriptive writing. Such marvellous illustrations. Where can I get hold of the book? Janet Penn I found it to download online Robert, at https://www.archive.org/details/riversgreatbrit00londuoft mark thres an obituary for the artist walter william may can be found at www.jstor.org/stable/1773495 ...
A History of Canvey Island
... This book by Fred McCave is an extensive history of the Island with lots of pictures some of these are unfortunately of very poor quality. This does not detract from the excellent work he has done putting the history together. It gave me a few leads for new stories. Shame he is not still around I used to enjoy reading his bulletins. ...
Canvey Island in old postcards
... Fred uses over 70 postcards of Canvey and Benfleet in this book. Some from the early 1900’s. There is a short introduction covering the history of Canvey Island from the Romans through Hester’s time, the opening of the bridge and the floods of 1953. Great little book to get you started on Canvey’s history. Available from Canvey Library ...
Eddie Kidd at Canvey Show
Some years ago I got to the island a little late with my camera, missing the event. Eddie Kidd had been jumping over buses and cars with his motorbike. Eddie Kidd signing autographs at Waterside Farm event By the time I arrived he was signing autographs and fans were queuing up to meet him. The venue was the Waterside Farm Swimming Pool which had the diving lady painted on a sidewall. Adoring fans. Were you there? Do you remember the date? A frie...
Canvey Island Rotary Club
... David Bullock Well done Graham! Thanks to Mike Machin and the Rotary Club for their support. ...
Tremain's Library
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Madge Moore MBE
Madge Moore is on the left in the early years on Canvey Madge Moore was a pharmacist working at Venables chemist shop, she also ran the Sea Rangers a branch of the Girl Guides receiving a long service award in the early 60’s. She originated from Northumbria, where she returned in later life. Although she never married she made her life working with the young girls on Canvey Island who speak of her with respect and fondness. In the 70’s she was aw...
Mr Joseph Hills 1816-1909
Image1317.jpg When looking through Augustus Daly’s book ‘The History of Canvey Island’, I came across this wonderful drawing of Mr Joseph Hills by Tom Merry. It states that at the time the drawing was done Mr Hills had lived on the Island for 83 Years and was the oldest inhabitant. I had already looked into Joseph Hills and his family so I was eager to see if this matched with Tom Merry’s statement. Joseph Hills was born in 1816 and according to ...
Tom Merry aka William Mecham
... Jackie Culleton I have a Tom Merry map of Ireland , geography betwitched , the false Ireland and the true , Erin strangling the hag of hawarden, is this worth anything...
Leigh Beck Baptist Church: The beginning
God’s Blessing As we celebrate 100 years of Canvey Island Baptist church, Leigh Beck, this historic milestone is a testament to the faithfulness and sovereignty of God. It is also a tribute to many who have gone before; men and women, who laid a sound foundation for growth in this corner of God’s vineyard. How it all started In 1898, it is said that a gentleman named Ebinezer Howard held the view that all new towns should be built with more pleas...
A night to remember
January 31st/February 1st 1953 The memorial to the victims of the Flood outside Canvey Library A night that changed the history of Canvey. For a week there was a bitter N.E. wind blowing. This, barometric pressure and a full moon brought about an abnormally high tide. The first effect was the sinking of a ferry. ~ The Princess Victoria, between Stranrah in Ireland and Larne in Scotland. This tide swept down the North Sea like a mountain of water,...
The History of Canvey Island - Five Generations
... Susan White’s book was published in 1994, is full of Canvey History and some of her family history, with several very interesting personal memories from Canvey Islanders. It is unfortunate the pictures are not very clear, but well worth a read. This book can be borrowed from Canvey Library. ...
The Essex Hundred Histories
The Essex Hundreds Histories is a companion book to the earlier The Essex Hundred published in 2006. Both books are by Andrew Summers and John Debenham and Illustrated by Elizabeth Summers. The Essex Hundreds is a book of verse covering many stories with a timeline from the year 0 to the 1900’s. Makes fascinating reading and being in verse seems to help you to remember the stories. Joining Andrew and John are several writers who have each told so...
Britains Great Flood Disaster
The story of how Great Britain suffered her greatest flood for 600 years Published 1953 Early on the morning of February 1st, 1953, began one of the greatest flood disasters Britain has ever known. In the cold, dispassionate words of the weather experts, a fast moving belt of low pressure followed by a vast area of high pressure atmosphere coincided with the full moon tides. But the harsh reality behind these few words rendered 30,000 people hom...
Canvey Island-A Rising Tide
A review Leslie Wm. Bills is a Civil Engineer, his book ‘Canvey Island, A Rising Tide’ takes a look at the Islands history through the ages with particular interest in the period after the floods of 1953. As a Civil Engineer he concentrates on the flood defences and how different Councils and water authorities have dealt with the problems. He also looks to the future and the increasing problems of the rising water levels. The book is very interes...
Invaders of Canvey Island
A review Olivia Whitcomb’s book ‘Invaders of Canvey’ is a History of Canvey Island from the earliest times with her particular interest in the pieces of pottery that can be found on the Island. She gives a detailed study into how these were made using the clay collected from several different locations on the Island. She also looks into the sea wall and the causes of the breach in 1953. This is another interesting book with a different slant to C...
Great Expectations - Chapter 54 - Lobster Smack Inn
I have read several books and articles where the Lobster Smack is portrayed as the Inn in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations and I have often wondered how true the tale was, so I decided to investigate. Thankful for the age of the computer, I managed to find an ebook of the great works and did a search to find the right part of the book, which is Chapter 54. I read it with interest but not being a sailor I had no idea whether the description o...
Casino Horses 'Rest in peace'
The last remaining artifacts from the Casino, the Horses, have been destroyed. A vehicle crashed into them at their adopted home on the seafront this week (January 2010). You can see a video of the crash here. See article in the Evening Echo If you have any memories or photos please comment below. Another piece of Canvey’s history gone………………………… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A day at the races? No a visit to the seaside These photos were ...
The Canvey Crest - Ex Mare Dei Gratia
... Matt the latin Phrase accompanying the coat of arms was created by a canvey resident in a competition in the 1970's ...
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