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Historic maps of Abberton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Abberton maps
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Harlow Town and City Memories
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Saffron Walden Town and City Memories
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£13
Clacton-on-Sea Town and City Memories
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Memories of Abberton
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High winds and loud crashing in the middle of the night.
Not long after my divorce, moving back to live with my mother and father.
We were woken by crashing of bricks from the gable end of the house. Both mine and my father's cars had been crushed by the bricks. Looking across to Bradwell from the bedroom window, I could... [more]
Shared on 02 November 2008
We completed our Lance Bombadier Leadership training in these barracks, we referred to them as cavalry barracks (they are stables now). I was with 52 Bty 45 Fld Regt RA, stationed at Kirkee Barracks. One of my friends (Arnie Mccallion) was on stable duty but was allergic to horses, the BSM thought he was trying to pull a fast one -... [more]
Shared on 26 September 2009
Donkey & Buskins public house, Layer-de-la-Hay
I was the licensee of the above for an all too brief time and had some regular customers who arrived every week-day evening at opening time and were called "The Club". Among them I remember a Ken & Penny Upton and a retired local Headmaster who was known as "Casey".
Time erodes memory, especially re: names, but I hope someone reads... [more]
Shared on 14 October 2008
This picture of High Street is very dear to me because it is how I remembered it when I was a boy in the 1940s & 50s. In 1955 I was called up to do my national sevice and was posted abroard, when I returned, to my horror, the church in the foreground had been demolished.
Shared on 02 August 2008
Extracts From Abberton & Essex books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Abberton, inspired by Frith photos.
Basildon Living Memories Pocket Album
Formerly Bennitts Hill, One Tree Hill was named after the large ash that stood here until the First World War (when it blew down in a gale). It had once proved a useful landmark for shipping on the Thames. In 1926, a mineral well was discovered in Martinhole Wood, just below the hill.
This is an extract from Basildon Living Memories Pocket Album.
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Basildon Living Memories Pocket Album
Crown Hill was the setting for an unusual wager in 1936: a Grays confectioner was bet that he could not cycle backwards up the 1-in-7 road. He did it—twice—even though his challenger failed to show up. The Crown is a 200-year-old pub that once hosted 'smoking concerts'. The plasterwork crown above the entrance is dated 1874.
This is an extract from Basildon Living Memories Pocket Album.
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Basildon Living Memories Pocket Album
One Tree Hill and Westley Heights were together designated Langdon Hills Country Park in 1973. The County Council had been buying parcels of land in this area since the 1930s, in an attempt to preserve the native trees. Whitebeam, Turkey oak, beech, poplar, sycamore and alder abound here.
This is an extract from Basildon Living Memories Pocket Album.
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