Chelmsford, High Street 1892
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accents become more East Anglian than Estuarine. Much of the county is still largely agricultural. Along the rivers and the shoreline, there are still miles of sparsely-inhabited wilderness. Lots of Essex people can tell tales about getting lost on the marshes. It is possible, too, to be a few hundred yards from the edge of an Essex town, and yet ostensibly be in the middle of the countryside. This is not the Essex of the public consciousness. It is always foolhardy to generalise about a region or country, but it is often the most garish and colourful aspects of a place that grab the outsider's imagination. Since the 1980s, of course, Essex natives have had to listen to oft-repeated witticisms about 'Essex man' and 'Essex girls'. Preconceptions are difficult things to overturn. Take the hills, for example. Steep gradients are not something that many people would connect with Essex. Yet the north of the county is decidedly rolling, and a brisk walk up Halstead High Street or Maldon's Market Hill has been known to change the mind of many a disbeliever.

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Does anybody remember the name of a pub that was in Victoria Road South? It was on the left hand side around 75 yards from Duke Street on the way to where the police station can now be found. It formed part of the island of buildings that stood between VRS and the Railway Station service road but must have been demolished in the early 1970s to make way for the present office block. Does anybody have any memories of the place?
I trained and qualified as an SRN in 1963 at Chelmsford and Essex Hospital. It was 3 years of hard work and fun. I wonder what has happened to the building.
At 16 I joined the Essex Police Cadet School in 1970. The School was built in the late 1960s. Training at the School was for two years. On site education, accommodation and sports facilities was provided. We also were 'bussed' to Chelmsford College of a Further Education - here on a part time basis we obtained qualifications. Part of our training included participating in athletic events ...see more
Looking for help naming a record shop that was in Duke Street in the mid seventies. It was on the left after the Lion & Lamb if you were heading towards the High Street.