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Galleywood, Essex
Galleywood maps
Historic maps of Galleywood and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Galleywood maps
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Galleywood books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Galleywood and the local area. View all Galleywood books
Harlow Town and City Memories
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Saffron Walden Town and City Memories
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Clacton-on-Sea Town and City Memories
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Memories of Galleywood
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Hi, we moved to Galleywood in the mid 70s and my mum Valerie went to work in the White Bear but unfortunately don't have any photos of it in the 70s.
Shared on 03 May 2008
Essex memories
Does anyone know of Sylvia Eileen Newman who lived in Great Baddow as a domestic servant in the late 1950s or 1960s? She later moved to Witham. Her surname later became Brewer.
Shared on 05 January 2009
I moved to Great Baddow with my parents when I was four and we lived in Gowers Avenue, No. 2. This estate belonged to the Marconi Company and my father worked at Baddow Labs. I used to walk up there to meet him from work when I was older.
When I was about 11 they build on the lovely... [more]
Shared on 18 July 2008
I was sent to a children's home in Great Baddow when I was about twelve. My memorys are sad and happy ones. Miss May and Miss Abbs ran the home. Miss May I remember had a Boxer dog and many years later I bought one in memory of Great Baddow children's home. We used to go to the local church dressed... [more]
Shared on 28 May 2008
Hi everyone, I'm trying to find any pics of BAKERS CONFECTIONERY, that's the name of the shop, it was in Chelsmford somewhere, I am not sure about the date.
Shared on 10 October 2009
William Leech, Gun Maker 1796-1948, still trading
William Leech moved from St Martins in the Field, London to 20 Duke Street, Chelmsford in 1794. There he started up his gun maker's shop. Later he moved to 3 &4 Tindale Street, Chelmesford. Percy Leech, the last family gun maker, trading under W Leech & Sons, sold the business about 1948. The new owners continued to trade from the shop... [more]
Shared on 26 November 2008
My great-grandfather was the bootmaker who worked from the shop in Moulsham Street in the late 1890s. His name was Leonard Orrin and he married Annie Caple in 1901. I believe the shop was owned by his father and mother, Thomas and Eliza. They lived at 123 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford.
He and Annie went on to have 11 children, one of... [more]
Shared on 02 August 2008
Researching John Austin, Born 1916 in Chelmsford
Does anyone have any details about a John Austin, born in Chelmsford early in 1916 to a mother with the surname Gigney? My wife is trying to research her family history and as a Gigney believes this lady may have been a relation, making Mr Austin possibly a relative.
John Wells.
Shared on 19 June 2008
Extracts From Galleywood & Essex books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Galleywood, inspired by Frith photos.
This development is known as Galleywood Village Shops. The shops have changed little with the passing years, and at least two still have these distinctively styled awnings. High prams with large wheels were popular at this time.
This is an extract from Essex Living Memories.
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Chelmsford Photographic Memories
The mini-skirt had arrived in Galleywood. Fifteen years earlier, this scene would have looked very different: the houses and shops on the right were still open farmland. Barrett's General Stores had previously been Mr and Mrs Johnson's fish and chip shop. Both the shop and the hip-roofed cottage to the right have now gone. The main street, Watchhouse Road, may have taken its name... [more]
This is an extract from Chelmsford Photographic Memories.
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Chelmsford Photographic Memories
The building with the cupola was Chelmsford’s first purpose-built police station (erected in 1907), so the policeman in the picture was not far from home. His successors would stand in this same spot on points-duty. Note the car with its wheel- covers - a feature that was not phased out until the late 1920s.
This is an extract from Chelmsford Photographic Memories.
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