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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
Historic map of Galleywood
Illustrated Victorian map of Essex
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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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£13
Clacton-on-Sea Town and City Memories
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1 Galleywood photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
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
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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