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Paglesham maps
Historic maps of Paglesham and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Paglesham maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Essex
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Paglesham books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Paglesham and the local area. View all Paglesham 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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2 Paglesham photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Paglesham
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I moved into these cottages with my family in 1935 and my parents were there until 1959. Originally it was a barn hence the name 'Barn Row' and was converted into cottages in 1836 as marked in the brickwork on the other side of the cottages. All the time my parents lived there, there was no sewerage and only... [more]
Shared on 06 April 2006
Essex memories
No one can take away our memories and our faith
I was only 9 years old. It was my first holliday away from Romania, and for a child it was amazing to live in a completely different world (even if it was for 2 weeks). I remember every day that I spent there and the only thing I regret is that I've never had the chance to be grateful to the... [more]
Shared on 31 October 2009
I have many happy memories of my childhood in Stambridge. I lived there with my family for 17 years until I married. Along with my brothers and sister, we all went to Stambridge Primary school and in the summer we used to go to Stambridge Mills where there was a small beach and we could go swimming in the holidays. We... [more]
Shared on 29 June 2009
Hi, I was born in 1960 next to Little Wakering church, my dad Dennis, mum Babs and big sis Sue. The Yogi Bear test refers to a large square of trees at the end of the Parry that you had to climb round without touching the ground, many years were spent doing this and if you did complete the task you... [more]
Shared on 14 September 2008
My Great Grandfather was an agricultural labourer lodging at Great Potton House in Great Wakering - does anyone have any memories of pictures of this house?
Shared on 08 February 2009
I lived in Halfway House, Common Road, Great Wakering (near Potton Island), from 1957 to 1963. I lived there with my parents, two sisters and three bothers, all older than me.
The primary school was a small red brick building in the middle of the village and the County Secondary school was where the current primary school is now (near the... [more]
Shared on 01 May 2007
I was a young adult when I arrived in Rochford on a Sunday afternoon in June 1978, to take up my position as student nurse at Rochford Hospital. I was from Cape Town in South Africa and the feel of this village promised everything that I expected English country life to be. Although by that time, the housing estates extended in... [more]
Shared on 11 September 2009
I did not live in Rochford, I lived in Hawkwell as a child/ teenager, but went to school there, first going to Rochford Primary then King Edmunds. One of my best friends who I often stayed over with at weekends lived at Malting Villas and her garden backed on to the Rec. For many years the Council would hold a sports... [more]
Shared on 28 April 2009
Extracts From Paglesham & Essex books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Paglesham, inspired by Frith photos.
Paglesham is a village of two parts, Church End and East End. In this picture the East End Post Office can be seen on the right, the one building in the row not faced with weatherboard.The small store facing the photographer also housed the Coastguard Reporting Officer. Both these buildings would have been of vital importance to the village at a time when many inhabitants had... [more]
This is an extract from Southend Pocket Album.
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Southend Photographic Memories
The bicycle was still a very important mode of transport when this photograph was taken. The brick-built buildings look as if they will last for another century at least. However, the huge Allied Flour Mill now stands on the site and very little of this scene remains.
This is an extract from Southend Photographic Memories.
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Essex - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
Paglesham once relied on three things: agriculture, boat-building and oysters. In the 1870s there were up to 100 boats and 200 people engaged in the oyster- fishery here. The 20th century, however, saw the oysters blighted by disease, floods and harsh winters, and the industry finally petered out in the 1970s.
This is an extract from Essex - A Second Selection Photographic Memories.
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