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Paglesham photos

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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

Paglesham map

Historic map of Paglesham

Essex map

Illustrated Victorian map of Essex

Paglesham map

Historic Map of any Paglesham postcode

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Paglesham books

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Harlow Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13

Saffron Walden Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13

Clacton-on-Sea Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13

Paglesham books
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Memories of Paglesham

Paglesham memories
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Home memories.

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 by Mrs A Turner.

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 by Alexa Cristina.

Childhood

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

The Yogi Bear test

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 by Mark Deeks.

Extracts From Paglesham & Essex books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Paglesham, inspired by Frith photos.

Southend Pocket Album

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.

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