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Historic maps of Parkeston and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Parkeston maps
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Parkeston books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Parkeston and the local area. View all Parkeston books
Harlow Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13
Saffron Walden Town and City Memories
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£13
Clacton-on-Sea Town and City Memories
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£13
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Memories of Parkeston
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I was brought up in Una Rd in the 1960's and 70's. My mother still lives in the same house after more than 50 years. One thing that always strikes me now when I visit are the number of cars. I can still name the people who owned a car and the type of car it was in Una Rd when... [more]
Shared on 19 February 2007
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Little Oakley (The Dolly Houses)
Just before I left school in July 1948 I with my mother, cousin Isabel, and aunt Hannah travelled down from Gateshead to visit my aunt Susie and uncle Don who lived in the dolly houses in Little Oakley. I recall there were a number of prefab houses nearby. I haven't been back since however several years ago I wrote about this... [more]
Shared on 30 July 2009
Born in Harwich in 1940, I have many fond memories of Church Street both as a schoolchild and as a teenager. The car parked on the left of the picture is an Alvis estate car which had the exceptionally nice wooden side panelling. It is parked outside David Wills, the baker, and did in fact belong to Mr Thomas Wills, who... [more]
Shared on 01 October 2007
My father's family moved to Harwich in the early 1900's to cottages below Upper Dovercourt Church and lived there for many years. I was born in 1950 when my parents lived in Ramsey then we moved to Valley Road. I still have family in the Harwich/Dovercourt area. I come down to the area for holidays and stay at one of the... [more]
Shared on 15 August 2006
Extracts From Parkeston & Essex books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Parkeston, inspired by Frith photos.
Clacton-on-Sea Town and City Memories
For a number of years the five acre site stood in splendid isolation with magnificent views of the sea across open fields which had formerly been Clacton's first golf course and was later to become the Gardens area. The home had cost £30,000 to build and was designed to accommodate 26 men, 17 women and 12 children. An annexe for consumptive patients was subsequently added. The home's most... [more]
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Clacton-on-Sea Town and City Memories
To the right of christ church is the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Light. The architect was F W Tasker and the church was opened on 15 October 1903. It is cruciform in plan and consists of a nave of five bays with transepts to the north and south.
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Clacton-on-Sea Town and City Memories
The passmore Edwards Convalesent Home stood at the far end of the Promenade. It was concieved by John Passmore Edwards as a holiday home for deprived children. The foundation ston was laid by Sir H H Fowler MP on 19 May 1898 and the building officially opened on 23 June 1899. It eventually became a convalescent home and... [more]
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