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Summers Spent at my Grandparents'

My grandparents moved to Rainham in the 1930s and were there during the Second World War. After the war my mother married at St Helen's and St Gile's and when I was born, in 1952, my earliest and fondest memories are of my grandparents' house on Wilfred Avenue. Granddad helped start Rainham F.C. and was always running about arranging dances and raffles for fund raising for the club but there was always time to drive to Tilbury Fort to watch the ships pass down the river Thames or walk up to Wennington Road to buy sweets. Sadly the football club doesn't exist any more.

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A memory of Rainham in Essex shared on Thursday, 22nd April 2010.

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RE: RE: Summers Spent at my Grandparents'

I lived in Rainham till abouit 1962 and remember Rainham Town FC very well. We had some great nights there at the dances, with a twin sister, there were always a big crowd of us. Some of my old friends even played there, if my memory was better I could mention a few names. Sad to hear the club is no longer there but memories are there for ever. Dennis Nurden.

Comment from Dennis Nurden on Wednesday, 30th March 2011.

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