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Historic maps of Shenfield and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Shenfield maps

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Illustrated Victorian map of Essex

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Children's Home in Shenfield - around 1965 - 1969

I wish to communicate with anyone who may remember a children's home that used to be located on a large field in Shenfield.

The individual wood and brick 2 floored (Swiss styled I think) homes were dotted around the perimeter and of different names. One I know was called 'Thames.'

Children from the London Borough of Hackney were... [more]

Shared on Saturday, June 14, 2008 by James Collins.

Essex memories

Part of my early schooldays

I remember fragments about living at Hutton - I lived in Lilian Crescent, in a new bungalow, having moved from Hawskmoor Green. I learnt to ride a Fairy cycle - as little 2 wheelers were called then - by pushing myself along with the aid of a low brick wall.
I remember my first day at school, saying prayers, and how... [more]

Shared on Friday, November 14, 2008 by Christine Lay.

The Parade

We lived in the Parade, down by the station.  The fish and chip shop was run by a rather large gentleman. eventually something happened, and we took it over. The soldiers would pack it out and there would be a long queue outside on Friday nights, and anyone seeing that would think we were making money hand over fist, but in... [more]

Shared on Saturday, March 07, 2009 by Pat Weedon.

Auntie DID have TB

I have recently been doing some research into our family history. I was always told by my mother that her elder sister, Bessie Dubora, died from complications following a tonsilectomy but, having now obtained a copy of the Death Certificate, I have discovered that she died at High Wood Hospital in 1925 from TB at the age of 12 years.[more]

Shared on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 by Sheila Foreman.

I didn't have TB!

Just before Christmas in 1953 I was admitted to St Giles' Hospital in Camberwell, south London. It was thought that I had TB. I was allowed home for Christmas, although confined to bed.
After Christmas I was taken by ambulance to Highwood Hospital in Brentwood, which my parents told me was a 'convalescent home'. One of the boys on my Ward... [more]

Shared on Tuesday, December 02, 2008 by Ken Cook.

Grandmother's childhood home

Probably more years than just 1910. My Grandmother Rose Smith (nee Holloway) grew up here. She was one of 10 children to John and Alice Holloway. She met my Grandfather, Sidney Fraser Smith, who was a Sergeant Instructor in Small Arms at the Barracks nearby. When she lived here the Holloway family had a pet black sheep, a... [more]

Shared on Friday, August 22, 2008 by Zina Preston.

Highwood Hospital. Ingrave Rd. Brentwood. Essex.

I was in a hospital called Highwood Hospital, in Ingrave Road. It was for children who had TB. I remember lots of friends there, the girls were separated from the boys. We had open air wards where we slept, unless it was very cold. Most of us were in our early teens. I was on a ward called Firs 5, I... [more]

Shared on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 by Joan Saville.

My House

I live in this house now, have restored it to original and I love the place. How unbelievable to find 2 pictures on this site.

Sam

Shared on Thursday, May 15, 2008 by Sam Stockman.

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