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Shenfield, Essex
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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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Shenfield books
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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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Memories of Shenfield
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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 14 June 2008
Essex memories
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 14 November 2008
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 07 March 2009
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.
Shared on 06 January 2009
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 02 December 2008
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 22 August 2008
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 08 July 2008
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 15 May 2008
Extracts From Shenfield & Essex books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Shenfield, inspired by Frith photos.
Market Place is now known as Hutton Road, but the row of shops shown here is easily recognisable today. Guthrie's Garage is still trading, although the road outside has a constant stream of traffic, unlike the quiet scene shown in this photograph.
This is an extract from Essex Living Memories.
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Romford Central Library was opened in 1965. The old library was on the other side of the road and had once been the Charity School. The flower beds and war memorial have now been replaced by the roundabout and pedestrian subway and the first houses in Park End Road have been replaced by the extension to the Town Hall.
This is an extract from Romford Pocket Album.
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The 'Star Inn' on the left is being given a fresh lick of paint in this view from the railway bridge. In the 1930s, when the railway was widened, the new Star Inn was incorporated into the Havana, Times Furnishers building, and the site of W Muskett the grocer was occupied by the gas showrooms in a widened Eastern Road.
This is an extract from Romford Pocket Album.
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