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Stow Maries area books
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Maurice Redman
My uncle Maurice Redman built his own boathouse where he lived which was at Fenn Creek and he taught sailing. I remember going down there when I was a kid. He was a member of the village hall and designed the sports pavilion. Does anyone remember him? He sadly died in 1973 of a heart attack. He lived there all his adult life and was a well known character. I was sad to see his house was bulldozed to make way for the new developments. I would be interested to hear from anyone who knew him. Vic
Bats/Snow
I lived in a caravan park in Hullbridge 60-64. My memories are of bats that swooped after dark and the year it snowed so bad that the gas froze in the bottles. It started Boxing Day and went on until Easter and we had to leave the van and live with family.
Aylwin A Finch
My parents knew a local artist of this name who lived at a place called Windmill in Hullbridge. I was only 4 but got the impression that he lived in the tree in the garden of his mother's house and she kept goats. He always wore an long old tweed coat and painted a couple of pictures of me - one in pastels and one in oils which I still have. I would be very interested to hear if anyone else remembers him?
Hullbridge Floods
My memory is a bit hazy as to which year the big flood was but I know it was between 1963-69 as this was when my family and I lived in Hullbridge. I do remember that Watery Lane lived up to its name and was completely cut off, my mum worked at the mouse farm down there and was unable to get to work, and friends who lived half way down Ferry Road were flooded, as was my brothers' friend who lived opposite the junction of Lower Road and Ferry Road. We lived in Burnham Road and i can remember my younger sister and I went out in our wellingtons as the water ran down the road like a river..well probably a deep stream! ....it came nearly over the top of our boots.. and almost over our step into our bungalow! The next day an aerial photo of the village appeared in the centre pages of The Daily Mirror (I think) along with pictures of the caravan site where the... Read more
Alvin Finch
Yes, I remember Alvin Finch. He was an excellent artist. My father supplied the carnival float for the 1953 carnival (I think it was that year I was only 8 at the time). My brother Alan Downes who was 19 years old at the time (unfortunatly now deceased) had a girlfreind whose name I think was Jennifer and she was the carnival queen in that year. My father made a butterfly out of paper mache at the cab end of a large flat bed coal lorry which stood about 10 feet high which was painted in beautiful colours by Alvin Finch who was a friend of my father's. The head of the butterfly was where the queen sat, she was about 6 feet in the air. Alvin Finch done all the paintings on boards all around the edge of the lorry. Beautiful scenes of clowns, trees and fields in really bold colours. I think Alvin lived in Windermere Avenue and was a bit of a recluse. I vividly remember... Read more
Ferry at Hullbridge.
Terry Groom and I were the last persons to run the ferry at Hullbridge. Dick Hyams, the ferryman, who lived in Pooles Lane had retired. When Terry, who lived at "Tara" in the Drive, and I, returned from National Service we obtained Waterman's licences from the Rochford Rural District council, rented the hut from Mr. Moss at the Anchor pub and started to run the ferry at weekends. Eventually we bought a motor launch and three dinghies. We ran trips, hired the dinghies out and did maintenance work on peoples craft. After I married in 1959, to a grand daughter of Mr & Mrs Makin of Shell cottage, I gave up the river at Hullbridge. Terry carried on for a while until he migrated to Rhodesia. Terry was well known as he also worked in the Smugglers Den on Saturday evenings.
Does Anyone Remember The 1950 Shooting in Post Office Road
Hi I would love to hear from anyone who knew of Ronald Buckley. He built a home on Post Office Road in Woodham Mortimer. My mum was just 2 years old when my grandad Ronald got shot dead by my uncle David in 1950 (David was 16 at the time). The bungalow my grandad built is no longer there. I would love to know if anyone remembers my grandad Ronald, my nan Gladys my aunt Brenda and uncle David. My mum has very sad memories of childhood and a lot she can't remember, my mum is Jackeline, she was the youngest of 3 children, she was in a lot of homes and foster care after her dad's death and Gladys committing suicide. A lot of her childhood is a dark sad haze.
