Althorne, The Corner 1957
Photo ref: A107006
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Photo of Althorne, The Corner 1957

More about this scene

Althorne is a long village above the River Crouch. Connected to London by rail, it manages to combine a commuting population with a number of working farms. The Dutch-style weatherboarded cottages next to the Black Lion pub provide an interesting contrast with some of the newer developments.

A Selection of Memories from Althorne

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Althorne

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My name is Clair salmon I was born at my home in althorne the house called charmouth on burnham road, I arrived late in July 1974. I was the youngest of two children, my sister phillippa was three years older than me she had been born in doddinghurst then my parents moved to althorne not long before I was born. I have some wonderful memories of the people of the village, we used to keep our horse at mal bass,s ...see more
We used to live here between 2007-2009. It may have been a nice pub a long time ago and it still looked ok when this photo was taken which was the year I was born, but from the time we moved in from the time we moved out we shared the house with hundreds of mice! I'm glad we're gone but I bet the mice still live there!.