Nostalgic memories of Hullbridge's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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I was born in Hullbridge in Burnham Road, in 1941. The house belonged to my grandmother although it isn't there now. I and my elder sister, Pamela, went to the school when it was only three rooms. Mr Emeny was our headmaster and we also had a teacher called Mrs Street. I had a girl friend named Rita Newal. We were only young at the time and I moved away when I was 8 or 9. We still used to visit my ...see more
I used to walk home past here to my home in Kingsway from the school, and I used to look in the antique shop window which was on the left. If I had money I would go in and buy old coins. When did the shop close?
I was at the school just down the road at Hullbridge County Primary at the time. We had a fund raising event to build a swimming pool (when I last looked a few years back it was still there) and we all put 6 old pence in for tickets which were called bricks. We all went into the playground for the grand draw and I won. I got a 2/6 voucher to spend in the shop and straight after school I went to do ...see more
I was born at Trend-de-Hayes off Raworth Lane in 1926 and went on to live at Coventry Corners a couple of years later at a house called 'Roycroft'. I Started school at the Riverside Juniors school, our head teacher was a Miss Fassam. Miss Phillip was another teacher there, she liked rapping your knuckles with her ruler. Old Dick Hymass used to ferry the kids from Woodam in his row boat in all sorts of ...see more
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 ...see more
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 ...see more
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 ...see more
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?
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.