Pitsea, View From Church c.1955
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More about this scene
Pitsea Hall Island—to the left of the creek—has a complex history. Originally pasture and arable land, it was taken over by British Explosives Ltd in 1890. The earthen banks of several protective blast-barriers still pockmark the site. They were no help, sadly, to the three men who died in an explosion here in 1913. During the First World War, the area was used as a storage depot by troopships, and later became a rather controversial refuse-tip. It began a new life as Wat Tyler Country Park in 1984.
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