Collier Row, Essex

Old Photos , Historic Maps , Local History Books and Memories of Collier Row

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Old Photos of Collier Row
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Collier Row in 1908

Old Maps of Collier Row

Historic Maps of Collier Row and the local area.

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Map of Collier Row in 1896

Map of Collier Row in 1898

Map of Collier Row in 1920

Map of Collier Row in 1946

Map of Collier Row in 1895

Sheet Maps of Collier Row

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Books about Collier Row
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67 photo books on Collier Row and the surrounding area.

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Memories of Collier Row
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The German V1 That Dropped In Lodge Lane

When the VI rocket raids started we spent most nights in our Anderson Shelter, as did most of our neighbours. My parents slept in the lower bunks in the shelter and I slept in the upper one. In the early hours of 18th June 1944 I was awakened by a tremendous explosion to find that the back of the shelter had moved out allowing soil from on top of the shelter to fall in on my bed ...see more

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Choir Boy

I became a choirboy at the Ascension church when I was eight. I also joined the 2nd Collier Row cubs attached to the church in 1948. The vicar was Father Reynolds and the cub leader was Olive Smith. I attended Clockhouse Lane school from around 1944 until 1951. We were bombed out in 1945 when a doodle bug fell in Clockhouse lane and the blast blew out our windows in Highfield Road. We were in the Anderson shelter at the time.

Collier Row, Church of the Ascension 1908

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