Crays Hill, Homestead Café c.1955
Photo ref:
C244002
Photo ref:
C244002
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Crays Hill lies equidistant between Wickford and Billericay, its crest just above the 150?ft contour. The thirst-inducing climb meant that there was always food and drink available at various outlets. This café is the sort of simple building that once proliferated in the Basildon area.
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A Selection of Memories from Crays Hill
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 Crays Hill
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I have amazing memories of crays hill, we lived in Hatfield Cottage Harding Elms Road, my nan and grandad lived there ,then my mum and dad my brother and myself moved in with them around 1958.
I lived there until I married then moved to pipps hill cottage. My other grandparents moved to oak avenue during the war. Loved the little church in crays hill, my parents were married there, my children attended ...see more
After WW2 my father started a rabbit farm - for food and fur - at 'Four Gables' Crays Hill. I remember it was down a lane to the right from the main road, if you were going to Billericay. I went to the school for a couple of years. Dad took me there on the back of his bike, we had to cross the main road, I think. Four Gables was a tudor house and my parents later said it had been a ...see more
I remember the green double decker buses revving up Crays Hill in the snow and jamming their tyres against the curb to try and get up. We lived in Elm Bank on the hill and sometimes witnessed the buses sliding side-ways back down again. Time to retire to The Shepherd and Harold and Elsie for a beer.
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