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WICKFORD COMMUNITY ARCHIVE


PRESERVING OUR YESTERDAYS FOR TOMORROW

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Towards the railway bridge from The Broadway
Hall's Corner in the 1958 flood
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The village pump, in the High Street
London Road, with Ivy Cottage on the right
Towards the railway bridge from The Broadway
Hall's Corner in the 1958 flood
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BROWSE THROUGH THESE PAGES AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON WICKFORD’S HISTORY.

This website is a developing collection of memories, photographs, stories and
comments, forming the community history of Wickford – the town and its
surrounding areas. In ‘Wickford’ we include Runwell, Battlesbridge, Shotgate,
Rawreth, North Benfleet, Crays Hill, Downham and the Ramsdens – the boundaries
are very flexible.  You are invited to explore this history and to add to it, by
adding comments to existing articles or providing new photographs, memories and
personal histories. If you want to add an article to the site please click on
the above “contribute” link. If you want to add a comment to any article please
use the “Add your own comments” link at the bottom of the article.

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Featured articles

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WHITE SWAN HOTEL

The original Swan premises were owned by Thomas Bell.
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BELMONT AVENUE (B), PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE END OF THE 1950S.

Following on from Sue Sage's memories.
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'FATHER OF WICKFORD' - DR. FREW

An extract from 'Wickford Life', March 1998.
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HOW TO MEET THE ARCHIVE GROUP.

Meet members of the Archive at their monthly Memory Desks in the library, within
The Willows Centre.
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Latest articles

 * MEMORIES OF MALA SCHOOL OF DANCE AND DRAMA
   
   05/06/2024
   Mala School of Dance and Drama. I lived in Wickford from 1955 until !960 at
   Wickford ...

 * BARBERS GENERAL STORES, LONDON ROAD
   
   05/05/2024
   This picture of Barbers stores has been passed on to us from Angela’s
   florist, together ...

 * WICKFORD HISTORY ANNUAL EXHIBITION
   
   02/05/2024
   This Saturday 4 May we again have our annual exhibition of
   photographs,memorabilia, old newspapers and ...

 * JOHN AND CLARISSE LOVE IN WICKFORD (1)
   
   31/03/2024
   John Waring Love was born on the 4th November 1849 in East London at the
   London ...

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 * Belmont Avenue (a), memories from the 1950s. 25/06/2024 I grew up on Belmont
   Ave during the late 40s through to the early 60s. We lived in the twin...
 * Walks around Wickford in the 1960s and 70s 24/06/2024 There was a tragic
   accident in which a man was killed saving people whose car had gone on to
   a...
 * Carpenters Arms public house, Rawreth, near Wickford. 22/06/2024 I can
   confirm that John and Connie Gardner did move from the White Swan in Wickford
   to the Carpenters Arms,...
 * Personal Memories of Wickford in the late 1950s. 22/06/2024 I was born in
   Walthamstow, and used to go past the solicitors you mention, Romain, and then
   moved to Chingford....

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