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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

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

 * AFTERMATH OF AN ENEMY RAID THAT AFFECTED WICKFORD.
   
   28/02/2024
   The Archive has had this picture donated, but unfortunately we’ve lost track
   of the donor ...

 * SOME PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE 1958 FLOOD.
   
   20/02/2024
   Some Shotgate 'flood' photographs.

 * WICKFORD HIGH STREET, THEN AND NOW.
   
   19/02/2024
   Here are some more “Then and Now ” photos of the High Street.

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 * Personal Memories of Wickford in the late 1950s. 29/04/2024 Alf and Doris
   Andrews had one of the new built bungalows in Swan Lane in the 1950's. They
   had one...
 * ‘Then and Now’ Photos (around the centre of town). 29/04/2024 Broadway
   Coaches was owned by my Grandfather, Bernard Harvey. He can be seen in the
   last photo standing in front...
 * Driscoll, hair stylists on The Broadway 29/04/2024 As a schoolboy (1958-64),
   I used to get my hair cut in Driscoll's. If memory serves, there were two
   barbers...
 * The Development of Wickford’s markets 29/04/2024 Interesting there is no
   mention of the Harvey family who owned Wickford Market for over half a
   century and oversaw...

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