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| 01) Pitsea 1942 |
| 02) Pound Lane Post Office - 2 replies. |
| 03) Old motorcycles in Pound Lane area of North Benfleet - 3 replies. |
| 04) Pitsea Northlands Willow Pond - 4 replies. |
| 05) Local soccer information |
| 06) Kimberley Road, Laindon - 1 reply. |
| 07) Dicky Birds and Tonibell's ice cream vans - 8 replies. |
| 08) House called Onclayd in Salisbury Avenue, Langdon Hills |
| 09) Tonibell - 6 replies. |
| 10) Basildon Hall - 2 replies. |
| 11) Arthur Willis of Laindon |
| 12) Bastiani ice cream van - 6 replies. |
| 13) Rectory Road, Pitsea - 7 replies. |
| 14) Pitsea School - 6 replies. |
| 15) Co-op milk depot, Bluehouses, Basildon |
| 16) Reunion - 1 reply. |
| 17) Locarno (Mecca) Ballroom - 12 replies. |
| 18) Campbell's Motor Services of Pitsea - 4 replies. |
| 19) Old Tom buses of Laindon |
| 20) Vange boot sale field - 1 reply. |
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| 1. Pitsea 1942 |
Posted by Patricia  on 8/1/2006, 9:07 pm
I was born in my grandparents bungalow in trenham ave pitsea during ww11. it was all fields then, no street
lighing, no running water gas or electric in the bunglow. my mother took me back to east london, age 3, but
always went back to stay with my gran for 3 months every year. those years were the happiest of my life. no
child today could have the freedom i had.
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| 2. Pound Lane Post Office |
Posted by Gary Kent on 15/2/2006, 8:11 am
Does anyone have any info. on the Post Office that used to be in a cottage on the corner of Pound Lane.
I am trying to trace my family tree and a distant relative of mine ran the post office with her husband. Her name
was Martha Silva. All I know is that she delivered the post on her push bike to the houses and farms around
Basildon before the war in the 1930's or possibly in the War. Her husband used to be a baker and roasted the
chickens and turkeys for the locals in his oven for a small fee. Unfortunatly I do not know his name.
Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Re: Pound Lane Post Office
Posted by Ellen on 30/12/2007, 6:56 pm
Gary I hope you still check this board, as unfortunately I have only just seen this message. I have also e mailed
you with regards to this thread.
During the Second World War my Father was evacuated to Pitsea
from London, to stay with his Uncle Stanley and Aunt Martha and apparently Aunt Martha was the
Post Lady.
More Details included in the e mail, I hope to hear from you soon
Re: Pound Lane Post Office
Posted by Gary on 1/1/2008, 3:18 pm
Ellen, thanks for your mail. Please check your email. Best wishes.
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| 3. Old motorcycles in Pound Lane area of North Benfleet |
Posted by Paul on 17/2/2006, 4:19 pm
In the late sixties i used to walk around the pound lane/north benfleet plots. there was an old shed like
dwelling, in i think osbourne road or grange road where an ex serviceman used to restore old pre war
motorcycles. when he had finished he greased them all over then wrapped & buried them on his large plot. i
wonder if they are still there? i had forgotten all about this until someone in basildon market was overheard
talking about the same thing last week. was this you.
Re: Old motorcycles in Pound Lane area of North Benfleet
Posted by Spencer on 9/4/2006, 3:01 pm
The guys name was Bob Hayes, he did indeed have old motorcycles and strangely enough he buried
them. I suspect they are long gone as he was well known in the area. A friend of mine managed to get him
to sell a sidecar he had laying around, other than that the guy was a mystery.
Re: Old motorcycles in Pound Lane area of North Benfleet
Posted by Gary on 3/9/2006, 12:00 pm
His name was bob. my dad bought some of the bike bits from him, i think was in the 80s sadly me dad died
a few years ago. I possibly still have some of the bits.
Re: Old motorcycles in Pound Lane area of North Benfleet
Posted by Trotter on 29/1/2008, 10:11 pm
I lived around the area and had good memories of Bob. We used to get parts for our motorbike of
him when we were kids. Bob got evicted (was a council owned property) and was given a flat in
Pitsea. I heard he didn't get on with the way life was and moved to a bit of land he owned in
fobbing. that was the last I heard about him
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| 4. Pitsea Northlands Willow Pond |
Posted by Paul on 21/2/2006, 12:48 pm
Spent many a lazy summers day fishing for sticklebacks, newts & salamanders in the 1960`s before the
chalvedon estate was built. Pond is still there behind chalvedon community centre but smaller now. also the
field opposite the cows pond where we used to ride our mopeds (raleigh runabouts & old mobylettes) &
sometimes an old ford car that had been left in the bushes.
Re: Pitsea Northlands Willow Pond
Posted by Alan on 14/9/2006, 7:56 pm
Yes i can say the same great days Old BSA Bikes and minors i also remember the house before it was
knocked down do you remember the bike track or was that to late for you? where the lakes are i think ????????
Re: Pitsea Northlands Willow Pond
Posted by Paul on 20/9/2006, 3:42 pm
Remember the bike track, oh yes i do!! It was exactly where you said it was. Lots of cars went in the lakes
when first filled up. We used to watch them pull out cars every weekend. Used to bunk off school and had a
camp opposite cows pond in which we had an old log burner. We were all in there one day when Chalvedons
Rural Studies Teacher bought a class of 2nd years out on a ramble, he must of bored the pants off them for
45 mins. We were s**t***g ourselves inside but he never even saw the smoke coming from our
chimney. HAPPY DAYS. All changed now. paul.
Re: Pitsea Northlands Willow Pond
Posted by Maureen Baxter (nee Ridley) on 30/1/2007, 1:11 am
I have such memories of the Willow Pond in what used to be Lillie Avenue. My grandparents had their
self-built bungalow (Cordelia) nearby and I was born there in 1948. It was a truly magical place where my
cousins, my brother and I used to play. We used to crawl out on the branch of the tree that overhung the pond
to catch the sticklebacks and newts to take home in our jam-jars. I remember too the bullrushes and the
dragonflies. This was long before any cycle tracks or new estates - just unmade roads, honeysuckle
hedges (I can still smell them when I think of my childhood) and glow-worms in the grass that twinkled in the
dark (no street lights then!) It broke my heart when I last saw the Willow Pond, just a grubby little hole in the
middle of the Felmores estate - what price progress, eh?
Re: Pitsea Northlands Willow Pond
Posted by Memory Man on 31/1/2007, 2:53 pm
Nice to hear about your memories of the old willow pond, however it's behind the chalvedon community centre
in the middle of the CHALVEDON ESTATE. Felmores is more to the north these days. Do you remember the
other pond in the cows field which was opposite? Happy days.
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| 5. Local soccer information |
Posted by Les Neale on 22/2/2006, 8:27 pm
Anyone out there with info (newspaper reports/photos,etc) concerning Basildon Minors/Basildon Minor
Reserves soccer teams circa 1960/61?
I'd be grateful for any info. Les Neale
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| 6. Kimberley Road, Laindon |
Posted by Michael Harris on 24/2/2006, 10:55 am
I'm seeking info on My Mother's family, The Fox's (Benjamin was my Grandfather, in a house called
Winnipeg, in Kimberley Road, off Wash Road 1920 - 1955. Also neighbours, including Cox.
Re: Kimberley Road, Laindon
Posted by Denise on 16/5/2006, 11:50 am
This road, with names mentioned are in the 1949 onwards electoral roll.
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| 7. Dicky Birds and Tonibell's ice cream vans |
Posted by Carlos on 25/2/2006, 2:24 pm
Does anyone have any photos of dicky birds/tonis/tonibell ice cream vans in the 1950's/1960's. i think they
were based in wickford, basildon & on the a127 at laindon? any information would be welcome. thank
you, carlos.
Re: Dicky Birds and Tonibell's ice cream vans
Posted by Mark G on 27/2/2006, 3:50 pm
Tonibell's depot was in Bowlers Croft off Honeywood Road, in the early 60's.
Re: Dicky Birds and Tonibell's ice cream vans
Posted by George on 27/2/2006, 4:39 pm
In the 1970s Tonibell's depot was in Bentalls off Chester Hall Lane (Pipps Hill industrial estate as it is now),
Industrial estate No.2 as it was then.
Re: Dicky Birds and Tonibell's ice cream vans
Posted by Mario on 2/3/2006, 3:26 pm
Tonibell vans used to be parked on the a.127 behind laindon service station, backing on to kings road in the
early sixties. mr whippy had an ice cream factory in cranes farm road (was also a yogurt factory later
on). tonis were in bowlers croft, tonibell were in bentalls until closing in the 1980s. dicky birds were opposite
whitehouse parade in london road, wickford. marios were at corringham & manor trading estate
benfleet (walls). lyons maid vans came from ingrebourne & tillingham. regards mario. p.s who remembers
bruno's ices?
Re: Dicky Birds and Tonibell's ice cream vans
Posted by Patricia on 2/3/2006, 7:20 pm
I was living in pitsea in the 1960s, my husband worked at tonibells as a mechanic, maintaining the vans.
Re: Dicky Birds and Tonibell's ice cream vans
Posted by Marco on 7/3/2006, 11:08 am
I lived in basildon in the 50's & 60's and remember all the different ice cream vans that toured the area. mr
softee, mr whippy, mobelle (had tiny mini vans), franco, dimambros, rossi (southend), rossi of london, walls,
lyons maid (leach bros), toni's, tonibell, bruno's, barkers of canvey, lord neilsons, midland counties, dicky
birds, valentete, tomassi`s. what a huge amount compared with today. i am 75 now and still remember the
kids pestering me & mum everytime a van came round. regards marco diemietri.
Re: Dicky Birds and Tonibell's ice cream vans
Posted by John on 1/4/2006, 7:17 am
Does anyone remember Eldarados ice cream? As a child in the 1950s I remember they came around Pitsea
with a container mounted on the front of a bike.
Re: Dicky Birds and Tonibell's ice cream vans
Posted by Maurice on 5/4/2006, 12:11 pm
I don't remember eldorado, but a motorcycle(dot)combination used to visit the plots off rectory road, pitsea
in the 40's & 50's. i think it was an italian gentleman. he later got an old morris van with a high top. he could
have been german thinking about it. he was based in wickford. hope this helps john.
Re: Dicky Birds and Tonibell's ice cream vans
Posted by Steve Goodchild on 19/9/2007, 4:41 pm
I used to work from the Tonibell yard at Bowlers croft from 1966 to 1972. My round was in Hornchurch and
surrounding area. Great days. Manager there was Jimmy Wadilove.
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| 8. House called Onclayd in Salisbury Avenue, Langdon Hills |
Posted by Gail on 27/2/2006, 7:04 pm
Hello,
I am trying to find out ANYTHING about a house and it's residents, called Onclayd".
What I
already know is that it was on Salisbury Ave. in Langdon Hills and torn down in the 60's. The street is no longer
there either - it is now Mandeville Way. My grandparents, Charles and Elsie Stevens, were there at least until
1949/50.
My Dad, Raymond, (along with his brother Alan and sister Wendy) were there in the 30s/40s. I
believe that the name ONCLAYD is a play on the last name of Claydon.
So that's what I know. Can anyone
else remember or find out anything more? I appreciate the help. PMs welcome.
Warmest regards,
Gail
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| 9. Tonibell |
Posted by Patricia on 7/3/2006, 12:01 am
Does anyone one remember a big bloke they called TINY, who was gov in Tonibells in the 1960s?
Re: Tonibell
Posted by Tony Dow on 13/3/2006, 10:51 pm
Yes I remember tiny, he was the manager for a time.
As far as I can remember he was a barnardo's boy
the same as the boss of tonibell, a very good friend of mine George Le gresley.
Re: Tonibell
Posted by Patricia on 16/3/2006, 8:35 pm
THANKS FOR REPLY TONY.
DO YOU KNOW IF HE IS STILL AROUND?
PATRICIA
Re: Tonibell
Posted by Tony Dow on 19/3/2006, 10:52 pm
Hello pat
sadly no is still not around he died a number of years ago i can't remember how now but i think it
was a heart attack but i will check.
Re: Tonibell
Posted by Patricia on 20/3/2006, 6:52 pm
Thanks 4 reply tony, sorry to hear that tiny died.
Re: Tonibell
Posted by David Le Gresley on 16/12/2006, 10:32 pm
Thats my Grandad 
Re: Tonibell
Posted by Ex Tonibell on 30/12/2006, 2:08 pm
David, have sent you some old photographs to share with your grandad george.
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| 10. Basildon Hall |
Posted by Mary Skipworth on 13/3/2006, 12:45 am
In the 1861 census William Green Skipworth was a farmer of Basildon Hall, 163 acres, employing 4 men and
2 boys.
William was born in Rothwell, Lincolnshire in 1813 and died at Basildon in 1862. I think he
came to be farming in Essex because of an inherited estate, in which a Mrs Jane Green (living 1819) had a
life interest. Cherry Orchard farm at Orsett in Essex is mentioned in connection with Jane Green's estate.
Can anyone throw light on this Green family? I think some Isaac Greens in Lincolnshire may be related also.
Thanks
Re: Basildon Hall
Posted by Richard Clarkson on 10/2/2007, 4:47 pm
I have an ancestor on a birth certificate listed as "lodgingers at Basildon Hall. No one seems to know anything
about this place, including researchers. Today I just found this link which shows Basildon Hall. I
have e-mailed this site for any info. (THIS site) the publishers do not have contact info. My
family were "agricultural labourors". We also seem to be ( by DNA ) of the catevelauni Celtic
tribe of Essex, which would make us the "original" inhabitants.
Richard Clarkson (Claxon,
Claxton etc)
New jersey, USA
Editor: The website link with this entry no longer resolves.
(https://www.maison-de-stuff.net/simon/057%20Basildon%20Hall%202007_05_05/index.html)
Re: Basildon Hall
Posted by Memory Man on 22/2/2007, 3:33 pm
UNFORTUNATLY PICTURES ARE OF BASILDON, BERKSHIRE NOT BASILDON ESSEX. IF ONLY OUR
TOWN WERE THIS NICE. IT WAS ONCE MANY YEARS AGO BEFORE THE BULLDOZERS WRECKED IT ALL.
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| 11. Arthur Willis of Laindon |
Posted by John Constable on 16/3/2006, 1:36 pm
Does anyone have any information at all on ARTHUR WILLIS born 1894 who originally came from West Ham
possibly 26 Star St. and came to live in Laindon c.1925?
He worked at Churchill Johnsons Builders
Merchants, near the railway station, up to about WW2.
Any information gratefully received for family
records.
John
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| 12. Bastiani ice cream van |
Posted by Carlos on 18/3/2006, 10:37 am
Does anyone remember bastiani ice cream vans? I think they came from grays & were one of the first to
sell soft whipped ice cream. is Reg still around. regards carlos.
Re: Bastiani ice cream van
Posted by Annelise on 21/3/2006, 7:48 pm
He's still going strong!
Basti parks his van outside my daughter's school in the summer and
remembers me from when *I* was a child.
Sadly, my favourite spearmint ice lolly is no longer
available, although the stickers advertising it are still on the van, unchanged since the Seventies :-D
Re: Bastiani ice cream van
Posted by Carlos on 24/3/2006, 11:23 am
Thanks for info, where does he operate (area). regards carlos. p.s rossi (southend) still do spearmint
creme lollies.
Re: Bastiani ice cream van
Posted by Mike Fruin on 14/4/2006, 2:06 am
Bastiani's factory was at the end of Kent Road, Grays in the early 1960's. I used the underneath of the factory
to park my car. The parents had a religious ornament section in the same complex.
Mike Fruin ex basildon now tasmania
Re: Bastiani ice cream van
Posted by Gary on 5/9/2006, 1:34 am
Yeah he still comes and parks in the same spot near my mums house in basildon just off little lullaway. im
39 think i first saw him when I was about 4. if we only had couple a coppers he would make us a little ice
cream out of broken cornets {now who does that now no 1} he is exactly the same, same bloody van I can
hear the wine of the engine and gearbox makes me get exited for an icecream haha. I now buy my little girl
ice creams from him what a lovely man.
Re: Bastiani ice cream van
Posted by Sue on 28/9/2006, 11:43 pm
'Basti's' real name is Tony and he remembers me and my family from when we were youngsters. He is a great
guy, a bit of a living legend in these parts !!
Re: Bastiani ice cream van
Posted by John on 8/10/2007, 12:40 am
I remember Tony from when I lived in Capelston off little lullaway, he was the best ever ice cream man. In
1982, he promised all us kids who played football on the green out the back that he would give us free ice
creams if Italy won the World Cup. When they did, he backed out of the deal, but he was still the greatest!
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| 13. Rectory Road, Pitsea |
Posted by K.J on 24/3/2006, 11:30 am
STEGGLES, THE CABIN, GREENS STORES, PAPWORTHS, WALKERS STORES, WAGERS DAIRIES,
CHURCHILL & JOHNSONS, T.G CYCLES. WHO REMEMBERS THESE SHOPS? K.J.
Re: Rectory Road, Pitsea
Posted by Patricia on 28/3/2006, 5:40 pm
Yes i remember rectory road, used to go in the cabin as a kid, an elderly lady owned it.
went back a few
years ago, but its all changed now
Re: Rectory Road, Pitsea
Posted by Leo on 29/3/2006, 12:47 pm
Mrs yaxeley & Mrs crotch ran the cabin with mrs yaxeley's son. ken steggles ran the newsagents
(steggles). klarners was a mini supermarket (now the chinese takeaway), g moores was a wool shop, there
was also a small timber sweet shop opposite kenneth road, you had to make a lot of noise to attract the
owner as she was deaf. it meant going in and out bangng your feet!!! wagers dairies was on the corner of
rectory road/high rd, the shop is still there as part of house. papworths used to trade from a large van as well
as his fruit/veg shop in the 1960`s.
Re: Rectory Road, Pitsea
Posted by Patricia on 29/3/2006, 7:28 pm
I remember that timber sweet shop leo.
do you remember the prefabs in and around kenneth road?
Re: Rectory Road, Pitsea
Posted by Leo on 3/4/2006, 12:58 pm
Yes i remember the pre-fabs, do you remember the pig farm??? i can still smell it now. we used to go
scrumping for apples, pears, plums & gooseberries in the old orchards off rectory road. sunday school at the
church hall on the corner of wickford avenue (opposite papworths) rev harvey & jim chelton. sports days
behind the new church in the summer (free lunch). fishing in the willow pond, doing my paper round from
steggles, up rectory rd, down burnt mills then down to pound lane, all before school.
Re: Rectory Road, Pitsea
Posted by Patricia on 5/4/2006, 6:59 pm
My grandparents had a small holding in treham ave & the kids would drag old baths in the gate to nick the
friut off the trees. we had a dog called peter & he would bark & chase them out.
last time i went there, all
that remained was two tall poplar trees that used to be at the gate.
Re: Rectory Road, Pitsea
Posted by Alan on 14/9/2006, 7:43 pm
I remember the black shop we used to call it...(small timber sweet shop opposite kenneth road, you had to
make a lot of noise to attract the owner as she was deaf.) We did not really like to go on our own..... i also
rememnber the pig farm and the hay stacks they had to. great times.
Re: Rectory Road, Pitsea
Posted by Martin Walker on 12/10/2007, 9:42 am
My nan owned the shop called Wayside stores that was knocked down in the late 1960's. does anyone have
any old pictures of it?
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| 14. Pitsea School |
Posted by Leo on 3/4/2006, 2:19 pm
Mr jones the headmaster, mr king, mrs mc`neil, mr illiams (boxed your ears, probably why im nearly deaf) coal
being delivered by conveyor belt off a lorry. the cane!!! what a time in the 1960`s. still looks the same but
they changed the name. will alway be pitsea pig sty to me.(p.p.s)
Re: Pitsea School
Posted by Margaret on 16/4/2006, 8:45 pm
I joined in 1945 just after the war - you think you had it rough, we had 48 yes 48 in a class. First teacher was
Mrs. Dove. My last teacher was Mr. Bebington.
Re: Pitsea School
Posted by Margaret Jackson nee White on 30/4/2006, 8:08 pm
I went to Pitsea school starting in 1942. My sister Jean was five in 1945 so must have been around when you
were there. Mr Bebington was my teacher in my last year. I remember his handwriting challenge league and
his obsession with shiny shoes.
Re: Pitsea School
Posted by Patricia on 3/5/2006, 7:12 pm
Margaret, do u remember any names from infant school? my brother was at pitsea school too, he's 66 now.
Re: Pitsea School
Posted by Margaret J on 4/5/2006, 9:28 pm
Hi Patricia,
When I next see my sister Jean I will ask her about her classmates in 1946. I know she had
friends - Jennifer Bartlett who lived in the old Parsonage opposite the school and Margaret King who lived in
Station Road (now Sandon Road) near us in Pitsea. Margaret J.
Re: Pitsea School
Posted by Margaret Hickman on 28/7/2006, 11:48 pm
Your sister Jean White was in the same class as myself. She was friends with Beryl Warman, Barbara
Dellow and myself. I have an old school photo with us all in it, with the teacher Miss Denton. I too had Mr.
Bebington and enjoyed his classes.
Re: Pitsea School
Posted by Patricia on 14/8/2007, 3:52 pm
My brothers name was Terry Ellis, he remembers walking to school during the war, with german planes
shooting at people in the street, he said he used to run into the shop doorways, till the all clear. He went to
london after the war & became a teacher
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| 15. Co-op milk depot, Bluehouses, Basildon |
Posted by Milky on 6/4/2006, 2:07 pm
I used to work at london co-op dairies in bluehouses, basildon in 1972-1975. the foreman was fred james, the
guv was john, cyril run the stores, dewdrop, the 2 rons, robert hogg, steve was forklift driver, stan middleton, bob
blowes, joe 90, dougie, tony, frank, pete, graham, peter (used to do upholstery) cork. anone still about???
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| 16. Reunion |
Posted by Brian Baylis on 5/5/2006, 11:10 pm
If there are any ex Laindon High Road school pupils who left from 1961 to 1963 wishing to attend a reunion on
Friday 26 May at either 'The Crown' on Langdon Hills or Basildon Rugby Club, depending how many wish to
come, please contact me ASAP on my personal E-mail addy? It would be nice to see some new faces this
year, so if you were there and/or know anybody that was and can possibly attend, then please let us know? The
more, the merrier it can be.
Thank You.
Re: Reunion
Posted by Brian Baylis on 23/5/2006, 9:26 pm
This has now been unfortunately cancelled due to lack of interest, more's the pity. It would have been nice to
meet up and catch up again.
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| 17. Locarno (Mecca) Ballroom |
Posted by Paul on 10/5/2006, 9:10 pm
Does anybody remember The Expresso Five who used to play at the mecca in the 1960's?
Re: Locarno (Mecca) Ballroom
Posted by Bob on 15/5/2006, 6:25 pm
Yes i remember good times at the locarno as it was called then. And does anybody remember the D.J. i think
his name was paul Thorpe it was in 1962?
Re: Locarno (Mecca) Ballroom
Posted by Dave Oakley on 16/5/2006, 10:44 am
The expresso five rings a bell although at my age i could well be confusing them with the dave clark five who played there regularly-heheheh.
Re: Locarno (Mecca) Ballroom
Posted by Brian Baylis on 23/5/2006, 9:34 pm
I can remember the d.j., but not his name. As for the Dave Clark Five, oh what lovely memories I have and in
particular being able to talk with them during their breaks. It is such a pity that Mike Smith was in a wheelchair
last time I saw him, following a bad fall at his home in Gibraltar about 3 years ago now. I still have their
records, being singles, EP's, LP's and CD.
I remember David and The Embers and The Migil Five
playing during the DC5 absence when they were on holiday, but certainly not The Expresso Five.
Re: Locarno (Mecca) Ballroom
Posted by Terry on 27/5/2006, 12:53 pm
I remember paul (billy liar) thorpe, he had a market stall in basildon market years ago selling old magazines. is
he still around??? think he was a bit of a comedian/compere last time i saw him. best wishes terry.
Re: Locarno (Mecca) Ballroom
Posted by Aubrey on 29/5/2006, 4:14 pm
Well bob, you must have been a twinkle in your fathers eye in 1962. i remember a postman called paul
thorpe, not dj, but dw (dishwasher). those were the days paul, do you remember wignalls betting shop & the
ford zodiac eye eye mate. keep up the good work you still make us laugh after all these years mate. love to
your new wife. aubrey (1963).
Re: Locarno (Mecca) Ballroom
Posted by Paul on 31/5/2006, 11:15 pm
Thanks for the wind up "AUBREY" you'll never change. always the sarcastic one. ha! ha! Ann sends her love.
Re: Locarno (Mecca) Ballroom
Posted by Paul on 31/5/2006, 11:22 pm
Hello Terry, wasn't you the one that did my electrics on Basildon Market? no wonder British Rail made you
redundant!!!!!!!!! Regards Paul
Re: Locarno (Mecca) Ballroom
Posted by Stanley Dudley on 2/7/2007, 1:35 pm
I remember Paul as he was a good mate. He had the bookstall in the market square before making enough
cash to move abroad I think or maybe not. perhaps somebody knows.
Re: Locarno (Mecca) Ballroom
Posted by Stan on 2/7/2007, 2:13 pm
Should have read this before posting my message assuming you had gone abroad. Perhaps you were only
talking about a holiday. Anyway its nice to know you are still around, hope you are well and enjoying life as
always. Regards Stan (the bouncer)
Re: Locarno (Mecca) Ballroom
Posted by Colin Clarke on 13/7/2008, 12:15 am
Hi Paul!
My wife definitely remembers the Expresso 5 at the Mecca, but I remember them more from the
Friday night dances at Laindon High road School youth club. They were a brilliant group, the lead singer was
Graham Bradley (later known as Graham Bonney, with the hit "Hey Supergirl".) Do you remember how the
drummer was made to play his solo for as long as the Yogi bear figure was swinging behind him? (And how
some cheats used to give it an extra shove?)
Re: Locarno (Mecca) Ballroom
Posted by Mick on 7/10/2008, 8:18 pm
What is about the number 5. Did the Locarno only have acts with that number? DC5, Migil 5, Expresso 5 and
an appearance by The Toggery Five (see my entry under Dave Clark Five lead singer). Can anybody
remember another act that appeared there with 5 in the name so as to make it 5x5?
Re: Locarno (Mecca) Ballroom
Posted by John C. Ward on 24/11/2008, 1:34 am
Graham Bradley played with the Expresso 5 as well as David and the Embers. David and the Embers had a
minor 'hit' at that time but I can not remember the title.
People may remember some top line groups who
played at the Locarno in the period 1962-64 at functions organised by the Marconi Apprentices
Association: e.g. The Animals. The Kinks, Dave Clark Five, Marmalade, etc. They were good times at the
Locarno.
Website Editor: David & the Embers released a 7" single in 1963 called "What is this" b/w "Teddy Bear Special" (From the film "The Yellow Teddy Bears") on Decca
Records, catalogue number: F.11717. It did not chart.
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| 18. Campbell's Motor Services of Pitsea |
Posted by Florrie on 27/5/2006, 12:08 pm
IT'S 50 YEARS AGO THAT CAMPBELLS OF PITSEA STOPPED RUNNING BUSES IN AND AROUND
BASILDON. I WAS A CONDUCTRESS RIGHT UP TO THE END. DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THIS
COMPANY? THEIR DEPOT IS STILL THERE IN STATION LANE (SOON TO BE GYPSY SITE). WE USED
TO CARRY ANYTHING IN THE OLD DAYS, LIVESTOCK ON MARKET DAYS, SAND, BUILDING
SUPPLIES FOR THE PLOTS. ALSO USED TO HAVE TO WAKE UP REGULAR PASSENGERS BY
BLOWING THE HORN ON WAY THROUGH. THAT WAS PUBLIC TRANSPORT. ALL THE BEST, FLORRIE.
Re: Campbell's Motor Services of Pitsea
Posted by John on 28/5/2006, 5:21 am
I've lived in Australia now for 42 years, but my childhood very much involved travelling on Campbells buses,
and mainly to visit my grandmother. As you would know Florrie the earlier models had wooden seats and
were real bone shakers. Invariably they were driven by one of the Campbells sons who probably alternated
with driving their coal trucks. My grandmother lived in Beresford Road which no longer exists and was a
turning of Church Rd Basildon, and just beyond the railway bridge. I used to travel from Pitsea Broadway to
visit the old lady, and from memory the fare was initially about two pence. Campbells service was always very
personal and friendly and part of the areas character. The biggest fear however was that on a rare occasion
a scheduled bus might breakdown and not turn up. It was mighty lonely for a child in Church Rd at night, and a
long walk down Gordon Road to catch the other buses along Timberlog Lane. Just think you probably took
my fare all those years ago.
Re: Campbell's Motor Services of Pitsea
Posted by Florrie on 29/5/2006, 12:35 pm
THANK YOU JOHN FOR YOUR MEMORIES, I THOUGHT I MIGHT GET A LOCAL REPLY BUT ALL THE
WAY FROM AUSTRALIA WELL!! IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS MY FRIEND WILL BE PUTTING MY
COLLECTION OF BLACK & WHITE PHOTOS ON THIS SITE. I HAVE ABOUT 120 PICTURES TAKEN
WHEN I WORKED AT STATION LANE DEPOT. YES SOME OF THE BUSES LOOK LIKE THEY SHOULD
BE IN A MUSEUM. DO YOU REMEMBER CITY COACH COMPANY WHO RAN THRU
WICKFORD??? BEST WISHES FLORRIE.
Re: Campbell's Motor Services of Pitsea
Posted by Patricia on 31/5/2006, 8:15 pm
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE PHOTOS FLORRIE.
I REMEMBER THOSE BUSES, AS A
CHILD ID GET ON THE BUS WITH MY GRAN TO GO TO PITSEA MARKET. THEY WERE SO NOISY. I
HAVE SOME GOOD MEMORIES OF PITSEA.
Re: Campbell's Motor Services of Pitsea
Posted by Margaret Hickman on 28/7/2006, 11:45 pm
I used to live in Avondale Road, Pitsea Estate and when I first started working would pass the depot near the
station every day. I remember the wooden seats. I sometimes caught the bus from Pitsea Station
to the Working Mans Club at Vange.
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| 19. Old Tom buses of Laindon |
Posted by Florrie on 13/6/2006, 12:59 pm
FOUND A PHOTO OF A BUS BELONGING TO "OLD TOM", WHO USED TO RUN A SMALL FLEET OF
BUSES AROUND LAINDON IN THE 1930`S. WILL PUT IT WITH CAMPBELLS PHOTO`S WHEN WE
GET THEM ALL SORTED. FLORRIE.
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| 20. Vange boot sale field |
Posted by Edward on 14/6/2006, 3:43 pm
Why is this field known locally as gods field. is it because of the church or is it an ancient burial mound??? the
gypsies won`t go on it, and people are often seen late at night with metal detectors. anyone know anything????
Re: Vange boot sale field
Posted by Concerned on 10/2/2007, 3:50 pm
JUST NOTICED THIS FIELD IS UP FOR AUCTION ON 28 FEBRUARY. WHAT WILL BECOME OF THIS
LAST PIECE OF OLD VANGE??
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