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| 08) Holy Cross + St Nicholas - 5 replies. |
| 09) Rectory Road family |
| 10) Help for uni project - 1 reply. |
| 11) Sanatorium in Dry Street |
| 12) Jim Green |
| 13) Burnt Mills car accident - 5 replies. |
| 14) Dave from Adelaide - 3 replies. |
| 15) Jolly Friar public house - 2 replies. |
| 16) Waterloo grille company |
| 17) St Marys Crescent, Pitsea - 1 reply. |
| 18) Christmas Greetings - 1 reply. |
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| 8. Holy Cross + St Nicholas |
Posted by Tim Telfer  on 17/7/2013, 10:29 am
My great grandfather was Herbert Carpenter, Rector of Basildon and Laindon for many years last
century. I wonder if there is any information about him? It seems the old rectory has been
demolished. Most grateful for any information.
Re: Holy Cross + St Nicholas
Posted by Geoff Baxter on 18/12/2013, 7:49 pm
Hi Tim
I have a few photos of him. One portrait and a couple in various wedding photos.
let me have an email address and I'l send them.
Regards
Re: Holy Cross + St Nicholas
Posted by Tim Telfer on 18/12/2013, 10:56 pm
Dear Geoff
Thanks so much - I would be delighted to see them!
Family history had it that my
great grandfather is buried in the church - that may be wrong. The only picture I have shows him
aged about 60, and another with some of his family standing outside what I presume was the
vicarage - and that I think has been demolished! I am very keen to see the church; he was Vicar
of Basildon and Laindon so perhaps you could advise me where I should be heading, access etc. Many thanks. Tim
Re: Holy Cross + St Nicholas
Posted by Lorna on 26/12/2013, 6:28 pm
Please e-mail me Tim.
Herbert was married to my grandfather's sister Florence so we are distantly related.
Re: Holy Cross + St Nicholas
Posted by Tim Telfer on 27/12/2013, 10:36 am
Dear Lorna
Thanks for emailing me. I knew about Florence of course (I think the family always
called her 'Flo', and I seem to remember she had a daughter Rosalind?). Sadly my Mother's generation
have mostly passed on so all I have to go on are what I vaguely remember from growing up! I have
a head and shoulders photo of Herbert aged about 65, and I used to have a group photo of the
family - including Flo - standing outside what I think must have been the vicarage. I look
forward to hearing from you! Tim
Re: Holy Cross + St Nicholas
Posted by Lorna on 27/12/2013, 11:23 am
https://www.laindonhistory.org.uk/images/uploaded/scaled/Carpenter_Family.jpg
Herbert's first wife died so
Flo (or Mrs C as my family called her) married Herbert when he was in his 50s.
Do e-mail
me directly and we can carry on the conversation.
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| 9. Rectory Road family |
Posted by beryl lucas nee bull on 6/8/2013, 11:09 pm
does anybody remember the very very large family that lived in rectory road , I think their name
was harris or Harrison .I have very fond memories of living my childhood on the st marys estate
everybody knew everybody different nowdays beryl lucas nee bull
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| 10. Help for uni project |
Posted by Tracy Hymas on 14/8/2013, 7:33 am
Can anyone help my daughter. Her summer uni project is to find a folk song/story from her home
town. We don't remember hearing one. Any ideas?
Re: Help for uni project
Posted by Rob basildon on 17/8/2013, 8:53 pm
Hi there don't know if this helps but local basildon artist phil burdett was an interesting man
with his song and documentary Memphis basildon. And also the saying ......you're be in hot water
possibly came from here also folklore ...may be .thanks rob
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| 11. Sanatorium in Dry Street |
Posted by Colin Humphrey on 21/8/2013, 1:59 pm
I would dearly love to make contact with David Alexander or one of his family. In David's article
on the West Ham Sanatorium, he mentions and has a photograph of my late fathers nephew Vic Bentley,
sadly Vic died of TB in 1946 at the age of 18. To my knowledge there is only one other photograph
of Vic in existance. Vic's father and elder brother Alf also died of TB within a couple of years
of each other, such a tragedy. I live just a couple of miles away from the former sanatorium and
visited the building very recently. One of the blocks is still standing as is the water tower,
the bomb shelter is also intact. The staff house 'Wooton House' is currently undergoing some
modernisation. I will be most grateful for any information on this subject.
Colin
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| 12. Jim Green |
Posted by Andrea Ash (nee Pinnell) on 6/9/2013, 2:20 pm
Can anyone forward the email address of Jim Green please? This is for Ken Page in Oz. Thanks.
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| 13. Burnt Mills car accident |
Posted by beryl bull on 16/9/2013, 11:01 pm
does anyone remember a girl being knocked down and killed on the nevendon road must be about sixty
years ago. my brother says he remembers an old car in the field up there he saw as he came home
from school and being told that was the car that knocked her down. also does anybody remember
my father? he used to be an artist and painted a lot of advertising boards ie wars nurseries at
burnt mills road and a kennels down rectory road I think it was called roselands? and had a wire
haired terrier painted on the sign. he also painted the lions names over the tops of the cages
for billy foyle, so im told,
Re: Burnt Mills car accident
Posted by Alan on 24/9/2013, 9:03 pm
About 1959 ish burnt mills road just past and opposite the Gregley's home a young girl about eight
Margaret Jennings she lived further down Burnt Mills in a house named Millgate (now demolished
and new home built on site). Very sad I unfortunately came along just as the ambulance took her
away I was on my way home from Craylands school my school buddy's John & David her brothers
the car was upside down in the road! I lived in the area until around 1963 another girl Penny Mower
was run over and killed by a bus opposite Nevendon School about 1953 another sad time I was playing
with her only 30 mins before the accident I visit her grave at St Peters from time to time. Regards Alan
Re: Burnt Mills car accident
Posted by beryl on 24/9/2013, 9:24 pm
thankyou for the response I will be able to tell my brother now as its always bugged him that he
couldnt remember anything only the car being upside down, I wonder if he remembers the other girl. do
you remember a house up burnt mills with a big rocking horse on the veranda? Iv always wondered
about that house?
Re: Burnt Mills car accident
Posted by Alan on 24/9/2013, 9:53 pm
Don't remember a Rocking Horse But if I took a guess at which house it would be the one opposite
Reids Avenue. all gone now of course but that house to a young lad had a mystery about it.
There was not too many houses in the fifties and early sixties north of burnt Mills just fields
until Archers fields now a huge industrial site on the south a few bungalows with large gardens
now a huge Housing complex, the woods still there had a few scary times in there I could walk to
Pitsea through the woods and down some unmade roads back of Briscoe road and come out by the Railway
Hotel on way to Saturday morning Pictures at the Century Cinema some happy and scary times!
Regards Alan
Re: Burnt Mills car accident
Posted by beryl on 25/9/2013, 9:17 pm
I lived on the S bend up Rectory road till I was five? next door but one from the bakers and behind
another bungalow I think the farm opposite was called Wares. I came home from work one day from
the industrial site and they were pulling our old bungalow down ,it was so sad ,but I didnt realise
how small it was mum and dad raised 5 kiddies up in there and we left when mum had the sixth child,
lovely times in tha bungalow The darling buds of may had nothing on us lot,,,,
Re: Burnt Mills car accident
Posted by Alan on 25/9/2013, 10:41 pm
Good to hear, was it the bakers bit further up from Cecil drive I remember a couple of bungalows
there delivered newspapers there about 1960 ish just past a house owned by a Mr Walton used bakers
often and Kimptons further up on right also another shop opposite Kimptons but cannot remember the
name good times born in Trenham Avenue fields all around lived in the area for bout 16 years changed
so much now we left when Basildon Council compulsory purchased a lot of the property there shame. Badly handled,
called progress I guess. good memories though.
Regards Alan
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| 14. Dave from Adelaide |
Posted by mick oakley on 21/10/2013, 2:48 pm
is that dave from adelaide s/a ???
Re: Dave from Adelaide
Posted by Dave Oakley on 22/10/2013, 6:21 am
Hi young Mick good to hear from you, hope you are well and alls ok. Doreen and i are fine here
in Adelaide sunny South Australia.
Re: Dave from Adelaide
Posted by mick oakley on 5/11/2013, 10:52 am
hi dave glad all is well so much happened here clair passed 4years Hilary also 2years am now bringing
up grandson russ my address is 14 matching green Basildon Essex ss142pb e/mail frisby2010@hotmail.co.uk
phone ***** 526391 hope to hear from you soon x mick
Re: Dave from Adelaide
Posted by dave Oakley on 16/11/2013, 3:33 am
Hi MICK have sent you a couple of emails to your given email address,just wondering if you have
received them,-- Dave O.
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| 15. Jolly Friar public house |
Posted by mick oakley on 21/10/2013, 3:05 pm
any info on what year the pub was built?
Re: Jolly Friar public house
Posted by michael fruin on 27/10/2013, 6:54 am
According to 'A Basildon Chronology' on this site, the Jolly Friar was built in 1955, the second
new pub in Basildon - the Crane was built the previous year.
We moved into Danbury Down in 1955
and within a year (I was 15) I was drinking at the Friar and the Railway in Pitsea.
I particularly
liked the Mann's Cream Label Stout in the Friar.
Mike Fruin Tasmania
Re: Jolly Friar public house
Posted by Pat Goldswain on 28/11/2013, 6:26 pm
It was there when I was 9..that would be 58 I went to a firework display there and some little
fellow put and sparkler in my face and burnt my eye!!!! Its okay..a doctor parent was there and
dressed it..all well...
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| 16. Waterloo grille company |
Posted by mick oakley on 7/11/2013, 10:12 am
anyone out there who worked at waterloo ???
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| 17. St Marys Crescent, Pitsea |
Posted by Beryl Lucas (nee Bull) on 11/11/2013, 10:43 pm
does anybody remember our neighbours from St Marys Crescent, Pitsea. Mainly Christine Honour
and Susan Honour, and Maisie Pain and her brothers, and Clifford Pitt and his brother Desmond
and anybody else that lived on our estate late 50s and the 60s, am writing an account of that era
on the estate and would love to hear your memories of that time Thank you
Re: St Marys Crescent, Pitsea
Posted by Beryl Lucas nee Bull on 16/2/2014, 10:22 pm
I have found the pain family I was looking for and still am looking for the honour family ,,also
looking for the Collings family who lived around the crescent before going off to Australia there
was a Podgy Collins and I think the young ones name was Michael,,their father was a builder and
they lived aT NO.109? opposite Mr and Mrs Harris and family (Stanley Harris) was the youngest son,,,info please
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| 18. Christmas Greetings |
Posted by Dave Oakley on 25/12/2013, 5:30 am
Once again i trust that everyone that is involved with this site will have a Very Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.
Re: Christmas Greetings
Posted by Admin on 25/12/2013, 4:27 pm
A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you as well Dave, and to everyone else who has contributed
or just enjoys reading the posts or browsing through the main Basildon History pages.
All the
very best for 2014.
Bill (Admin)
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