Nostalgia

Not so long gone – many Southenders still have fond memories of the Queen’s Hotel, in Hamlet Court Road. It was a very popular live music and function venue as recently as the early Eighties

A look back at the hotels of Southend past

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Memories of May Day fun and morris dancers

Rayleigh’s Trinity Fair was once so raucous it had to be scrapped

Memories of a very glam royal wedding

Venture back to 1927 when self- inflicted starvation, a dog’s life and a cold-blooded murder made the headlines

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NOSTALGIA: Step back in time with these 12 pictures of dancers from the 80s and 90s

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HISTORY: Essex Morris Dancers need new blood to keep the historic tradition alive

HISTORY: Hospital marks 45 years since Princess Anne opened £3million extension

NOSTALGIA: Shelling out...lives of oyster fishermen caught on camera

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HISTORY: Has anything of importance ever happened in Essex? Actually...yes it has

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PICTURES FROM THE PAST: Barstable School in Basildon during the Eighties and Nineties

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Picture from the past: Big freeze of 1987

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Picture from the past: Schoolchildren keeping fit in 1911

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Picture from the past: Golden Hind at Peter Pan's Playground in Southend

Picture from the past: Campaign to save Southend's cancer unit

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6 pictures of Southend's civic centre through the ages

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Tales of murder and ghosts hidden in Chelmsford's history

6 historic images provide insight into Rayleigh’s ‘peculiar’ past

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Do you remember life before Lakeside? 10 old pictures of Thurrock before the shopping centre was built

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To a boy of seven in the war, having a German plane crash at the end of my garden was a thrill

9 historic pictures of the Peterboat in Old Leigh

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The life of Westcliff's Palace Theatre is a drama in its own right

9 pictures of Southend Pier more than a century ago

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The force is strong in Essex! Star Wars characters take to the streets in the 70s

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Family reunited on the airwaves as radio tribute broadcast on Christmas Day

Picture from the past: The opening of Keddies sale in 1988

For seaside fun it was strictly Southend for Bruce

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Travelstyle Tours picks up awards

REVEALED: Plans from 1935 showing Southend's glorious illuminations

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9 pictures of Christmas celebrations at Southend Hospital from the hospital's archive

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JIM WORSDALE: The magnetic quality of Southend hasn’t changed

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Living a quiet life in Wickford ...the iconic London Blitz girl

Then and Now: Southend's Palace Hotel

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Mystery man walked around the world and ended up in Essex

7 pictures of Southend Pier from years gone by

"I saw two family homes destroyed by Hitler's bombs"

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Leigh pub's famous boxer became Rank's gong man

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Southend at War: 7 lost pictures from our archives

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Heritage...and the odd ghost!

Remember these? Five old pictures of Basildon nightclubs

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Picture from the past: Southend gasworks and jetty in 1970

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Shoebury Garrison over the years... Pictures show little has changed at the estate entrance

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Picture from the past: Welsh Fusiliers stationed at Hadleigh

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Picture from the past: First World War soldier from Hadleigh

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ARCHIVE: Canvey takes on the world's oil giants in the Seventies

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Down memory lane: Hole truth about Lakeside

Then and Now: Southend towerblocks

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Then and Now: Southend's Kursaal

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Then and Now: Rising Sun pub in Billericay High Street

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Then and Now: Leigh on Sea

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Then and Now: Billericay High Street

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THEN AND NOW: Alexandra Street, Southend

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MEMORIES: The day in 1954 we greeted our newly-crowned Queen home from her tour of the Commonwealth

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