Nostalgia

Memories of May Day fun and morris dancers

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

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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A look back at the hotels of Southend past

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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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