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Film: The last Saturday at Mill Field, Aveley

IT IS the ending of a chapter and the beginning of a new one. On Saturday, Aveley FC played their last Saturday game at Aveley FC.

A History of Grays discussed at Thurrock Local History Society

Philip Edgar took us on a nostalgic trip of Grays via his photographic collection. Originally Grays was a small port with brickworks and a brewery.

Thurrock News: March 1917

WOMEN AND MANUAL LABOUR Colonel Whitmore is a considerable figure in South-East Essex, and his statement about women labour in France, some ploughing with three...

Thurrock Local History Society: Ripping Yarns

Thurrock Local History Society Lecture 24 February 2017 Jack the Ripper by Susan Yates At our February meeting our Chairman Susan Yates gave us a riveting...

Exhibition and Events showcase Thurrock heritage

SUPPORTED by the Heritage Lottery Fund and organised by Thurrock Council’s Museum Volunteers, this event recognises and celebrates the vital role of the Kynoch Explosives Factory during the Great War.

Talk on Tilbury’s association with Gravesend railway

FASCINATING TALK on Tilbury's association with Gravesend railways.

Thurrock History Society: Life as a theatrical costumier

Thurrock Local History Society lecture 20 January 2017 My life as a theatrical costumier by Ann Hardy The Society welcomed back Ann Hardy for our January...

War veteran searching for Tilbury family to return lost war letters

A veteran soldier is on a mission to trace the family of a man from Tilbury, who fought in a town on the Dutch-German...

Have an idea for a heritage project in Thurrock?

Do you want funding? Have an idea for a heritage project?

Heritage Watch launched in Thurrock

LOCAL champions for Thurrock’s heritage industry have joined forces to launch a new police initiative for the town aimed at protecting the past.

Thurrock set to mark Holocaust Memorial Day

THURROCK will again be marking International Holocaust Memorial Day on Friday 27 January at the High View Avenue Memorial Gardens in Grays.

Volunteers wanted for Tilbury and Chadwell memories project

'MAKING ​​More ​Memories' project connects local volunteers with older people living in Thurrock's care homes who would benefit from talking to someone about their early memories.

Million pound boost for The Fanns

LOTTERY funding has been awarded to help improve historically-significant landscape in Thurrock and neighbouring boroughs on the borders of east London and south-west Essex.

Exhibition to showcase Kynoch and Corringham Railway

COME down to the Thameside Theatre and find out more about a fascinating period in Thurrock's history.

Appeal for relatives of fallen Thurrock soldiers

THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES Commission has made an appeal for relatives of a number of men buried in Thurrock to get in contact.

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