At our November meeting we welcomed back Linda Rhodes, curator of Valence House Museum. She gave us a very detailed illustrated account of the sad lives of some apprentices of the Barking Fishing Fleet.
THERE was a large gathering on Saturday afternoon in a South-east Essex village in honour of the three gallant airmen who had each succeeded in bringing down a Zeppelin
Councillors, including the Mayor and Leader of the Council, as well as senior officers from Thurrock Council will be attending a number of events across the borough to mark Remembrance Day.
THERE was an impressive turnout for the start of Thurrock's Remembrance season when St Stephen's Church, played host to a ceremony organised by the nearby Purfleet Military Museum and Heritage Centre on Sunday.
WE were pleased to invite the newly appointed Museum and Heritage Officer Hazel Sacco for our October meeting. She gave a very informative and interesting talk, complete with illustrations, on Coalhouse Fort.
ONE of the largest gatherings of people seen in Grays for some time assembled on Sunday afternoon when the funeral took place of the late Private William Reed, Essex Regiment, of West Street Grays, who died in hospital at Southend following wounds received in action.
DIVERSITY Mark Schools from across Thurrock came together on Monday 17th October when young people showcased their talent in an evening of History Through Music, charting the story of the first migrants who arrived in Tilbury on the Empire Windrush in 1948,
AN exhibition commemorating the Thurrock residents who gave their lives during World War 1 will be on show at the Thurrock Council’s Thameside Complex, Grays from 4 to 18 November.
AN exhibition commemorating the Thurrock residents who gave their lives during World War 1 will be on show at the Thurrock Council's Thameside Complex, Grays from 4 to 18 November.
ONE of the largest gatherings of people seen in Grays for some time assembled on Sunday afternoon when the funeral took place of the late Private William Reed, Essex Regiment, of West Street Grays, who died in hospital at Southend following wounds received in action.
