THE FAMILY OF SAS war hero, the late George Denny has received compensation for the ceremonial dagger that was stolen from Purfleet Heritage Museum in August last year. After a ten month battle it seems that George's family has won the war.
A number of key churches across the Diocese have been chosen to be ‘Diocesan Jubilee Centres’, these include for Thurrock the Parish Church of St Peter & St Paul in Grays High Street. Grays Parish Church will be open for all four days of the long Jubilee weekend from 10am until 4pm for people to come along and write a greeting which will be included in the final bound book which will be presented to the Queen later this year.
The consecration service began with Mr Starr and the Rev Barlow reading the Petition for Consecration, to the bishop, before he and the “people assembled” walk to each corner of the field where the bishop marks the ground with his pastoral staff.
IF THERE was ever a depiction of a loving grand-father then it will be Orsett Heath's Ken Moore, who passed away last week, aged 74. Over the last few years, Ken would come to the Grays Athletic games with his grandson, Lewis. He absolutely adored football made Lewis and encouraged him to play and learn about the game.
Every pupil was dressed in red and white or as a princess or knight so Jonathan had plenty of choice when finding actors to re-enact the story where the dragon was slayed using the heavy life size sword that Jonathan provided from the Museum collection.
The latest Thurrock Heritage Plaque was unveiled by Mayor of Thurrock, Cllr Charlie Curtis, with the pupils in attendance at the Purfleet Heritage and Military Centre.
Mr Mackinlay retired in 2010 but we contacted Andrew to ask what he recalled from that night.
He said: "Fatigue. It was a long campaign. I was please to capture Thurrock but we were bitterly disappointed that Labour had lost and lost so heavily.
The mayor of Thurrock, cllr Charles Curtis opened proceedings. YT's Mike Jones went on a tour of the area and interviewed Lynda Viccars from the Port of Tilbury who sponsored the event. Thanks must also go to the Tilbury Riverside project who continue to keep the flame of heritage alive.
Recently, Jonathan invited the mayor of Thurrock, cllr Charlie Curtis to Purfleet to unveil a plaque that commemorates the fact that Rev John Newton composed Amazing Grace whilst living in Purfleet-on-Thames.
The charter was developed following a motion at the full council meeting in March last year. An overview and scrutiny task and finish group was established chaired by Cllr Danny Nicklen supported by Cllr John Purkiss and Cllr Yash Gupta.
"In all we raised £323 last night for the Trust and still have some of the limited edition Hall of Frame prints left which cost £15, plus other memorabilia, see me at the next home match or contact any Trust comittee member if you wish to purchase any of these.
A FALKLANDS WAR hero, who survived the deadly attack on the Sir Galalahad in 1982, has been found dead in his flat in Grays. Emergency services were called to the home of John Jenkins in Russett House on Falcon Avenue in Grays on Thursday February 23rd where Mr Jenkins was found.
We had recognised, Chadwell-born Ian Abercrombie as Elaine's boss on Seinfeld but did not realise that he hailed from Thurrock.
Ian was known for playing Alfred Pennyworth in Birds of Prey. He appeared as Elaine Benes' boss, Justin Pitt during the sixth season of Seinfeld, and later as a butler on Desperate Housewives.
