To explore this historic culture the Thurrock Museum is delighted to have secured a performance piece based on ‘Beowulf’ on Saturday 24th September, 2-4pm at the Thurrock Museum and Thameside Theatre. The Anglo Saxon World of Beowulf is a brand new piece of theatre, telling the Anglo Saxon story of the ancient legend of Beowulf. It is a sung-through piece, with an original score by Southend composer, David Stanley. The show has been written by Southend writer, Tony Michaels.
THEY MUST HAVE been exciting times for Neil Wright. He had worked in the city for a number of years in London and now had an opportunity to move to New York City and work as on options trader for Cantor Fitzgerald on the 84th floor of the north tower of the World Trade Centre.
YOU MAY SEE people hot-footing it at the Foxhound in Orsett this weekend but it will all be in a good cause. The walk will be in aid of charity Clowns in the Sky which raises money for children with brain tumours.
We have made 3,500 films since Sept 2008. Should we fail, then we feel that we have left a rich archive of what was happening in Thurrock between 2008 and 2011 but we still feel that we have failed to chronicle the personal history of the individuals that make up the borough. What we would like to do is film three people every week over ten minutes and talk about their history. Just a snapshot but a valuable snapshot.And so as to avoid confusion, we are talking about people of all ages.
SAS war hero from WW2 lies in intensive care after his beloved commando dagger stolen from Purfleet Heritage Museum. Family angry at museum for not informing them for three weeks.
Around 80 councillors, council officers and veterans joined the MP, Mayor of Thurrock, Cllr Charlie Curtis, Leader of the Council, Cllr John Kent and the Rev Darren Barlow at the ceremony.
IF THERE IS one thing you must do in Thurrock over the summer then it is trying out the Mobile Explorer at Coalhouse Fort. The Explorer was launched last week down at the Fort. Pixelwork's Matt Harris was joined by Scott Sullivan from Thurrock Council as well as resident historian Jonathan Catton.
Now 25 years later in our age of the world wide web, digital photography, email and social networking, its time to have a look at those entries again, to bring the project up to date, and perhaps to lay down another layer of local history.
Here you can rediscover and explore images and articles from the original project to find out how life in Britain has changed... and how some things have stayed the same. Now and again, YourThurrock will be dipping into the archive to see what people were saying about Thurrock.
The 30-year-old options broker from Tilbury, died on September 11th, 2001 in the Twin Towers.
Neil worked for the global financial services company Cantor Fitzgerald. The company were based between the 101st and 104th of the north tower. They lost 658 employees, more than any other organisation in the terrorist attacks.
COALHOUSE Fort is one of the most important historic sites in Thurrock and is completely run by volunteers who give their time freely to help preserve the fort for future generations to enjoy.
"The Coalition undertook in its programme for government to review the rules governing the award of medals for the armed forces. This review has considered campaigns by veterans and other interested parties for new awards, including the campaign to institute a medal for service in Bomber Command during world war two. The review recently reported its findings to Defence Ministers and is now with the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister for their consideration.
Along the way we heard about the buildings, shops and cinemas and events such as the fraudulent transactions at Grays Building Society leading to its closure and the suicide of the manager, the training ships moored on the Thames and the devastating fire in 1875 on the TS Goliath, when one officer and 18 boys were lost.
t used to be that we would gain information whilst at a museum or place of interest by walking around with a guide. As we entered the late twentieth century, the walkman like headset would be a great asset but now, in the heart of our borough, a new innovation has been launched that may well revolutionise how we engage with places of interest and tourism in general.
