Due to the Spitfire’s phenomenal speed, it was able to quickly whizz into action in times of defence against enemy bombers. The Spitfire’s remarkable design and proven performance propelled the Spitfire to become the backbone of the RAF Fighter Command.
The exhibition is on at the centre, in Centurion Way, every Sunday and Thursday from March 6 to 27, and will feature archive photographs and documents. The exhibition will showcase the career of Reginald Joseph Mitchell, who designed the iconic British aircraft.
There he used coal dust and boot polish to dye his fair hair black and posed as a docker before swimming out to a Dutch ship moored in the Thames estuary near Tilbury, Essex. But the swim came only after several aborted attempts to get to the boat. Pluschnow spent several nights on the foreshore in Tilbury as the current kept sending him back.
The future of the project had been in doubt as funding shortfalls threatened its existence. However, a grant from the Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation (TTGDC) enabled TRP to employ Richard for a six-month period and to contribute to the on-going success of the project. He will also be busy seeking out funding opportunities though organisations like the Heritage Lottery Fund.
At a moving ceremony at the Thameside theatre, pupils form Ormiston Academy, Gable Hall, William Edwards, Grays School and Chafford Hundred spoke movingly of the experience. The students used a variety of ways to illustrate what they saw and what they felt.
THERE is a lot going on at Grays library today. The fact that it is national "Save Our Library Day" is, we are firmly told, a complete co-incidence. But it is good to see national figures from Thurrrock such as Scoobius Pip, supporting the cause. (Very subtle-Ed).
Dozens of people — including politicians, council officers, schoolchildren and members of the public — braved the snow flurries to remember the World War Two Holocaust and genocides since.
The trip — supported by the Government’s Take Part programme and organised by the council’s diversity team — saw the group travel to Krakow on Saturday and return home on Monday (15 to 17 January).
To mark International Holocaust Memorial Day 2011, a joint initiative of Shenfield, Brentwood and Districts Synagogue
and Christian Friends of Israel (Essex) will be held in the form of an exhibition called "Heroines of the Holocaust".
With Gerry Rafferty passing away on Tuesday at the age of 63, we asked Gerry to reflect on those memories and pinpoint any particular anecdotes. Gerry also raided his photo albums to show us some fascinating insights to life as a struggling artist in the sixties and early seventies.
AT the November meeting Susan Yates, chairman of the society, gave an illustrated talk on the windmills of Thurrock. Firstly there was an explanation of the different types of windmill. The internal workings were explained and the various stones described which were used to grind the corn into flour.
The history of the Thurrock mills was well researched where records exist. Aveley post mill, which was built pre-1651, was owned by the Barrett-Lennards of Belhus.
Andrew was a prolific cricketer and a member of the strong Thurrock Interknit team, which was based in Grays. He once guested for the Essex Club and Ground cricket team and was asked by the great captain of Essex, Tom Pearce, to bowl a couple of overs. In his 20′s and 30′s, he achieved a high standard as a football referee, officiating all over Essex and the Home Counties and included an appointment as linesman at the FA Amateur Cup semi-final played at The Ova
IN the week that Andrew Strauss' team leave for Australia to hopefully come back with the Ashes for the first time since 1987, we thought we would show footage of how the team used to make their way down under, leaving from Tilbury docks.
