History

IN commemoration of Black History Month, and the 75th anniversary of Windrush, The National Lottery has unveiled a unique piece of art, a wireframe...

AN exhibition will be staged in the gallery at Thurrock's Thameside Complex next month. highlighting the role and impact of borough residents who gave...

The Perfect Storm – The East Coast Floods of 1953 – Michelle Savage AT our first meeting of the season we welcomed Museum Officer Michelle...

THE Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) today expressed its delight at the decision of the UNESCO World Heritage Council in Riyadh to inscribe 51 Commonwealth war cemeteries and memorials with World Heritage Status.

PEOPLE across England will be able to celebrate local historical figures under a proposed expansion of the official blue plaques scheme which currently only...

FOLLOWING on from 'War in the Sky' the next exhibition in the Thameside Gallery produced by its vilunteers is 'Thurrock at Sea' which opens on Saturday, 16 September and closes on Friday, 20 October at 11am.

THURROCK Council is commemorating the anniversary of the tragic events of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, which saw more than 8,000 people killed and countless acts of barbarity committed against women, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes to escape what the United Nations had called this worst atrocity on European soil since the Second World War.

TRACY Reed credits the NHS for the life-changing opportunities it has provided her over the last 42 years.

COME along and see 'War in the Sky' at the Thameside Complex Gallery from 1 July, highlighting the people of Thurrock who served in the Royal Air Force and Women's Auxiliary Air Force.

A SPECIAL plaque to commemorate the 75th anniversary of HMT Empire Windrush has been unveiled today at c2c's Tilbury Town station.

COMMUNITIES are invited to come together at events across Thurrock to celebrate the upcoming 75th anniversary of the Empire Windrush’s arrival in the UK.

AT our May meeting Gary Jones gave us an interesting talk on the workings of an A & E Nurse, having joined the NHS as a cadet in 1969, working up to Head of A & E Nursing at Orsett. He described his work at the hospital, also his personal experience at roadside emergencies.

Project 71 is a strictly not for profit organisation run by humble volunteers, providing support for WW2 Veterans.  They are not a huge group, do...

ON the 22 June 1948, the Port of Tilbury welcomed 500 people from the Caribbean, who travelled for 30 days from Jamaica aboard the SS Empire Windrush, to begin a new life in Great Britain. 75 years later, on 22 June 2023, the Port will mark this anniversary by hosting a day of celebrations at the London Cruise Terminal where they first arrived.

AUGMENTED reality to transform the way people learn about the men and women who died during both world wars.