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The Grays Lives Project: Pembroke and Bull are painting a positive picture

AS part of our Grays Lives project, we have conducted a number of interviews at the Old Courthouse business hub in Grays.

The Grays Lives Project: David Seaman on keeping the faith for Grays Athletic

OUR final interview as part of the Grays Athletic fans telling us of their hopes and dreams of returning to the area centres on veteran fan David Seaman.

The Grays Lives Project: Maid in Grays

AS part of the Grays Lives Project, we have been visiting businesses that work out of the Old Courthouse in the heart of Grays.

The Grays Lives Project: Bridge Road, 1959

AS part of our Grays Lives Project, we have also been interviewing a number of Grays Athletic fans.

The Grays Lives Project: Andrew Blakey: Faith in the future of Grays

THERE are some people you could listen to all day. Andrew Blakey is one of them. He has been one of the pioneers who...

The Grays Lives Project: Bakhtiar is plumbing new heights

AS part of our interviews conducted at the Mangal restaurant on Orsett Road in Grays, we interviewed Bakhtiar Ahmed. He I sone of a group of men who gather at the restaurant to discuss life.

The Grays Lives Project: Rob Seaman: Navigating a way back to Grays

AS part of our Grays Lives Project, we interviewed a number of Grays Athletic supporters who want to see they beloved football team come back to the town.

The Grays Lives Project: Driving for a better community

A FEW times a week, a number of residents meet up at the Mangal restaurant on Orsett Road, in Grays. They discuss a whole...

The Grays Lives Project: Asif’s love of cars

A FEW times a week, a number of residents meet up at the Mangal restaurant on Orsett Road, in Grays. They discuss a whole host of issues, as friends do.

The Grays Lives Project: Bringing Grays Athletic back home

THE GRAYS Lives project has focussed mainly on interviewing people who live and/or work in the Grays area. We have filmed over thirty interviews so...

Interview with Cheryl Johnson BEM: Remember My Baby

AT THE NEW Year, Cheryl Johnson was awarded the British Empire Medal in recognition of the impact and achievements of the charity she co-founded.

The Grays Lives Project: Vera Plumridge: The show will go on…..

GRAYS resident, Vera Plumridge has been a doyen of the music scene for decades.

The Grays Lives project: Bend it like Haneeka

AS part of our Grays Lives project, we interviewed up and coming footballer, Haneeka. Not only is she on the cusp of the England team but she is a leading light in the development of the Grays Athletic under-14 side.

The Grays Lives Project: Tony Chubb-The State, The Regal and The Ritz

TONY CHUBB has an encyclopaedic knowledge of life in Grays from the 1930's onwards. Much of our interview centres on his time in the number of cinemas that existed back then. A golden age?

The Grays Lives Project: Accounting for singing

LINDA Stewart loves to sing. From her early days as a child, through to singing at care homes and now singing as part of Royal Opera House Community Chorus.

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