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The Grays Lives Project: Cooking up a future in Grays

MANY people will know Stoyan Georgiev and wife, Simona as the team behind the cafe in the Thameside Theatre.

Grays Riverside Big Local groups share their successes

THE Grays Riverside Big Local group held open house today (Sunday, 23 September) to talk about their work, share successes and look forward.

The Grays Lives Project: Mike Stone: A civic pride

FOR the past eight years, Grove Road resident, Mike Stone was a local councillor. From potholes to planning, he dealt with issues that concerned the lives of Grays residents.

The Grays Lives Project: Eddie Clampin: Para athlete

In the last five years, Eddie has been racing in competitions ranging from 10 kilometres to the full marathon.

Come and find out all about the Grays Riverside Community Big Local

Come and find out all about the Grays Riverside Community Big Local. Full details on poster.

The Grays Lives Project: Eva Rees: The Write Stuff

EVA Rees love to be creative. You can catch Eva down at the Thurrock Writers Circle or with fellow painters at The Beehive in...

The Grays Lives Project: Mike Ostler: Get busy living…..

MIKE Ostler is the living embodiment of the perpetual motion. You may see him walking briskly down Orsett Road. You may see him as...

The Grays Lives Project: The importance of history

THE purpose of the Grays Lives Project is to look at life in Grays, past, present and future.

The Grays Lives Project: John Crawley: Dough and Doodlebugs

THERE are some people we could listen to all day. Ninety-year-old John Crawley brought us back to his Grays memories of doodlebugs crashing on the Thameside library during the Second World War.

The Grays Lives Project: Tim Harrold: Art is not for arts sake

GRAYS artist Tim Harrold can often be seen out and about in Grays, gathering inspiration from his surroundings.

The Grays Lives Project: Ashley Froment at Griffin Grays

A NUMBER of our interviews for the Grays Lives Project are focussing on people who work in Grays. We interviewed the General Manager of Griffin...

The Grays Lives Project: Robin Atkins and TRAP

WHEN he was living in Seabrooke Rise in Grays, resident Robin Atkins felt that he and others could use the power of Facebook to try and act as an intermediary between the public and Thurrock Council.

The Grays Lives Project: Ashley has a lot to sing about

GRAYS student Ashley Palipana is now singing with the Royal Opera House Thurrock Community Chorus.

The Grays Lives Project: Debbie Fowler: All Signposts lead to Grays

DEBBIE Fowler works for Signpost. They are based in Crown House in Grays and do a wonderful job in getting people back to work or, to be precise, signposting people back to work.

The Grays Lives Project: Stephen Catchpole and The Beachcombers

THE TITLE sounds like a sixties band but in fact Stephen Catchpole is at the vanguard of the clean up group that once a...

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