TECHNICAL TESTING
for SEECAN Organisation
By Bob Stephen
SEECAN - Test of different methods of extracting forum messages from an existing site. The first one is Copy/Paste while the others use the csv export file and additional software.
First thing is to have a look at the following possible export methods and indicate your preference. The only affected sites are Laindon and Billericay. METHOD1 is quite labour intensive but can be done mechanically. The other methods require the use of the csv export file but are quick. METHOD4 and METHOD5 require a bit of fiddling about but the slowest, METHOD5, could be completed in 2 hours if Laindon and Billericay manipulations could be done together.
Making the messages available on a new Wordpress site can be dealt with elsewhere if there is sufficient interest: a couple of possibiities have been tested in outline and suggest this should not cause any major problems.
Things that come to mind are:
1. Putting existing forum messages on a WordPress historic forum page
2. Creating a new WordPress page as a forum page just for new messages
3. Combining 1 & 2 which means that old forum messages live in the upper part of the page and new forum messages live in the comments section at the bottom
4. And so on ... pdf attachments etc etc
Bob Stephen
Method1 - Copy/Paste
Method1 / Method2 / Method3 / Method4 / Method5
Please click across links to compare the options. My preference is METHOD5 but if you like the tabular approach then METHOD4 can probably be improved by lifting up the earlier column text to make it level with the message. METHOD1 is laborious and the remaining methods are unusable by a casual user.
The river Crouch at Hullbridge
By Sue Horncastle on 04/04/2011 at 12:17
The Romans built a causeway across the river at Hullbridge and you can still see the remain of the piles which would have had bundles of sticks piled between them to create a solid crossing. "Bridge" in this context means a crossing rather than a physical bridge. In the late 1960s it was still possible to cross the river on foot at low tide and my children did so on more than one occasion. My brother, as a young man, even drove his van across once. In the summer the river was often so low that my son was able to catch a flounder in his hands!
The ferry at that time was a dingy rowed over to the north bank by a man who lived in a houseboat moored just east of the Anchor pub. There was a footpath that ran all the way along the riverbank to Battlesbridge which we used to collect flour for bread making from the mill which existed then on the Rawreth side where the garden centre is now.
Hullbridge ferry, 1960's.
By Richard Dobson on 30/07/2011 at 10:17
I believe the ferry-man mentioned in the story about the river crouch, was Jock, who I remember fairly well from that time.....myself and friends also ran the ferry,at wekends, for a while.
High House Hawkwell
By Pam Gooch on 04/09/2011 at 11:14
Has anyone got a photo I could take a copy from, of High House that stood on the corner of Rectory Road and Ironwell Lane? It was demolished in 1960 and once belonged to my husbands Grandfather Jennings who used to run a Nursery on the site.
Re: High House Hawkwell
By Helen Barnard on 26/09/2011 at 16:58
Dear Pam,
I shall have a look amongst our photo collection and get back to you.
Best wishes,
Helen
Re: High House Hawkwell
By Helen on 27/03/2012 at 15:19
pameladenise.gooch@mypostoffice.co.uk
Sorry for being so long in answering. Have you had any luck in finding a photo Helen? I am still trying to locate one.
Re: High House Hawkwell
By Helen Barnard on 28/03/2012 at 11:33
Sorry, Pam, nothing has come up yet. Helen
Re: High House Hawkwell
By Len Bickford on 12/10/2011 at 23:19
Hi Pam,
I don't have any photographs i'm afraid, but i did work for who must have been your husbands grandfather - Mr Jennings at the nursery when i was a teenager back in the early 1960's.I worked for him for nearly 2yrs.
Good luck in finding a photo though.
regards Len
Re: High House Hawkwell
By Len on 27/03/2012 at 15:23
Sorry it's taken so long in answering. I haven't had any luck with any photos, but it was great to hear that you knew Eric's grandfather.
Re: High House Hawkwell
By Patricia on 02/04/2014 at 20:17
The Jennings, Sonny and Florrie ran Vega Nurseries in the 60's Sonny Jennings father ran the nursery before him and lived in the house opposite the entrance to the nursery in Rectory Road, if that is the house that you are referring to it still stands there. However, it is numbered now although it may have had a name before numbering of properties in Rectory Road. if this is the house you mean I can photograph it for you.
Re: High House Hawkwell
By Pam on 01/05/2014 at 11:42
Thank you for offering to take a photo of the cottage which was owned by my Husbands Grandfather (Abraham Jenninings ) and inherited by his son. High House was a wooden building next to the cottage and was demolished in the 60's to make way for the present building. My husband did do a painting from memory so many thanks for everyones help.
METHOD2: unmodified csv table
Method1 / Method2 / Method3 / Method4 / Method5
id | id_forum | forum_title | id_thread | id_parent | author | author_email | subject | message | date_added | id_author | author1 | is_published_yesno | ip_address |
8 | 1 | General board | 7 | 0 | Sue Horncastle | s.horncastle@free.fr | The river Crouch at Hullbridge | The Romans built a causeway across the river at Hullbridge and you can still see the remain of the piles which would have had bundles of sticks piled between them to create a solid crossing. "Bridge" in this context means a crossing rather than a physical bridge. In the late 1960s it was still possible to cross the river on foot at low tide and my children did so on more than one occasion. My brother, as a young man, even drove his van across once. In the summer the river was often so low that my son was able to catch a flounder in his hands! ***
***The ferry at that time was a dingy rowed over to the north bank by a man who lived in a houseboat moored just east of the Anchor pub. There was a footpath that ran all the way along the riverbank to Battlesbridge which we used to collect flour for bread making from the mill which existed then on the Rawreth side where the garden centre is now. | 04/04/2011 | 0 | Sue Horncastle | no | $ipaddress |
9 | 1 | General board | 8 | 0 | Richard Dobson | a.ingle@btinternet.com | Hullbridge ferry, 1960's. | I believe the ferry-man mentioned in the story about the river crouch, was Jock, who I remember fairly well from that time.....myself and friends also ran the ferry,at wekends, for a while. | 30/07/2011 | 16 | Richard Dobson | no | $ipaddress |
10 | 1 | General board | 9 | 0 | Pam Gooch | pameladenise.gooch@mypostoffice.co.uk | High House Hawkwell | Has anyone got a photo I could take a copy from, of High House that stood on the corner of Rectory Road and Ironwell Lane? It was demolished in 1960 and once belonged to my husbands Grandfather Jennings who used to run a Nursery on the site. | 04/09/2011 | 18 | Pam Gooch | no | $ipaddress |
20 | 1 | General board | 9 | 10 | Helen Barnard | barnardH@aol.com | Re: High House Hawkwell | Dear Pam,***
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***I shall have a look amongst our photo collection and get back to you.***
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***Best wishes,***
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***Helen | 26/09/2011 | 4 | Helen Barnard | no | $ipaddress |
21 | 1 | General board | 9 | 10 | Len Bickford | oldsxman@aol.com | Re: High House Hawkwell | Hi Pam,***
***I don't have any photographs i'm afraid, but i did work for who must have been your husbands grandfather - Mr Jennings at the nursery when i was a teenager back in the early 1960's.I worked for him for nearly 2yrs.***
***Good luck in finding a photo though.***
***regards***
***Len | 12/10/2011 | 0 | Len Bickford | no | $ipaddress |
22 | 1 | General board | 9 | 10 | Len Bickford | oldsxman@aol.com | Re: High House Hawkwell | Hi Pam,***
***I did write a reply a few days ago but it looks like its not got through.***
***Just to let you know that i worked for Mr Jennings at his nursery back in the mid 1960's. I was there for almost 2yrs. He did offer me a job there when i left school but he couldn't take me on full time so i had to go elsewhere.As i remember, he was a bit on the gruff side but once you showed him you wasn't scared of a bit of hard work, he was ok with you from then on.***
***Sorry i don't have any pictures, just a few distant memories. Hope you manage to find some pics.***
***good luck.***
***Len b | 17/10/2011 | 12 | Len Bickford | no | $ipaddress |
29 | 1 | General board | 9 | 20 | Helen | pameladenise.gooch@mypostoffice.co.uk | Re: High House Hawkwell | Sorry for being so long in answering. Have you had any luck in finding a photo Helen? I am still trying to locate one. | 27/03/2012 | 0 | Helen | no | $ipaddress |
30 | 1 | General board | 9 | 22 | Len | pameladenise.gooch@mypostoffice.co.uk | Re: High House Hawkwell | Sorry it's taken so long in answering. I haven't had any luck with any photos, but it was great to hear that you knew Eric's grandfather. | 27/03/2012 | 0 | Len | no | $ipaddress |
31 | 1 | General board | 9 | 29 | Helen Barnard | barnardH@aol.com | Re: High House Hawkwell | Sorry, Pam, nothing has come up yet. Helen | 28/03/2012 | 4 | Helen Barnard | no | $ipaddress |
43 | 1 | General board | 9 | 30 | Patricia | puppyalert@btinternet.com | Re: High House Hawkwell | The Jennings, Sonny and Florrie ran Vega Nurseries in the 60's Sonny Jennings father ran the nursery before him and lived in the house opposite the entrance to the nursery in Rectory Road, if that is the house that you are referring to it still stands there. However, it is numbered now although it may have had a name before numbering of properties in Rectory Road. if this is the house you mean I can photograph it for you. | 02/04/2014 | 0 | Patricia | no | $ipaddress |
44 | 1 | General board | 9 | 43 | Pam | pameladenise.gooch@mypostoffice.co.uk | Re: High House Hawkwell | Thank you for offering to take a photo of the cottage which was owned by my Husbands Grandfather (Abraham Jenninings ) and inherited by his son. High House was a wooden building next to the cottage and was demolished in the 60's to make way for the present building. My husband did do a painting from memory so many thanks for everyones help. | 01/05/2014 | 0 | Pam | no | $ipaddress |
11 | 1 | General board | 10 | 0 | Keith Nock | nockers01@hotmail.co.uk | nock family | hi i wonder if anyone remembers the nock family from rawreth they lived in goose cottages | 09/09/2011 | 20 | Keith Nock | no | $ipaddress |
33 | 1 | General board | 11 | 0 | Peter Brown | spitsortiesites@yahoo.co.uk | The Broomstick | Does the village 'magazine' The Broomstick still exist? I have heard that it was a journal created by local people for local people, but can't find out much about it.***
***Thanking you***
***Peter | 22/10/2012 | 0 | Peter Brown | no | $ipaddress |
34 | 1 | General board | 11 | 33 | Sue Horncastle | s.horncastle@free.fr | Re: The Broomstick | Yes, the Broomstick does exist still. I do not have contact details but if you wanted to get in touch I expect you could do so via the Parish Council address which is posted on the page about Canewdon which is to be found by clicking on parishes or Canewdon on the Home page. SH | 28/10/2012 | 9 | Sue Horncastle | no | $ipaddress |
35 | 1 | General board | 12 | 0 | Sheryl Sutherland | mickmog120@bigpond.com | Gusted Hall | Hello, Can anyone tell me when the Peck family moved out of Gusted Hall? I have census records up to 1911, with Charles still living there. I live in Australia, so any help would be appreciated with history on this beautiful home. My Great uncle John Peck died in 1900 & I am also trying to located his burial site.***
***Many thanks. | 28/04/2013 | 0 | Sheryl Sutherland | no | $ipaddress |
36 | 1 | General board | 13 | 0 | Bob Stephen (RDCA-admin) | rdca.bob@gmail.com | Old Priory Eastwoodbury Lane | Charles Sutton gave us this comment a while ago in the hope an article could be generated. Can anyone supply more information, more text and/or photos etc. Bob***
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***"I am very interested in The Old Priory, Eastwoodbury Lane. This property was demolished to enable Rochford Airport to extend the runway. I have many fond memories of this property prior to it being demolished. I am sure that my childhood memories will make very good reading when supported by some photographs, plans or drawings. Can anyone help?. Thank you, Charles Sutton, now residing in Spain on the Costa Blanca." | 25/05/2013 | 8 | Bob Stephen (RDCA-admin) | no | $ipaddress |
37 | 1 | General board | 14 | 0 | Pat Rudorfer (nee Horner) | prraffles1@gmail.com | Canewdon-View Road Ashingdon | I'd be interested if anyone has any information about the properties named "The Beehive" "Shiloh" "Mowbray" found in Canewdon-View Road in Ashingdon. My parents and grandparents lived in these properties from 1919 to 1950's and I was interested to know the history of the names and or links to any other information. Many thanks. Pat | 15/11/2013 | 0 | Pat Rudorfer (nee Horner) | no | $ipaddress |
38 | 1 | General board | 15 | 0 | Mick Vanner | vanner264@btinternet.com | Stevens Furniture Shop ? | Yesterday I met a lady who with her husband had a furniture shop in Rochford square, perhaps near to Delph house which is now a dentist. I wonder if any of your members would be able to throw some light on it for me. I remember the lady when I used to work at Horners, some 50 years ago. | 19/11/2013 | 0 | Mick Vanner | no | $ipaddress |
39 | 1 | General board | 15 | 38 | Pat Rudorfer nee Horner | prraffles1@gmail.com | Re: Stevens Furniture Shop ? | Hi Mick***
***Sorry know nothing of the furniture shop but was interested to know more about "working for Horners".. what was the name etc of the Horners you knew??? as I had a lot of relatives in that area ... Thanks Pat | 24/11/2013 | 0 | Pat Rudorfer nee Horner | no | $ipaddress |
42 | 1 | General board | 15 | 39 | Bob Stephen | mail@rdca.org.uk | Re: Stevens Furniture Shop ? | Sorry Pat ... just found your post yesterday on this message board. Its now only 3 months since you put it up! In future I'll obviously have to look in here on a routine basis as part of the site maintenance.***
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***In future it would be better to post an article or add a comment to an existing article. But failing that to send me an email to the site at mail@rdca.org.uk and that way I will see its made more visible.***
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***It looks like the message boards are, in principle, a good idea for things that don't fit it anywhere but they are obviously rather too far from the site "shop windows" at the moment. | 07/03/2014 | 8 | Bob Stephen | no | $ipaddress |
45 | 1 | General board | 16 | 0 | B Meldon | 009EssexGroup@dsl.pipex.com | Canewdon Tower Tours Sunday 29th June | I will be running tower tours and bellringing demonstrations at St. Nicholas Church Canewdon this coming Sunday afternoon 29th June from 12 to 5 pm. This is the only day this year that the tower will be open for tours and spaces will be limited so early booking in the church on the day from 11am is recommended.***
*** The tour lasts about ½ hour and includes many historical aspects of the church and surrounding area. It is also one of the best views in Essex from the top.***
***This is run in conjunction with Canewdon open gardens. | 27/06/2014 | 0 | B Meldon | no | $ipaddress |
47 | 1 | General board | 18 | 0 | Pat Ainger | pathoar@lineone.net | "Frinton" Canewdon Road | Hello I am trying to find out where this house either was or is still on Canewdon Road. It might have had its name changed. My grandparents (William and Mary Ann Hoar) lived there from the 1940's to late 1960's. The house (bungalow) was then taken over by my aunt Mary Parsell. If any one knows which house it was or what it's number now is I'd be really grateful. | 10/03/2015 | 0 | Pat Ainger | no | $ipaddress |
48 | 1 | General board | 19 | 0 | Otis Read | otisread@hotmail.com | Hymn "Rochford" | Greetings -***
***I am writing to you from Warren, Rhode Island, USA where I am doing research on my ancestor, the hymn composer Daniel Read (1737-1836). Of special interest to you might be that he wrote a hymn to which he gave the title "Rochford". Very often there were towns in America named after English towns, but so far, I have not discovered any Rochford on this side of the ocean.***
***I am hopeful that you can point me in the direction as to why DR named this hymn. The lyric was written by Englishman Isaac Watts and there are perhaps clues in the lyric as to why he might have named the hymn Rochford. But nothing obvious I suspect.***
***Please pass on to me the name of a person(s) who might have an interest in receiving a copy of "Rochford" and who might have some clues as to Read relatives that might have been from the Rochford area. I hope that this is not an inconvenience for you and I look forward to hearing from you.***
***Thanks, Otis Read | 28/03/2015 | 8 | Otis Read | no | $ipaddress |
49 | 1 | General board | 20 | 0 | Vince Greene | trn@gmail.com | Rochford Aerodrome | Dear Archive,***
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***My mother and I are looking for anything you have on Rochford Aerodrome during WW2. Her dad was stationed there as general maintenance / painter / window-cleaner at the time. No doubt he had to fill in a few craters along the runway too!***
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***His name was William George Daniels and his wife's family tree has been extensively researched online. We're trying to trace his side of the family (that I believe had many links) and also the large Emmons family in the region.***
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***Any memories / facts are welcome. We have a few photographs of these families we'd like to share with anyone interested / related. ***
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***Many thanks, Vince Greene. | 21/05/2015 | 0 | Vince Greene | no | $ipaddress |
50 | 1 | General board | 21 | 0 | Kimberly Baker | kimberly@nfl-legal.co.uk | Connaught House | Hello,***
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***We have recently taken a lease of the premises at 34 West Street in Market Square, Rochford - formerly known as Connaught House.***
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***I am particularly interested in the history of the building and wondered what information you held in relation to the same?***
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***I understand the building was constructed around 1770 (possibly by a gentleman of Irish decent and rumoured to be built with lottery winnings!) and that later uses may have included a workhouse. I think in recent years it was a children's home before being leased to Ice Blue Legal and then ourselves.***
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***I would be hugely grateful for any light you can shed on the history of the building and also any recommendations for Rochford pictures and paintings from the past from local artists. ***
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***Thank you for your help! | 22/06/2015 | 8 | Kimberly Baker | no | $ipaddress |
51 | 1 | General board | 21 | 50 | B Meldon | EssexGroup009@btinternet.com | Re: Connaught House | You have to be very careful when researching Connaught House in relation to its association with the workhouse as I do not think that the building in market square was the actual workhouse at all, I will try and explain as best I can with the info I have. (Any corrections would be most welcome!)***
***The Rochford Union Workhouse used the name 'Rochford House' on birth certificates from about 1904 and the address was officially changed to Rochford House in 1930. I think that Rochford House was actually a building in West Street used as an administrative building.***
***Connaught House in Market Square was purchased as staff quarters in about 1945 although it had been in use by what was then known as The Southend-on-Sea Public Assistance Committee who ran the workhouse from about 1930. There is an agreement between them and the owners Essex county Council dated 1930. On 11 February 1946 the official address of what had been the Rochford Workhouse was changed to Connaught House, again probably because it was used as the administrative address. The end result is all of the later records of the workhouse, or to give it its proper name the Public Assistance Institution in Rochford are titled 'Connaught House' although the actual location of the buildings for the inmates was where the hospital was later sited not actualy in Connaught House.***
***I also think that Connaught House was later used as a foster home from the 1950's.***
***I hope that this helps with your research. | 24/06/2015 | 0 | B Meldon | no | $ipaddress |
67 | 1 | General board | 21 | 50 | Patricia James | puppyalert@btinternet.com | Re: Connaught House | In the 1970's Connaught House was used by I believe Essex County Council for young boys aged 16 to 18 years that had had been in care and Connaught House was the transition for them from being in care as a child and leaving and becomming independet at 18 years of age. ***
***I believe but not certain that at sometime prior to this it may have been an elderly persons home. | 28/09/2016 | 55 | Patricia James | no | $ipaddress |
52 | 1 | General board | 22 | 0 | Angela | Gilliedog@aol.com | St. Mary and All Saints Church | I am trying to learn more about the death and burial of my 4th great grandmother, Mary (Ann) James nee Sutton. She was born about 1792-93 and married John James b. 26 May 1793 in Great Wakering, Essex. I believe Mary died in 1852 and have found a burial index for the burial and a death record but I'm not completely sure its my Mary James. I tried to contact the church but could not get through. I am wondering is it possible to get a copy of the gravestone or the information on the gravestone please? The reason I am querying this is that I have a copy of a death record for a Mary Ann Sutton who died in St. Pancreas, Middlesex in 1852 - and I think that my Mary was living with or near her son and maybe she died there but was buried back in her old town of Little Stambridge where she lived and is shown living in the 1841 and 1842 census records.***
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***Angela Reed***
***Frankfort, Illinois USA | 24/12/2015 | 0 | Angela | no | $ipaddress |
53 | 1 | General board | 22 | 52 | Brian | brian.k.pettitt@btinternet.com |
METHOD2: unmodified csv table
Method1 / Method2 / Method3 / Method4 / Method5
id | id_forum | forum_title | id_thread | id_parent | author | author_email | subject | message | date_added | id_author | author1 | is_published_yesno | ip_address |
8 | 1 | General board | 7 | 0 | Sue Horncastle | s.horncastle@free.fr | The river Crouch at Hullbridge | The Romans built a causeway across the river at Hullbridge and you can still see the remain of the piles which would have had bundles of sticks piled between them to create a solid crossing. "Bridge" in this context means a crossing rather than a physical bridge. In the late 1960s it was still possible to cross the river on foot at low tide and my children did so on more than one occasion. My brother, as a young man, even drove his van across once. In the summer the river was often so low that my son was able to catch a flounder in his hands! ***
***The ferry at that time was a dingy rowed over to the north bank by a man who lived in a houseboat moored just east of the Anchor pub. There was a footpath that ran all the way along the riverbank to Battlesbridge which we used to collect flour for bread making from the mill which existed then on the Rawreth side where the garden centre is now. | 04/04/2011 | 0 | Sue Horncastle | no | $ipaddress |
9 | 1 | General board | 8 | 0 | Richard Dobson | a.ingle@btinternet.com | Hullbridge ferry, 1960's. | I believe the ferry-man mentioned in the story about the river crouch, was Jock, who I remember fairly well from that time.....myself and friends also ran the ferry,at wekends, for a while. | 30/07/2011 | 16 | Richard Dobson | no | $ipaddress |
10 | 1 | General board | 9 | 0 | Pam Gooch | pameladenise.gooch@mypostoffice.co.uk | High House Hawkwell | Has anyone got a photo I could take a copy from, of High House that stood on the corner of Rectory Road and Ironwell Lane? It was demolished in 1960 and once belonged to my husbands Grandfather Jennings who used to run a Nursery on the site. | 04/09/2011 | 18 | Pam Gooch | no | $ipaddress |
20 | 1 | General board | 9 | 10 | Helen Barnard | barnardH@aol.com | Re: High House Hawkwell | Dear Pam,***
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***I shall have a look amongst our photo collection and get back to you.***
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***Best wishes,***
******
***Helen | 26/09/2011 | 4 | Helen Barnard | no | $ipaddress |
21 | 1 | General board | 9 | 10 | Len Bickford | oldsxman@aol.com | Re: High House Hawkwell | Hi Pam,***
***I don't have any photographs i'm afraid, but i did work for who must have been your husbands grandfather - Mr Jennings at the nursery when i was a teenager back in the early 1960's.I worked for him for nearly 2yrs.***
***Good luck in finding a photo though.***
***regards***
***Len | 12/10/2011 | 0 | Len Bickford | no | $ipaddress |
22 | 1 | General board | 9 | 10 | Len Bickford | oldsxman@aol.com | Re: High House Hawkwell | Hi Pam,***
***I did write a reply a few days ago but it looks like its not got through.***
***Just to let you know that i worked for Mr Jennings at his nursery back in the mid 1960's. I was there for almost 2yrs. He did offer me a job there when i left school but he couldn't take me on full time so i had to go elsewhere.As i remember, he was a bit on the gruff side but once you showed him you wasn't scared of a bit of hard work, he was ok with you from then on.***
***Sorry i don't have any pictures, just a few distant memories. Hope you manage to find some pics.***
***good luck.***
***Len b | 17/10/2011 | 12 | Len Bickford | no | $ipaddress |
29 | 1 | General board | 9 | 20 | Helen | pameladenise.gooch@mypostoffice.co.uk | Re: High House Hawkwell | Sorry for being so long in answering. Have you had any luck in finding a photo Helen? I am still trying to locate one. | 27/03/2012 | 0 | Helen | no | $ipaddress |
30 | 1 | General board | 9 | 22 | Len | pameladenise.gooch@mypostoffice.co.uk | Re: High House Hawkwell | Sorry it's taken so long in answering. I haven't had any luck with any photos, but it was great to hear that you knew Eric's grandfather. | 27/03/2012 | 0 | Len | no | $ipaddress |
31 | 1 | General board | 9 | 29 | Helen Barnard | barnardH@aol.com | Re: High House Hawkwell | Sorry, Pam, nothing has come up yet. Helen | 28/03/2012 | 4 | Helen Barnard | no | $ipaddress |
43 | 1 | General board | 9 | 30 | Patricia | puppyalert@btinternet.com | Re: High House Hawkwell | The Jennings, Sonny and Florrie ran Vega Nurseries in the 60's Sonny Jennings father ran the nursery before him and lived in the house opposite the entrance to the nursery in Rectory Road, if that is the house that you are referring to it still stands there. However, it is numbered now although it may have had a name before numbering of properties in Rectory Road. if this is the house you mean I can photograph it for you. | 02/04/2014 | 0 | Patricia | no | $ipaddress |
44 | 1 | General board | 9 | 43 | Pam | pameladenise.gooch@mypostoffice.co.uk | Re: High House Hawkwell | Thank you for offering to take a photo of the cottage which was owned by my Husbands Grandfather (Abraham Jenninings ) and inherited by his son. High House was a wooden building next to the cottage and was demolished in the 60's to make way for the present building. My husband did do a painting from memory so many thanks for everyones help. | 01/05/2014 | 0 | Pam | no | $ipaddress |
11 | 1 | General board | 10 | 0 | Keith Nock | nockers01@hotmail.co.uk | nock family | hi i wonder if anyone remembers the nock family from rawreth they lived in goose cottages | 09/09/2011 | 20 | Keith Nock | no | $ipaddress |
33 | 1 | General board | 11 | 0 | Peter Brown | spitsortiesites@yahoo.co.uk | The Broomstick | Does the village 'magazine' The Broomstick still exist? I have heard that it was a journal created by local people for local people, but can't find out much about it.***
***Thanking you***
***Peter | 22/10/2012 | 0 | Peter Brown | no | $ipaddress |
34 | 1 | General board | 11 | 33 | Sue Horncastle | s.horncastle@free.fr | Re: The Broomstick | Yes, the Broomstick does exist still. I do not have contact details but if you wanted to get in touch I expect you could do so via the Parish Council address which is posted on the page about Canewdon which is to be found by clicking on parishes or Canewdon on the Home page. SH | 28/10/2012 | 9 | Sue Horncastle | no | $ipaddress |
35 | 1 | General board | 12 | 0 | Sheryl Sutherland | mickmog120@bigpond.com | Gusted Hall | Hello, Can anyone tell me when the Peck family moved out of Gusted Hall? I have census records up to 1911, with Charles still living there. I live in Australia, so any help would be appreciated with history on this beautiful home. My Great uncle John Peck died in 1900 & I am also trying to located his burial site.***
***Many thanks. | 28/04/2013 | 0 | Sheryl Sutherland | no | $ipaddress |
36 | 1 | General board | 13 | 0 | Bob Stephen (RDCA-admin) | rdca.bob@gmail.com | Old Priory Eastwoodbury Lane | Charles Sutton gave us this comment a while ago in the hope an article could be generated. Can anyone supply more information, more text and/or photos etc. Bob***
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***"I am very interested in The Old Priory, Eastwoodbury Lane. This property was demolished to enable Rochford Airport to extend the runway. I have many fond memories of this property prior to it being demolished. I am sure that my childhood memories will make very good reading when supported by some photographs, plans or drawings. Can anyone help?. Thank you, Charles Sutton, now residing in Spain on the Costa Blanca." | 25/05/2013 | 8 | Bob Stephen (RDCA-admin) | no | $ipaddress |
37 | 1 | General board | 14 | 0 | Pat Rudorfer (nee Horner) | prraffles1@gmail.com | Canewdon-View Road Ashingdon | I'd be interested if anyone has any information about the properties named "The Beehive" "Shiloh" "Mowbray" found in Canewdon-View Road in Ashingdon. My parents and grandparents lived in these properties from 1919 to 1950's and I was interested to know the history of the names and or links to any other information. Many thanks. Pat | 15/11/2013 | 0 | Pat Rudorfer (nee Horner) | no | $ipaddress |
38 | 1 | General board | 15 | 0 | Mick Vanner | vanner264@btinternet.com | Stevens Furniture Shop ? | Yesterday I met a lady who with her husband had a furniture shop in Rochford square, perhaps near to Delph house which is now a dentist. I wonder if any of your members would be able to throw some light on it for me. I remember the lady when I used to work at Horners, some 50 years ago. | 19/11/2013 | 0 | Mick Vanner | no | $ipaddress |
39 | 1 | General board | 15 | 38 | Pat Rudorfer nee Horner | prraffles1@gmail.com | Re: Stevens Furniture Shop ? | Hi Mick***
***Sorry know nothing of the furniture shop but was interested to know more about "working for Horners".. what was the name etc of the Horners you knew??? as I had a lot of relatives in that area ... Thanks Pat | 24/11/2013 | 0 | Pat Rudorfer nee Horner | no | $ipaddress |
42 | 1 | General board | 15 | 39 | Bob Stephen | mail@rdca.org.uk | Re: Stevens Furniture Shop ? | Sorry Pat ... just found your post yesterday on this message board. Its now only 3 months since you put it up! In future I'll obviously have to look in here on a routine basis as part of the site maintenance.***
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***In future it would be better to post an article or add a comment to an existing article. But failing that to send me an email to the site at mail@rdca.org.uk and that way I will see its made more visible.***
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***It looks like the message boards are, in principle, a good idea for things that don't fit it anywhere but they are obviously rather too far from the site "shop windows" at the moment. | 07/03/2014 | 8 | Bob Stephen | no | $ipaddress |
45 | 1 | General board | 16 | 0 | B Meldon | 009EssexGroup@dsl.pipex.com | Canewdon Tower Tours Sunday 29th June | I will be running tower tours and bellringing demonstrations at St. Nicholas Church Canewdon this coming Sunday afternoon 29th June from 12 to 5 pm. This is the only day this year that the tower will be open for tours and spaces will be limited so early booking in the church on the day from 11am is recommended.***
*** The tour lasts about ½ hour and includes many historical aspects of the church and surrounding area. It is also one of the best views in Essex from the top.***
***This is run in conjunction with Canewdon open gardens. | 27/06/2014 | 0 | B Meldon | no | $ipaddress |
47 | 1 | General board | 18 | 0 | Pat Ainger | pathoar@lineone.net | "Frinton" Canewdon Road | Hello I am trying to find out where this house either was or is still on Canewdon Road. It might have had its name changed. My grandparents (William and Mary Ann Hoar) lived there from the 1940's to late 1960's. The house (bungalow) was then taken over by my aunt Mary Parsell. If any one knows which house it was or what it's number now is I'd be really grateful. | 10/03/2015 | 0 | Pat Ainger | no | $ipaddress |
48 | 1 | General board | 19 | 0 | Otis Read | otisread@hotmail.com | Hymn "Rochford" | Greetings -***
***I am writing to you from Warren, Rhode Island, USA where I am doing research on my ancestor, the hymn composer Daniel Read (1737-1836). Of special interest to you might be that he wrote a hymn to which he gave the title "Rochford". Very often there were towns in America named after English towns, but so far, I have not discovered any Rochford on this side of the ocean.***
***I am hopeful that you can point me in the direction as to why DR named this hymn. The lyric was written by Englishman Isaac Watts and there are perhaps clues in the lyric as to why he might have named the hymn Rochford. But nothing obvious I suspect.***
***Please pass on to me the name of a person(s) who might have an interest in receiving a copy of "Rochford" and who might have some clues as to Read relatives that might have been from the Rochford area. I hope that this is not an inconvenience for you and I look forward to hearing from you.***
***Thanks, Otis Read | 28/03/2015 | 8 | Otis Read | no | $ipaddress |
49 | 1 | General board | 20 | 0 | Vince Greene | trn@gmail.com | Rochford Aerodrome | Dear Archive,***
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***My mother and I are looking for anything you have on Rochford Aerodrome during WW2. Her dad was stationed there as general maintenance / painter / window-cleaner at the time. No doubt he had to fill in a few craters along the runway too!***
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***His name was William George Daniels and his wife's family tree has been extensively researched online. We're trying to trace his side of the family (that I believe had many links) and also the large Emmons family in the region.***
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***Any memories / facts are welcome. We have a few photographs of these families we'd like to share with anyone interested / related. ***
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***Many thanks, Vince Greene. | 21/05/2015 | 0 | Vince Greene | no | $ipaddress |
50 | 1 | General board | 21 | 0 | Kimberly Baker | kimberly@nfl-legal.co.uk | Connaught House | Hello,***
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***We have recently taken a lease of the premises at 34 West Street in Market Square, Rochford - formerly known as Connaught House.***
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***I am particularly interested in the history of the building and wondered what information you held in relation to the same?***
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***I understand the building was constructed around 1770 (possibly by a gentleman of Irish decent and rumoured to be built with lottery winnings!) and that later uses may have included a workhouse. I think in recent years it was a children's home before being leased to Ice Blue Legal and then ourselves.***
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***I would be hugely grateful for any light you can shed on the history of the building and also any recommendations for Rochford pictures and paintings from the past from local artists. ***
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***Thank you for your help! | 22/06/2015 | 8 | Kimberly Baker | no | $ipaddress |
51 | 1 | General board | 21 | 50 | B Meldon | EssexGroup009@btinternet.com | Re: Connaught House | You have to be very careful when researching Connaught House in relation to its association with the workhouse as I do not think that the building in market square was the actual workhouse at all, I will try and explain as best I can with the info I have. (Any corrections would be most welcome!)***
***The Rochford Union Workhouse used the name 'Rochford House' on birth certificates from about 1904 and the address was officially changed to Rochford House in 1930. I think that Rochford House was actually a building in West Street used as an administrative building.***
***Connaught House in Market Square was purchased as staff quarters in about 1945 although it had been in use by what was then known as The Southend-on-Sea Public Assistance Committee who ran the workhouse from about 1930. There is an agreement between them and the owners Essex county Council dated 1930. On 11 February 1946 the official address of what had been the Rochford Workhouse was changed to Connaught House, again probably because it was used as the administrative address. The end result is all of the later records of the workhouse, or to give it its proper name the Public Assistance Institution in Rochford are titled 'Connaught House' although the actual location of the buildings for the inmates was where the hospital was later sited not actualy in Connaught House.***
***I also think that Connaught House was later used as a foster home from the 1950's.***
***I hope that this helps with your research. | 24/06/2015 | 0 | B Meldon | no | $ipaddress |
67 | 1 | General board | 21 | 50 | Patricia James | puppyalert@btinternet.com | Re: Connaught House | In the 1970's Connaught House was used by I believe Essex County Council for young boys aged 16 to 18 years that had had been in care and Connaught House was the transition for them from being in care as a child and leaving and becomming independet at 18 years of age. ***
***I believe but not certain that at sometime prior to this it may have been an elderly persons home. | 28/09/2016 | 55 | Patricia James | no | $ipaddress |
52 | 1 | General board | 22 | 0 | Angela | Gilliedog@aol.com | St. Mary and All Saints Church | I am trying to learn more about the death and burial of my 4th great grandmother, Mary (Ann) James nee Sutton. She was born about 1792-93 and married John James b. 26 May 1793 in Great Wakering, Essex. I believe Mary died in 1852 and have found a burial index for the burial and a death record but I'm not completely sure its my Mary James. I tried to contact the church but could not get through. I am wondering is it possible to get a copy of the gravestone or the information on the gravestone please? The reason I am querying this is that I have a copy of a death record for a Mary Ann Sutton who died in St. Pancreas, Middlesex in 1852 - and I think that my Mary was living with or near her son and maybe she died there but was buried back in her old town of Little Stambridge where she lived and is shown living in the 1841 and 1842 census records.***
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***Frankfort, Illinois USA | 24/12/2015 | 0 | Angela | no | $ipaddress |
53 | 1 | General board | 22 | 52 | Brian | brian.k.pettitt@btinternet.com |