Site Credits

The compilation of such a work as this is not possible without the help of a considerable number of people and resources, and although this site is not designed as the History of Southend (that would be a far, far greater work), it is hoped that it will become a good resource for anyone studying Southend History.

I would like to thank the staff of the Southend Museum, the Central Library, and the Essex Records Office in Southend for their assistance in enabling me to gather the relevant information, and I would like to thank all those who have generously provided photographs and letters, and for their time spent with me recalling their memories that have made much of what you can read on this website so much more of a real account of the town's history.

Contributors:
Cllr. Mike Assenheim Autoavia Models and Collectables • Ian Banks • Shaun & Sylvia Bearcroft • Valerie Bell • Mark Bierman • Bruce Blanche (603 Sqn RAF) • David Boyd • Steve Brew (41 Sqn RAF) • David Brocklehurst • S.E. Boyette • Charlotte Brown • The CWGC • Rob Bowater (137 Sqn RAF) • Karen Brown • Dave Bullock (Flickr) • Frank Burton (RN) • Alan Capps • Barry Cole • John Colton • Duncan Cooper • Colin Cooper • Bob Cossey (74 Sqn RAF) • John Couzens • John Crow (74 Sqn RAF) • Ken Crowe (Southend Museum) • Ruth Cumbers • Richard Delahoy • Anton De Man • Tom Dolezal (Free Czechoslovak Air Force) • Basil Emmerson • Iris Evenett • Geoff Faulkner (264 Sqn RAF) • Aldon Ferguson (611 Sqn RAF) • Betty Foggo • Colin Foster • Alf Fowler (RN) • Brian Fuller • Julia Gange • Tracey Glanville • Dee Gordon • Stuart Hadaway (RAF Museum) • Bruce Hall • Hugh Halliday (A.F.A. Canada) • Harry Harding • Les Harrod • Chris Hobbs • Martyn Hodder (ECF&RS) • Cllr. Gwen Horrigan, MBE • Leslie Hunt • Zdenek Hurt • Peter Jack • Barry Jenkins • David Keddie • Darius Kulesza • Brenda Layne, MBE (WJAC) • Nick Lawson • Tom Lee • John Lidstone • Lorraine McDowell • Jim McGreal • Major J. S. Medves (Canadian Forces) • Brian Mendes • Bob Milne • Peter Mitchell • Simon Muggleton • Kenneth Myall • Reg O'Neil • Robert Ostrycharz (317 (Polish) Sqn) • Billy Paull • Ian Pearson • Joan Peters (EKCO) • Mike Parkes • Tom Pharo • Roger Pickett (Essex Fire Museum) • Chris Poole (EKCO) • Chris Preedy • Ian Pursey • Neil Raven • Rosamond Rice • Daniel Robertson • Cllr. Mike Royston • Vic Roome • Ken Sadler • Kerry Sant • Julieanne Savage (Flickr) • Geoff Simpson • Henry Skinner (1312 Sqn A.T.C.) • Nick Skinner • Paul Fenton Slattery • Terry Smith (137 Sqn RAF) • Kevin Stevens (A.T.C.) • Chris Stewart • Dean Sumner • Dan Timney (54 Sqn RAF) • Peter Tuthill • Dougie Webb • Peter Webber • C. Weymont • Max Wilkinson • Alan Witham (RN) • Arthur Woodward • Jean Wyatt • WW2 People's War Archive •

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