Currently the Dick Turpin on the A127 near Basildon is closed. It's future uncertain. However, history repeats itself. An image from 2006.

This day February 9th (1960) Mr George Philp, an independent candidate in the forthcoming May Thurrock Council elections, posed the question, ‘Would you like a house of your own but can’t afford it because of the high deposit?’ He had a solution.....

Wines and Spirits look - low prices. February 1972 At these price win or lose L Orient 1 Man City 2 Commiserate or Celebrate Drink responsibly though

SATURDAY = SAD* or = SSD* from around the county (old and new). Posted earlier that usual as the O's are playing Manchester City (who are they?) now. So our contribution is from the wall in Brisbane Road opposite the stadium. *Street Art Day or Street Sculpture Day

This day February 8th (1911) At the Essex Winter Court of Assize, General William Booth of the Salvation Army Farm Colony in Hadleigh successfully sued the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway Company for negligence. Earlier 8 cows had been killed and 4 badly injured by a train.

It's Friday and, WIE (Where in Essex?) time, No. 5 (2025). So, where/what? Could be today's Essex OR the county pre-1965. (The Parts of Essex now in London) Rating. Really easy we think ...but.... Something to mull over the weekend. Answer, Monday about 9.00am.

Don't forget. Some will go to the ends of the earth to seek out the answer to the weekly 'Where in Essex'. This week's WIE to be posted in about an hour.

The two Crowstones pictured in 1984. The two stones stood side by side for 133 years In 1950 the older stone was removed to Priory Park however the sign on its base has since disappeared. Much more in Milton, Chalkwell and the Crowstone now available.

Fingerpost Friday time. This weeks offering from around & about Essex (old and new) or nearby, OR even sometimes further away. Fingeringhoe, Essex Wildlife Trust and the way to Robbie's Hide. @FingerpostFri

A time before IT outages caused chaos. This day February 7th (1936) A helpful guide to banking from Westminster Bank Ltd including ‘Thirty Nine Advantages of an Account with the Bank’. Published in Essex Weekly News

@SilenceInPolish 'Hell hath no fury - like a woman scorn'd' (foul or not). Are students able to take cover?'

On this day February 6th ( 1967) Dorothy Calvert Managing Director of (pirate) ‘Radio City, the Tower of Power’ was charged at Rochford Magistrates court with violating the Wireless Telegraph Act. Radio City closed for good two days later. BATTELFIELD ESSEX Book shops or online

RT @FWP2009: Next Leyton and Leytonstone Historical Society will be on 19 February. The @LeytonHistSoc is affiliated to the Friends of Wa…

This day February 5th 1679 Samuel Pepys and Sir Anthony Deane were elected as MPs for Harwich. The electorate was just 32, although the town’s estimated population was 800. See our short video Click

This day February 5th (1976) Mrs Barbara Jeffreys’ eight year old cat was savaged to death by foxhounds in Southminster. Mrs Jeffreys said the hounds tore through the hedge of her back garden and the cat must have died a horrible death.

This February 4th (1974) Seven clergymen representing Baptists, Evangelical and Free churches together with Major on behalf of the Salvation Army wrote an open letter to the Southend Standard deploring the introduction of professional football on Sundays.

RT @EssexLibraries: Exciting announcement 📢 Shenfield Library will open its doors this Wednesday, 5 February. Join us for our Craft Acti…

RT @IlfordHistory: *** News from the IHS! *** Our next talk is a week today where the speaker will be Mark Watson on the subject of Barkin…

The answer to Friday’s ‘Where in Essex’ is the Fox Connaught Hotel, now LB Newham. Opened, 1881 as the Connaught Tavern to cater for passengers on the craft berthing at the Victoria Docks. Now Grade II listed.