Margaret Mills returned today with news of rebellion in an Essex village resulting from a drought which lasted for about read more

This week Margaret Mills turned her attention to a hurricane which hit Southend – no not that gave Michael Fish read more

The subject of today’s BYGONES feature chosen by Margaret Mills concerned a Maldon woman who went on the rampage around read more

The subject Margaret Mills chose to reflect on today, was the cloudburst that affected areas surrounding the village of Tillingham, read more

The topic chosen today by Margaret Mills concerned a somewhat unconventional woman, known as MARMALADE EMMA, who used to live read more

The subject Margaret Mills chose today was that of a prison break from Chelmsford Prison, which occurred in February 1847.  I’m read more

For today’s “BYGONES” feature, Margaret Mills looked at the backgrounds of some of the early recruits to the Essex police read more

The subject Margaret Mills chose for today’s feature concerned the Epping Sausage Scandal which dates back to the mid 1800’s. read more

The subject chosen today by Margaret Mills concerned the First World War Aerodrome at Stow Maries, and their incredible 19-year read more

This week Margaret Mills returned to the subject of the Suffragettes. It seems that back in 1910 a large number read more

On today’s feature, Margaret Mills examined the activities of the suffragette Rock Sisters from Ingatestone. If you missed it, or read more

For today’s BYGONES FEATURE, Margaret Mills re-visited war time Britain to look at the secret underground army unit which existed read more

  For this week’s feature, Margaret Mills transported us back to the dark days when Essex, along with much of read more

This week Margaret Mills examined the, not unsuccessful career of a female tobacco smuggler from Leigh-on-Sea, who was known as read more

Believe it or not there really are connections between at least two Essex villages and the big names of Disney read more

This week Margaret Mills conducted us over to the Essex village of Pleshey as it was in the 14th century. read more

Margaret Mills’ subject today concerned a one-time benefactor of Billericay, a man who rejoiced in the somewhat unusual name of read more

  The subject Margaret Mills chose today concerned a very unorthodox military detachment that existed in Rochford during the period read more

  For today’s feature, Margaret Mills conducted us to Rayleigh to hear about the Dutch Cottage on Crown Hill. Listen read more

  For her historical gem this week, Margaret Mills transported us back to the 18th century and the tale of read more