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Lake Meadows
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the history of the park in the centre of Billericay. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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The Old Court House and The Old Police Station
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about these two old buildings situated in New Road, very close to Phoenix FM’s (soon to be former) studios. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio
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The Cater Museum
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the history of Billericay’s very own museum. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Museum is open every
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Crime in Brentwood
Brentwood Assize House Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about some famous old crimes in Brentwood, and how they were dealt with. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full
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The Red Lion
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about one of Billericay’s oldest pubs. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about Brentwood town centre’s well-known girls school. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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St Mary Magdalene
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the history of Great Burstead’s church. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Umble Pie
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about this Christmassy tradition. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Holly Trees Primary School
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the history of the Junction Road and Crescent Road schools going back to 1875. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post
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Weir Pond
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about the once-famous Billericay landmark – but you need to listen to find out why we have a picture of the Rising Sun here! Click on the player
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St Andrew’s Methodist Church
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the history of St Andrew’s, the little Methodist church on the corner of Ingrave Road and Herongate Road. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio
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Sainsbury’s in Brentwood
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the coming of Sainsbury’s to Brentwood High Street in 1926 and its development in the town. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view
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Archer Memorial Hall
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about this history of Archer Memorial Hall in Billericay. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Burstead House
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the history of this old building in Billericay. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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63-65 High Street, Brentwood
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about the interesting history of this currently empty shop on the High Street. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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The Chequers Inn
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the history of this famous Billericay pub. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Warley Barracks
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about the history behind Warley Barracks, which stood on the south side of town. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to
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Most Holy Redeemer Church
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the story behind Billericay’s Catholic church. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Brentwood’s Roman Road
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about the history of the town’s oldest roads. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Georgian Billericay
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about some of Billericay’s Georgian buildings. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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The Wilson’s Corner Fire
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about the great fire which burnt down Wilson’s Corner at the start of the 20th century. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full
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The Tyrrell Family
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the Tyrrell family and their relationship with William II. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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108 High Street
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about the history of number 108 in Billericay High Street. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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St George the Martyr
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the art deco church of St George the Martyr in Brentwood. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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The Old House
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the Old House, one of Brentwood’s best-known community buildings. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Brentwood Cathedral
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about the 150th anniversary of St Mary and St Helen, better known as Brentwood Cathedral. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post
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Cricket in Billericay
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the history of cricket in Billericay. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Admiral Sir John Jervis
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about naval reformer Admiral Sir John Jervis, and his connections with Brentwood. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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St Andrew’s Hospital
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the history of St Andrew’s Hospital in Billericay. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Brentwood Town Hall and Assize House
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about the history of the old Brentwood Town Hall and Assize House. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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The Billericay Workhouse
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the history of the Billericay Workhouse. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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William Kempe
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about the famous Elizabethan actor and dancer William Kempe, Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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The Rising Sun
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the history of the Rising Sun pub in Billericay. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Brentwood Writers’ Circle
This great picture was found on Sylvia Kent’s excellent blog Frances Clamp was away today but sent in her notes anyway! Scott Ross talks about the Brentwood Writers’ Circle. Click on the player below
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The Brentwood Leper Colony
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about the old Brentwood leper colony. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Arthur Collins
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about Arthur Collins, a famous printer of Billericay. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Ellen Willmott
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about Ellen Willmott, Brentwood’s famous horticulturist. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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The Rosaire Circus Family
Alan Johnson stood in for Scott this week and he chatted with Frances Clamp about the Rosaires, Billericay’s famous circus family. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post
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Brentwood’s Secret Nuclear Bunker
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the history of Brentwood’s Secret Nuclear Bunker. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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The Billericay Zeppelin
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about the story of the Billericay Zeppelin – a German airship that crashed in Green’s Farm Lane in Spetember 1916. Click on the player below to listen again.
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The Old Black Boar
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about the Old Black Boar in Billericay. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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The Black Horse, Pilgrims Hatch
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the Black Horse pub in Pilgrims Hatch. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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St Mary Magdalene church
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about St Mary Magdalene church in Billericay. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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The White Hart, Brentwood
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the famous White Hart pub in Brentwood High Street. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Bronze Age Billericay
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about life in Billericay before the Romans. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Countess Helen Tasker
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about Brentwood benefactress Countess Helen Tasker. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Local war memorials
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about the war memorials in Brentwood and Billericay. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Dr Cornelius Butler
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about Brentwood surgeon Cornelius Butler. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Billericay windmills
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about Billericay’s old windmills. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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St Thomas’s Church
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about St Thomas’s Church in Brentwood. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Wartime bombing of Brentwood
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp discuss the wartime bombing of Brentwood. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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William Hunter
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the burning of religious martyr William Hunter in 1555. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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The Pilgrim Fathers
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about the local links with the Pilgrim Fathers. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Western Gardens
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about the Victorian and Edwardian cottages in Western Gardens, Brentwood. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Christmas in Essex
Scott Ross chats about Christmas in Essex. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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The Peasants’ Revolt
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about the Peasants’ Revolt. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Sir Antony Browne
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about Sir Antony Browne, founder of Brentwood School. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Hart Street
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp chat about the history of Hart Street in Brentwood. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio clip: view full post to listen
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Hubert de Burgh
Scott Ross and Frances Clamp talk about Hubert de Burgh’s sanctuary in the chapel of St Thomas the Martyr’s in Brentwood High Street in 1232. Click on the player below to listen again. [Audio
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