On Saturday 22nd July the BCA will be running a "meet and greet" session in Tarpots Library. We will be showing videos, talking about Tarpots and showing the Benfleet fire engine bell. There will be a special appearance by "Erik the Viking". Please come along.
On Saturday 27th May the BCA will be supporting Benfleet Library. We will be showing a few videos, talking about the Battle of Benfleet and showing the Benfleet fire engine bell amongst other things. We look forward to meeting you.
REMINDER: The BCA are holding a Meet the Team session on Saturday 11th March from 10am to 12pm at South Benfleet Library. Come along and meet us. Look at various materials. Ask us questions. More detail is at https://t.co/BN3GBcnsTk We hope to see you then.
The BCA are holding a Meet the Team session on Saturday 11th March from 10am to 12pm at South Benfleet Library. Come along and meet us. Look at various materials. Ask us questions. More detail is at https://t.co/9FrwCGZcip We hope to see you then.
The St Marys Church wind vane was in bad shape before recent repairs. This article shows just how bad a condition it was in after being on the Bell Tower for 235 years. https://t.co/rFoU0kXeXb
A must see for anybody interested in Benfleet History is "The Repair Shop" episode on Wed 24th Feb at 8 pm. It deals with ". . . a 200-year-old church weathervane. It is delivered by Father Lesie Drake from Benfleet in Essex." https://t.co/N8DnAk8nBi
Pictures on the 19th and 20th December 2020 of Jupiter and Saturn approaching conjunction. Cloud cover prevented my getting any pictures of the actual conjunction on the 21st December. That's how it goes! https://t.co/6TtKSBcmSl
At Christmas 2019 someone in Benfleet had put a hat on the postbox on the corner of High Road and Clifton Avenue. This year they have enhanced it https://t.co/gXYOFrN4pW
Three new pages (including a video) on what happened at Benfleet War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday 8th November 2020. Video - https://t.co/ljoajQJOMO . Photos - https://t.co/SEHzKhvdbE . and Pictures of poppy displays in Benfleet - https://t.co/tcz3yrLCJM
In June in North Benfleet a memorial service took place for John Cole a private soldier who took part in the Battle of Waterloo on the 18th June 1815. The ceremony is at https://t.co/4DOer1m3TU and John Cole's story is at https://t.co/bFvQILoT3E
Janet Haywood, the daughter of artist C.W.Comerford, has contacted the BCA with photos and drawings by her father. The photos show many aspects of his life and the pictures show a wide selection of his work. https://t.co/LAZd61vk8n