The Great Storm
Today is the thirtieth anniversary of what became known as The Great Storm, which ripped its way across the south-east of England on the night of 15th and 16th ...
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Essex Book Festival’s Criminally Good Afternoon Tea at the Golden Age of Crime Weekend
In the 1950s, my grandad was a Special Constable, working the streets of Southend-on-Sea. He told me that he’d often be approached (perhaps “set upo...