Old Canvey photos

60's school and St Johns
By Kathy Mc
Photo:Canvey Secondary School (Now Furtherwick Park) awards evening

Canvey Secondary School (Now Furtherwick Park) awards evening

Kathy Mc

Photo:Members of St Johns Ambulance back in the late 60's

Members of St Johns Ambulance back in the late 60's

Kathy Mc

Photo:Members of St Johns Ambulance back in the late 60's

Members of St Johns Ambulance back in the late 60's

Kathy Mc

This page was added by Kathy Mc on 13/08/2010.

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I like the 2nd picture. Looks like Mrs Coley hosts a Fabio Capello look-alike competition. I think the out-right winner is 'Curly' Coyl (back-centre). Graham.

By Graham
On 13/08/2010

can anyone put names to some of these people.

By kathy
On 14/08/2010

Standing beside Kath Coley in the second photo is her husband George with their mischievous son John standing next to George. In the third photo John is posing at the front and George is standing behind Kath. I knew "Aunty Kath" and "Uncle George" most of my life and along with my sister were childhood friends of John and his older brother Philip. Kath, George and the boys lived in The Casino in the '60s where they had a snack bar, the first donut kiosk situated at the front of The Casino and in later years the sweet shop also on the front of The Casino. Kath was well known as the First Aid Lady and we all went to her with our cuts and grazes which as you can imagine were plentiful with The Casino as our back garden. Happy memories!

By Liz Swann
On 10/09/2010

2nd picture 3rd from the left is my nan Nurse Andrews (in the black dress), she was in the St Johns on the ambulances during the war and I have copies of the letters that was sent to her from officers in the forces thanking her for her assistance with their men when a doodlebug dropped in the village. My nan was married to "Ted the Baker" he was the man who rode a trike with a big box on the front delivering bread all over the island. They lived at Hanslope Cottage at the top of Haven Road. Most of the girls in our family all belonged to the St Johns Ambulance Brigade, right down from my nan through the generations to my cousins. Most of the older people will remember Nurse Andrews & Ted (the Baker) Andrews.

By Joy Fleming
On 25/07/2011

Hello Joy. Mr & mrs Andrews had a son called Trevor if i remember rightly. He was about my age, maybe a year older, and we were in the scouts.

By George Smith
On 25/07/2011

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