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The following is a list of books we have come across on the subject of local history. Any comments made are simply an opinion. If you have anything you'd like to add here please feel free to let us know.

Cover Title Author Publisher ISBN Comments
The Southend Story : A Town and its People Tom King & Kevan Furbank Standard Recorder & Southend Borough Council 0-9518253-0-5 I got this for £1 + P&P on Ebay and it's the best book I've had so far. It was published in 1992 to celebrate the Borough centenary, has good informative text and lots of pictures you haven't seen anywhere else.
Francis Friths Pocket Album : Southend Frith Book Company Ltd Frith Book Company Ltd 1-85937-822-6 This was the only Southend book I could find at Waterstones! It cost £4.99 and is basically advertising the collection you can view at www.francisfrith.co.uk. It has a voucher in the back for a free print and further ones at half price, so it's worth purchasing just for that if you want to buy the pictures.
Southend Then & Now Ken Crowe Southend Museum Service - This was published in 1994 and has old photos from the late 19th century to 1960 side by side with the equivalent view taken specifically for the book. There are a few over 40 scenes (80+ b&w pages) and some are from Castle Point and Rochford as well as the immediate Southend area. Cost £3.95 from the museum.
Southend Past : A Photographic Record 1865 - 1940 J R Smith Essex County Council 0-900360-52-6 Published in 1979. A small collection of 15 old photos with accompanying text. 32 pages. £2.50 from W H Smiths.
The War Story of Southend Pier A P Herbert County Borough of Southend-on-Sea - Published in 1945. 32 pages of interesting facts, images and comment on the Pier and the River Thames during the second world war. £4.20 on Ebay.
1967 Tourist Guide Southend-on-Sea Corporation Southend-on-Sea Corporation - An amusing and informative 1967 Tourists Guide with plenty of good pictures, text, facts and a map of the area. £5.30 on Ebay.
A Century of Iron Peggy Dowie & Ken Crowe Friends of Southend Pier Museum 0-9514582-0-5 A History of Southend's Iron Pier 1889 - 1989. A commerative book celebrating 100 years of Southend's Pier. Much of the content comes from council minutes and the archives of both the Southend Standard and Southend & Westcliff Graphic. £2.80 on Ebay.
Southend on Sea. Times Past Ken Adamson - - A photographic record of Southend and its suburbs in the early twentieth century.

Published on: 2005-02-23 (2087 reads)

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