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Once the Chelmsford Races, held on Galleywood Common, were the most eagerly anticipated event in the Essex social calendar. They had something for everyone: the aristocracy could flaunt their wealth and power, the working classes enjoyed a rare day off and crooks and conmen fleeced the unwary.

This brand new edition details the history of Milton, a name almost lost in the mists of time and is the story of the founding of Southend and Westcliff-on-Sea areas steeped in history.

This book takes a new look at Queen Boudica, war leader, wife and mother and tries as best as possible to disentangle the facts as known from the heritage and mythology that has grown up the around the ill-fated rebellion nearly 2000 years ago.

A showcase of the work of talented the Southend Standard cartoonists of the mid-1930s - smart, analytical and topical at time and drawn from Southend Standard Archives. Although the cartoons were created 90 years ago many would not be out place today. If ever, we need a laugh and a pick-me-up this is the book for you.

This is the story of Buffalo Bill, the Wild West and how more than a century before `The Only Way is Essex' the county flocked to see the world's first reality show.

'The Essex Hundred Histories' has been inspired by the ancient land system of hundreds. More than one hundred events or personalities from 2,000 years of the county's history are covered and reflect the wide diversity of Essex to show its pivotal role in the nation's development. Reprinted with changes January 2018

Essex is constantly in the news. Yet the county is more than 1000 years old. Its borders remained more or less unchanged until 1965 when the western part of Essex was snatched away and taken into London. Despite this change, much of the media and two generations of residents have grown up believing they are still in Essex all be it in London.

The harrowing ordeal of Kazimierz Szmauz, picked up by Red Army at the beginning of the Second World War. After months of interrogation by the NKVD, the Soviet Secret Police, he was sentenced to eight years in a labour camp by court he had never seen. A terrific read, that reveals an almost unbelievable tale of survival against all the odds.