Category: Echo Newspaper Photos

  • Ray Howard and Dot Shaw

    Ray Howard and Dot Shaw

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    Another photo from the Echo archive with no indication of the occasion but the photo is dated 1980.

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  • £40,000 Freehold

    £40,000 Freehold

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    The year was 1983 and this is the museum’s treasurer, Lyn Watson. 

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  • The Drive Behind the Buses of Yesteryear

    The Drive Behind the Buses of Yesteryear

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    Echo Newspaper cutting dated August 1989 TV stars went on view to the public when Castle Point Transport Museum threw open its doors. The Point Road, Canvey, museum, which opens six Saturdays throughout the year, is kept running by volunteers who restore buses in their free time. The process of turning a heap of rusting…

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  • Dated 1982

    Dated 1982

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    There is nothing other than the date on the back but I would assume it is something to do with taking over the building. There are a few familiar faces in the crowd. Can someone enlighten us? Fore- front on right Councillor Bowen, far right of group Peter Woods( might have been CPDC chairman then?)…

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  • November 1980

    November 1980

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    Nothing other than the date was recorded on this photo The photos in the category are from the Echo Newspaper Archives. We are publishing them courtesy of Canvey Community Archive who are the custodians.

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  • All aboard for a ring-a ding day

    All aboard for a ring-a ding day

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    In Charge: Kate Webster, 10, tries the driving seat of the bus for size Bus enthusiasts turned back the (clock when the transport mu­seum in Canvey enjoyed its open day.  An army of historic buses dating back to the 1930s took their place in a parade with a near 50-year-old Bristol K5G scoop­ing the most…

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  • Gary Butcher and the gun

    Gary Butcher and the gun

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    Dated 1995 The photos in the category are from the Echo Newspaper Archives. We are publishing them courtesy of Canvey Community Archive who are the custodians.

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  • Amanda Kenny at Bus Museum Open Day 1988

    Amanda Kenny at Bus Museum Open Day 1988

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    The photos in the category are from the Echo Newspaper Archives. We are publishing them courtesy of Canvey Community Archive who are the custodians.

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