Comments for Beyond the Point http://beyondthepoint.co.uk Revealing the Unseen History of South-East Essex Tue, 07 May 2013 18:25:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on The Canvey Island 1953 Floods DVD by Anthony Rendall-Day http://beyondthepoint.co.uk/contact/flood/#comment-6925 Tue, 07 May 2013 18:25:23 +0000 http://beyondthepoint.co.uk/?page_id=2562#comment-6925 I have just seen this, I live in France now, but at the time we lived there and i was 9 years old

]]> Comment on Community Forum by Keith http://beyondthepoint.co.uk/btp/forum/#comment-6767 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:45:00 +0000 http://beyondcanvey.wordpress.com/?page_id=905#comment-6767 Hello, i have been reading about “the Canvey Island” concrete barge with some intrest,
my neighbor, a 97 year old gentleman, has worked in the cement industry all his life and has in fact been conected with cement before his woeking life, has his farther was a cenent production manager in New Zealand, and where he himself started in the industry, but moved to england just before WW2 to be on the pruduction team down in london area, when War broke out he wanted to join the navy but was prevented at first because he was in a “protected job” with Wood and Steel being in short supply, he was orderd/askd to produce a cement that would be light enough to put into the shape of a bardge, this he obviously managed to do, and his process was coppied all over for the making of barge’s in the early 40′s, also he has told me in his story’s of older days that the name for the barge’s for one became “lighter” again for obvious reasons, So i just thought you would like to know who the Govn’t/ MOD at the time in the late 30′s/ early 40′s should have been thankfull to. Although he lived in New Zealand in his early days he was born in England in northumberland his name :- Mr Ernest Cappstaff, who worked at various cement company’s within England and Wales, being “porched” from company to company and different locations around the Uk within those said companys.with Castle Cement being the/his last company he worked for. like a said he is 97 and for his age has a very sharp mind, although it comes with a rather short memory at times but ask about 30/40 years ago and his eyes light up and there is nothing he doesn’t know about cement prodution.. he was allowed to join the Royal Navy in the end but as a tec, and went all over the world following the americans teaching them about the radio’s and radars’ as well as fixing anything “broken” lol.

]]> Comment on BTP TV Documentaries by BTP Joe http://beyondthepoint.co.uk/btp/beyond-the-point-tv/#comment-6637 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:25:00 +0000 http://beyondcanvey.wordpress.com/?page_id=239#comment-6637 Hello,

You may sign up to our forum for free at http://www.beyondessex.co.uk however we are not recruiting.

]]> Comment on BTP TV Documentaries by Matt Garner http://beyondthepoint.co.uk/btp/beyond-the-point-tv/#comment-6621 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:09:06 +0000 http://beyondcanvey.wordpress.com/?page_id=239#comment-6621 Hello id like to apply to become a member of beyond the point, I am a great fan and I also believe id be a great addition to the BTP family

]]> Comment on Old Leigh (1500-1800s) by BTP Liam http://beyondthepoint.co.uk/historic-locations/benfleet/two-tree-pillbox-1940s/#comment-5780 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:27:47 +0000 http://beyondthepoint.co.uk/?page_id=3030#comment-5780 Yeah, does sound interesting. I do not I’m afraid know much on Leigh, although we do have a few articles to come, this page has’t been done yet, only a marker for future pages. The witching ponds sounds very interesting, and I can only wish you the best in your search for info at the moment. if I find anything I’ll let you know!

]]> Comment on Old Leigh (1500-1800s) by Carrianne Cook http://beyondthepoint.co.uk/historic-locations/benfleet/two-tree-pillbox-1940s/#comment-5772 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:46:56 +0000 http://beyondthepoint.co.uk/?page_id=3030#comment-5772 Hey, I was wondering if you could give me any information on Leigh? I live around the east of belfairs woods and have been trying to find the history about the witching ponds and anything else that happened around that sort of time. I’ve found it hard to get information that’s different from the fishing industry, I’m trying to focus on the spookier side if you have any other information about other parts of Leigh!
Thanks!

]]> Comment on Beyond the Point – Closure and Prosecution Statement – Happy April Fools! by BTP Joe http://beyondthepoint.co.uk/2013/04/01/beyond-the-point-closure/#comment-5734 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:22:57 +0000 http://beyondthepoint.co.uk/?p=3238#comment-5734 You are correct. Just to clarify… Beyond the Point is NOT closing down, nor have we trespassed and been caught by police! Our ‘media statement’ was our April fool’s joke. We too have never broken in and never will, just sometimes leading a bit off of public footpaths.

]]> Comment on Beyond the Point – Closure and Prosecution Statement – Happy April Fools! by Pam http://beyondthepoint.co.uk/2013/04/01/beyond-the-point-closure/#comment-5730 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:07:14 +0000 http://beyondthepoint.co.uk/?p=3238#comment-5730 I do hope this is an April Fool’s joke, I admire what you do – although we never break in my old friend and I have been following local history trails in our own quiet way. I am waiting for the verification!

]]> Comment on BTP TV Documentaries by Dillon http://beyondthepoint.co.uk/btp/beyond-the-point-tv/#comment-5578 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:06:00 +0000 http://beyondcanvey.wordpress.com/?page_id=239#comment-5578 Hey very interesting blog!

]]> Comment on What makes Beyond the Point so great for me? by megassu http://beyondthepoint.co.uk/2013/03/05/what-makes-beyond-the-point-so-great-for-me/#comment-5569 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:16:55 +0000 http://beyondthepoint.co.uk/?p=3141#comment-5569 Awesome article.

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