In 1940, The British Expeditionary Force, Britain’s main army, was sent into France to help the French troops drive back the Germans during the first British assault of World War Two. However they were rapidly struck back, and were left in pieces on the French coast from which they arrived. With the Germans closing in fast, and nowhere to…
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In January 2012, Liam interviewed his grandfather Peter Basham, who lived in Nevendon during the 1930s, wartime and early post-war period. Nevendon is an area now consumed largely by the Burnt Mills Industrial Estate, but was once a standalone village on the outskirts of Basildon, Wickford and Pitsea. Peter was a young boy when the…
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No matter where you are, you’re unlikely to be too far away from a pillbox. Thousands of these defences were built across the UK after the First World War and hundreds still survive today. The name comes from hexagonal boxes in which pills were dispensed in, hence the name pillboxes. An estimated 28,000 were built…
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