THIS edition of Down Memory Lane photograph from the Thurrock Library service archive shows local people watching Her Majesty’s Yacht Brittania sailing up the Thames to London in 1954. Can you see yourself or recognise any of the people in the photograph or even where the photograph was taken?
Down Memory Lane is written by Andrew Burt, librarian and local Studies Officer. E-mail anburt@thurrock.gov.uk 01375 413970.
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