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Well, the Christmas countdown has begun and already we are

seeing local shops displaying festive decorations and

tempting us with Christmas goodies.

We would love to hear your stories of Christmas on Canvey

in the past to include in our December issue. Do you

remember the wonderful parties that were held for the

children by the Fire Brigade or Whittier Hall? What other

childhood memories do you have of Canvey at Christmas? If

you would like to share your story, call Angela on 01268

696404 or e mail [email protected]

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dead. This was brought to the attention

of King George V who then issued a

proclamation which called for a two

minute silence. “The Last Post” is

traditionally played at Remembrance

ceremonies. to introduce the minutes

silence. In military life, “The Last

Post” marks the end of the day and the

final farewell. The sounding of

“Reveille” - or, as it is more commonly

known - “The Rouse” ends the two

minute silence, followed by the

recitation of the “Ode of

Remembrance.”

Why is the Poppy a symbol of remembrance?

Flanders - the whole western part of Belgium

- saw some of the worst fighting of the First

World War. The area saw complete

devastation and where there was once homes,

farms and trees, there was just a sea of mud -

a grave for the dead. The only living thing to

survive was the poppy. Poppy seeds can lay in

the ground for many years without germinated

and can only flower where the soil has been

disturbed. The battles of the First World War

churned up such vast area of earth that

millions of poppies germinated and bloomed -

often around the bodies of the fallen soldiers.

A Canadian surgeon called John McCrae

wrote the poem “In Flanders Fields” in

which the poppies symbolise the deaths of

those who fought and the poppy is, today, a

haunting memorial to the soldiers who have

died in any war. In 1918, an American named

Moira Michael wrote a poem called “We shall

keep the faith.” In her poem, she promised to

wear a poppy “in honour of our dead” and this

is thought to have started the tradition of

wearing a poppy in remembrance.

The Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month. Why we still remember:

Often these days, the First and Second World

Wars are just seen as something that happened

in history books and we may buy our poppies

without any real understanding of their

significance. For example, did you know that

57,000 British soldiers were killed in one day

on the Somme battlefields?

Remembrance Day is the 11th November with

Remembrance Sunday always being held on the

second Sunday in November. It was on the

eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the

eleventh month in 1918 that the guns of World

War 1 fell silent. Four years of fighting and

devastation finally ended. The following year,

ceremonies of remembrance took place on what

was then known as Armistice Day. It was

renamed Remembrance Day after the Second

World War.

In 1919, an Australian journalist, Edward

George, wrote a letter to the London Evening

News proposing a respectful silence for the

Remembrance Day is one of the most special days in the British Calendar. It is a day dedicated to the remembrance of those who died serving their country and is both moving and incredibly humbling.



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I’ve been talking to lots of people lately about the night Canvey flooded back in 1953. It was over 2 years ago that we last told the story in Your Canvey magazine, so I thought it was a good idea to remind us all of one of the major events that shaped our Island’s history.

On the night of January 31st 1953, Canvey

Island was badly hit when a tidal surge came

down the north sea flooding the low lying lands

in its path. The sea wall was washed away in

the Tewkes Creek area which resulted in the

Island being evacuated and 58 people losing

their lives.

The flood had a devastating effect on many

parts of the country resulting in the loss of 307

lives in total across the UK. The storm also

affected the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark

and France.

Despite the fact that serious flooding had

already occurred in other parts of the country,

no warning was raised on Canvey Island as

there was no effective flood warning system in

place. Many Islanders were not aware of the

flood until they looked out of their windows or

doors to see the rising water levels.

Canvey Island was the last place in England to

be hit in the early hours of February 1st. As the

night wore on and the sea level kept on rising,

the bridge attendant began banging on the door

of a local farmer, Fred Leach, who was also

Chairman of the Canvey Island District

Council. He was concerned because the creek

was beginning to flow over. Fred Leach began

Photo courtesy of www.canveyisland.org

the task of telephoning everyone around

to warn them of the impending flood.

At around 1am, the sea wall itself began

to collapse at Tewkes Creek. It was

extremely sudden and there was hardly no

time at all to warn the residents in the

area. By 1.30am, the water had covered

much more of the Island and many people

were waking to find themselves in great

danger.

People who had been unaffected by the flood

all began to help out in whatever way they

could as the rescue missions began. Boats

were brought out to travel through the waters

in search of those who were still stranded.

As the rescuers went forward, they found

families huddled together on the rooftops

and others still trapped in their homes. The

Primary and Secondary Schools in Benfleet

were opened to allow Islanders somewhere

warm to go to following their ordeal with

many Benfleet residents helping out and

bringing clothes and other supplies.

As the morning arrived, the full extent of the

damage became visible and people realised

the horrors that must have been faced by

many. The army arrived and began further

rescue missions in what was known as

“Operation Canute.” Many people were still

trapped in their homes. The Red Cow public

house (now King Canute) was unaffected by

the flooding and army lorries were used to

carry survivors there from their homes. Men

in boats also looked for survivors.

The whole of the East Coast was in turmoil

but Canvey Island had the highest death

count in the UK with 58 people losing their

lives - eight of them children under 12.


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Flood Sirens

Essex County Council is proposing to remove

all the flood warning sirens from their coastline

- this will include all of those on Canvey. We

recommend that any residents who wish to

comment on this matter write, with some

urgency, to the Chief Executive, Essex County

Council, County Hall, Chelmsford, Essex CM1

1LX. This decision is to be made very soon - so

please don't delay.

Thank You. Brian Wood

Canvey Town Centre

For the last three months we have been fully

engaged on the regeneration of the Town

Centre. This important document will be

ratified soon: we are drawing up our

recommendations to the Cabinet in November.

As a Party we have fought hard in the Policy

groups to get what residents want. For those

that took the time to visit the regeneration shop

in the Knightswick Centre, thank you for your

input & for those who have not yet visited - it's

not too late to have your say. The general

feeling of residents is that you want the Town

regenerated, it is looking sad but as the

document at this stage is still confidential, we

are limited to what we can tell you. Please be

assured that we are fighting for everything

on your behalf.

In a few months all be revealed as it were but

one thing I can promise you is - we are driving

a hard bargain! We will not accept

anything that is not of a very high

standard. We will keep you informed of

course.

Regards, Cllr Neville Watson (Winter

Gardens Ward)

Democracy?

At Full Council on 28th September we

will be calling for CPBC to change from the

current Cabinet system and return to

Committee. Too many major decisions are

being made by Cabinet without any chance of

debate and input from all elected Members.

Strict rules prohibit members from asking

more than one question at Cabinet and

decisions are signed and sealed without any

consultation. We will keep you informed but

we hope that CPBC will bring back

democracy and remove the Cabinet system as

soon as possible.

ATC

The ATC on Canvey recently took part in the

Battle of Britain Parade & Remembrance

service for our brave Airmen. They also led

the march for the Dedication of Standards

Service for the Royal British Legion. On both

occasions they looked brilliant and with their

new equipment (which thanks to generosity

from Canvey residents in recent fund raising,

they had been able to purchase) they were a

fantastic sight and made everyone feel very

proud.

They have also won a competition for the

best turned out unit so “Congratulations” to

them all. Fund raising continues of course

and thanks to all those who have been

involved. If anyone is interested in joining

the ATC they are looking for new intake - so

please contact them at their hall in

Runnymede Road or you can contact Cllr

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From the Dug-out.

We have enjoyed an indifferent start to life in

the Ryman Premier Division. In the first

month of the season we have learnt a lot about

both ourselves and the unforgiving nature of

the league.

Virtually every individual mistake we have

made has led to us conceding a goal and this

has already cost us in terms of results. Teams

in this division have the quality to capitalise

on the smallest mistake or lapse in

concentration. From the eleven goals that we

have conceded so far, at least six have

materialised from our mistakes. Consequently,

we have only taken eight points from the first

six games. I say ‘only’ because I honestly

believe that our performances have warranted

at least twelve points. In all the games, apart

from Lowestoft, we have given a good

account of ourselves and looked more than

capable of being competitive at this level.

However, if you don’t get it right at the

business end, in both boxes, you won’t win

football matches.

Unfortunately in the first four games, the

individual mistakes and the fact that we had not been clinical in front of goal cost us.

However, a week is a long time in football

and the response since the Lowestoft game

has been excellent. The character and self

belief we have showed in the last three games,

but particularly the Croydon Athletic game,

has been fantastic and suggests that we have

the ingredients to be successful again this

year.

A lot of people devalued that result,

suggesting that Croydon were in turmoil due

to the match fixing allegations made against

their chairman. However, anyone that watched

that game would have seen that the Croydon

players and management were highly

motivated to win the match, because as we

know now, it would be their last game

together as a group. The fact that we were

able to match their desire and commitment as

well as showing the confidence to get the ball

down and pass it, holds us in good stead for

the challenges to come.

That performance is certainly our ‘bench

mark’ now and one that we will need to

replicate game in, game out if we are to be

successful this year. Certainly over the last

three games we have looked more of an

attacking force, playing with a good tempo

and lots of movement in the final third. To

score eight goals in the last three games has

been pleasing, as teams that get promoted to

this level, notoriously find it difficult to score

goals.

We know that at this level the difference

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we can keep playing with freedom and cut out

the individual errors then I think we will be

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“Our bungalow, “Sylvester” was at the

furthest point on Canvey Island in Chapman

Road - named after Chapman Lighthouse

which was only three bungalows away and

over the sea wall, out in the Thames estuary.

The first thing we knew about the floods was

when a local fisherman knocked at our door at

8am on Sunday 1st February. He asked to

speak to my Dad. My parents were still in bed

so I showed him into their bedroom as it

seemed to be urgent. He told us that there was

a breach in the sea wall and some houses were

flooded and we had better take blankets onto

the sea wall as it was the highest point, to

evade the water. The tide was still coming in.

We began to put our belongings up high, on

tops of cupboards or anywhere we thought

would be out of reach of the water.

My Dad went off to see if his business was

safe. He had a contract to Ford to make their

tool bags out of Hessian and had it stored a

few miles away. On the way he found that

people were being evacuated on army lorries

from the bus stop known as The Point. Dad

came back along our unmade road which was

full of ruts and had a dyke running the length

of it. He said that we must pack a suitcase and

To tie in with our Canvey History of the 1953 floods, we share the memories of Carol Peck (nee Disney) who was 12 years old at the time.

go to the bus stop, where army lorries

would evacuate us.

It was my job to go over the road to my

Grandparents house to warn them. It meant

crossing a wooden plank over the dyke to

their garden. I noticed as I went over that

the water had risen in the dyke up to about

6 inches below the bridge. When I

returned, it was level with the bridge. We

then paddled down the road with our

belongings with the water was lapping

over the top of my Wellington boots.

I actually found it all exciting, but my

Mum was crying as she thought she would

never see her home again. The army Lorries

were waiting to evacuate us across the Island

to a school in Benfleet on the Mainland. My

Dad had other ideas. We changed to a bus

half way across the Island and sat upstairs

where we had a good view. We saw cars

almost covered by the sea, bungalows

submerged, sheep and rabbits huddled

together on the slightly raised pieces of

farmland.

Miraculously, no water had come in our

bungalow. It was built on brick pillars and

wasn't in the worst hit part of the Island.

When we returned to the Island, things had

changed. People you knew never came back.

At school the children from Canvey were

given chocolate from children in France.

Canada sent carpets for the flood victims

whose bungalows were ruined. Water marks

were half way up some people's walls. We

were very lucky!”

This article has been reproduced from the Canvey

Island Archive website with thanks to Carole Peck.

Many other memories from Canvey residents, past

and present, can be found on the site at

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Cast & Crew Theatre Workshop is gearing up

for a killer start to the next year when it

performs it’s latest murder mystery night.

Once again, the Canvey based drama group is

going to perform for local Churches and

organisations to help them raise funds early

next year and now are looking for new

members to join them both on stage and off to

help make this latest show the best yet.

Fresh from their first ever self written show,

Cast & Crew wants new members (18+) to join

them on Tuesday nights from 7:30pm at the

Lakeview Hall, Winter Gardens School,

Canvey Island.

“We always welcome new members, whether

you have acted on stage before or this is your

first time in a drama group.” Says the group’s

Chairman. “We need actors, stage hands, props

and costume people - in fact, we all chip in to

try our hands at all the many different jobs

that need doing to put on a show. So, come on

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COBRA offers a local service to local

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If you have a local business, COBRA are

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Canvey Island Football Club keep us updated with the latest news.

I’m sad to say that the FA Cup and FA Trophy

competitions are over for us for another season.

Mammoth games against Dartford of the

Conference South in the FA Cup ended in a 2-2

draw at the Brockwell Stadium and a replay at

Dartford which ended in a 3-3 draw after extra

time, followed by a penalty shoot out which

Dartford won 9-8.

It was a great effort from every one of

the players against a team a division above us

and a team we outplayed for most of the game

at their place. The effort put in seemed to take

it out of the lads as we seemed a little off the

pace in our FA Trophy game against AFC

Sudbury which we lost 2-1. We must now

focus on the Ryman Premier League and the

League and Essex Senior Cups so lots still to

play for. A great 3-2 win away at local rivals

Billericay in the Ryman League Cup 2nd

Round went a small way to easing some of the

disappointment.

On the player front we had to lose the services

of our Striker James Rowe who moved to

Birmingham where he is working full

time for Premier League side Birmingham

Cities Soccer Academy,

this made it impossible to

train and play for us. James

has since joined

Leamington who play in

the Zamorretta Premier

Division and we wish him

well. New signing Alex

Rhodes, who played for

Grays Athletic last season,

is having a great season for

us having scored 5 goals -

one behind top scorer and

penalty king Rob King

who is on 6 goals - all from

the penalty spot.

Our reserve team continue

their unbeaten start to the

season. They are top of the Capital League

with 13 points from 5 games and through to

the 2nd round of the Presidents Cup.

There are always events going on at the club

so please check our website for details.

Finally please find below fixtures for the

month of November, a full list can be found

on our website at www.canveyislandfc.com

Sat 6th Nov - Home to Folkestone Invicta

Tue 9th Nov - Home to Lowestoft Town

Sat 13th Nov - Away to Kingstonian

Tue 16th Nov - Reserved for next round of

Ryman League Cup

Sat 20th Nov - Home Cray Wanderers

Tue 23rd Nov - Away Bury Town

Sat 27th Nov - Away Horsham

Hoping to see you supporting the yellows

down at the Brockwell Stadium soon.

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11th November 1918

After 4 years and 97 days the guns finally fell

silent as the First World War ended. Around 9

million lives were lost and 27 million people

were injured. At 11am on 11th November - the

eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the

eleventh month - a ceasefire came into effect

and opposing armies on the Western Front

began to withdraw from their positions.

Canadian George Lawrence Price is

traditionally regarded as the last soldier killed in

the Great War: he was shot by a German sniper

and died at 10:58.

12h November 1847

On this day, Sir James Young Simpson, an

eminent Scottish obstetrician, introduced the

medical use of chloroform as an anaesthetic in

Edinburgh, Scotland. Earlier that year, Simpson

had begun using Ether to relieve the pain of

childbirth, but was dissatisfied with some of

Ether’s drawbacks so a Liverpool chemist,

David Waldie, suggested that Simpson try

chloroform. Simpson and two doctor friends

inhaled some chloroform and, after feeling very

happy and talkative, promptly passed out.

Impressed with chloroform's potency and rapid

effects, Simpson immediately began using it

in his obstetrical practice. The first baby

born to a mother who received chloroform

for pain was named Anaesthesia.

18th November 1928

Today is the official birthday of Mickey

Mouse. Although Mickey had previously

made an appearance in one of Disney’s films

“Plane Crazy” in May 1928, he appeared in

their first film with sound “Steamboat

Willie” in the November and this is

celebrated by Disney as his birthday. Walt

Disney designed the character while riding

on a train back to Los Angeles with his wife

Lillian. After completing his sketch, Walt

showed it to Lillian and said his name was

Mortimer Mouse. Lillian did not like the

name and suggested Mickey Mouse.

21st November 1783

The Montgolfier brothers ascended into the

sky in their new invention - the hot air

balloon. The brothers flew for 25 minutes

about 100 metres above Paris for a distance

of 9 Kilometres. This is known as the first

flight of the hot air balloon although some

people claim that the hot air balloon was

actually invented 74 years earlier by a

Portuguese priest Bartolomeu de Gusmão.

However, this claim is not generally

recognized by aviation historians outside the

Portuguese speaking community.


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every other Wednesday

1.45pm to 4pm

As of Wednesday 21st July the club will

meet at the Paddocks, Canvey Island re-

turning to the usual meeting place at Runny-

mede Hall, Benfleet in September

Contact Geoff Sharp on 01268 780701

CANVEY ISLAND W.I meets at

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We are now looking for new members of

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Richard Smith keeps us up to date with the latest news from Canvey Island Rugby Club.

Since the last issue when I stated that I hoped

the news on the playing front would be better

next month, I was right! The first XV results

could not have been any better. Firstly taking

on Old Streetonions and winning 49-20 then

Harlow and coming away with a 36-0. Next up

were Enfield Ignatians who went back to

Enfield losing 30-22.

With the new points system in place this season

4 points for a win, 1point for scoring 4 trys or

more and 1 point for losing by 7 points or less

this has made us at present a respectable 5th

with our next league game against Saffon

Walden who are one point above us. It will be a

big game - that is not to say they are not all big

games though.

In the National Intermediate Cup we played

Deale and Betteshanger and won a scrappy

match 16-3 to take us through to round 2. The

2nds (Stacks) meanwhile, have had mixed

fortunes in their merit table leagues playing

three tough games losing 0-17 to Rochford.

They also won against Chingford 10-8 and lost

to Chelmsford 35-17 but they have plenty of

time to improve on their league position where

at present they are middle table. On the plus

side they got a bye in the Merit Table Cup.

The 3rds (Gnus) have had an impressive run of

results starting with a 40-0 win against Stanford

-Le-Hope, then a 39-0 win against

Pegasus a 34-0 against Ravens and a

46-24 against Rochford

4ths.Unfortunately for them the

points system is not in place in the

merit tables as if it was, they would

be sitting at the top but as it stands

they are 2nd.

We are always on the lookout for new

players junior or senior so if you

fancy a run out get yourself over to

the club. We are at present in the process of

starting up an under 12s team that’s year 8 in

school terms, so if you have a youngster who

has just started rugby at school and likes it,

bring them along any Thursday evening to

the Rugby Club at 5.30pm. Ask for Alan

Evans or Tony Leeming - they are always

willing to help and give advice along with

the rest of the coaching staff. If you are a

parent and want to get involved, please don’t

be afraid to ask - that’s Mums and Dads.

On the domestic front things have been a bit

quite but we are now gearing up for the

festive season so if you want to know what’s

going on check out our website at

www.cirufc.com


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Barbers

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Funeral Directors

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Hairdressers

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Ironing

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Kitchen Supply

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Music Shop

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Plumbers

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Restaurants / Cafes / Bars

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Your Canvey November 2010