Hullbridge Memories and History

Welcome to Dave Whiffin's Postcard Collection Gallery.

Here you will find images of Dave Whiffin's postcard collection.
Dave moved into the village from Basildon around 1974.
In the process of tracing his family history he noticed that there were several postcards for sale on Ebay about Hullbridge and thought how nice it would be to start a collection.
Todate he has amassed 82 postcards starting c1920 to 2007. Dave's collection is truely wonderful !

The images are just thumbnails of the main picture which can be accessed by simply left clicking on the relevant image.

If you recognise anyone on the postcards that has not been noted please let me know.



Lower Road (Hullbridge Road).
Postcard photo taken approx., 1920's showing Coventry Hill Down towards Coventry Corner and beyond. Tuck HBGE8
Coventry Hill/ Coventry Corner
The postcard photo was taken approx., 1922 at the time of the development of South Hullbridge. The photographer is standing on Coventry Hill and is shooting down towards Coventry Corner where a van is near the crossroads. On the corner appears to be the forecourt of the garage.
The Garden Estate and Coventry Corner Stores have yet to be built.
Postcard photo taken approx., 1920's showing Coventry Stores on Lower Road. The stores were jointly owned by Mrs Carr and Mr Launder
Coventry Stores / Lower Road
The postcard photo was taken approx., 1920 at the time of the development of South Hullbridge. The photographer is standing in Lower Road near Coventry Corner and is shooting across to the newly built houses.The stores are owned jointly by Mrs Carr and Mr Launder and in the middle is a young Beattie Carr on her small bicycle. Mrs Carr went on to run the Hullbridge Post Office and Mr Launder set up his own newsgents in Ferry Road until he sold it to Mr Long. .
Postcard photo taken approx., 1920's showing the start of development of the Garden Estate on Lower Road just before Coventry Corner. Padgett 6012
Garden Estate / Coventry Corner
The postcard photo was taken approx., 1925 at the time of the development of South Hullbridge. The photographer is standing in Hullbridge Road, Hullbridge as it was called then.Later it was called Lower Road. The bungalows in the foreground where known as the Garden Estate which ran from Coventry Corner to just before White Bridge which was on the corner of Watery Lane.
On the corner on the left can be seen the Hullbridge Builders Yard with its timbers for sale standing tall.
Alongside is Mr George Boul's garage with its one petrol pump. A recently erected telephone poll stands erect on the corner or Ferry Road and Lower Road and just across the road is a building owned by Mr F Eddie, this building is soon to become Coventry Corner Stores, and the shop can be seen being built in the photograph. The hill straight ahead is Coventry Hill and the road on the right by the road sign and two boys sitting down is Kingsway.
Postcard photo taken approx., 1940's showing Coventry Corner from Lower Road. Bell 142187
Coventry Corner Stores
The postcard photo was taken approx., 1940's. The property on the corner of Coventry Corner has been turned into a shop selling provisions and newspapers.It has two entrances, one on the corner and one on the Coventry Hill side. The entrance to the house is in Ferry Road.The building was designed so that large advertisments could be placed to attract custom. Here we can see the advertisement for Reckitt's Blue which was a Carbolic soap used in a wash (NOT washing machine) as a whitener, to help delay the yellowing effect you can get when cotton gets older.
Postcard photo taken approx., 1940's showing Coventry Corner coming down Coventry Hill. Bell 142187
Coventry Corner Stores.
The postcard photo was taken approx., 1940's the same time as Bell142187. The 1st property on the corner is Coventry Corner Stores with another of its advertisements, this time for Robins starch. Just across Ferry Road can be seen George Boul's Garage now with two pumps and just beyond the newly built Hullbridge Builders. To the left just beyond the horse and cart can be seen the entrance to Kingsway which led to Mr Thorpe's Hanover Farm.
Postcard photo taken approx., 1920's showing a Hullbridge Road, most likely Ferry Road, from Coventry Corner. Tuck HBGR4
Hullbridge Road from Coventry Corner.
The postcard photo was taken approx., 1920's The position of the photographer is Coventry Corner and we believe he is shooting up what is today known as Ferry Road. This deduction has been made because the 1937 and earlier Ordinance Survey maps show today's Lower and Ferry Roads being listed as Hullbridge Road. Because we also have another photo taken at the same time by Tuck looking down Coventry Hill we can see today's Lower Road is lacking trees so and as the road is not sloping steeply it can not be looking up Coventry Hill so that leaves only what is today Ferry Road and Wellington Gardens which was at the time of the photo the unnamed road leading to Hanover Farm.