Politics Through The Looking Glass !

April

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The Rayleigh Through the Looking Glass website is currently showing a nice collection of old political photos of Rayleigh.

This is part of a photo described as “Mr Buckland of Hullbridge Road canvassing in High St 1920” :

Clearly an active Liberal!

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  • From what I was told by my Mum, the Liberal Party in Rayleigh between the wars was based on the nonconformist churches and tee-totallers. There’s more information about Mr Buckland here.

    “There were so many happy experiences at our Church in the old days, such as the short life of the Caley Male Voice Singers, which was brought to an end by the war. The leader, Ernest Buckland, recruited Norman Kingston, Clifford Hall, Roger Foley, Len Thomas, and me, and we met at his home in Hullbridge. Road. After our rehearsals we all piled into Norman Kingston’s Austin 7, which would stop at the bottom of London Hill, rev up like a Lancaster bomber, and then charge up the hill with noisy accompaniment from the passengers. As we reached the top we had to “bump” to enable the car to make the final few yards. Norman was always renowned for his unusual driving!”

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