THIS in Down Memory Lane we look back at Stanford-le-Hope. The first photo at the top is the High Street 1915 with the post office to the left.

Stanford’s most famous resident, the novelist Joseph Conrad, lived in a semi-detached house near here.

He later moved to Billet Lane, where he lived from 1896 to 1898; it was during this time that “N***** of the Narcissus” was published.

The second photo is Church Hill 1912 and below the War Memorial with the old cottages to the right 1925.

These had once been the Cock and Magpie Inn, and they were nearly 300-years-old when demolished in 1929.

The last two photos are aerial views of Stanford 1928, in the last one see where the station was on the other side of the road which is now the car park.