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Post by gwatts on Oct 24, 2011 16:16:39 GMT 1
Where in Grays did a world famous naturalist, explorer and collector, a contemporary of Charles Darwin, live?
What was the house he built there entirely made of?
Who lives in the house now?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2011 16:50:53 GMT 1
25 College Avenue.
It was one of the first solid concrete houses, formed using shuttering, not pre fab.
No idea who lives there now though
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Post by muttley on Oct 24, 2011 18:50:55 GMT 1
It could be Mr Wallace of Dell Road who put the idea of the theory of evolution into the mind of Charles Darwin. I believe the original house was made of concrete and the road was named after the house.
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Post by graysgooner on Oct 24, 2011 19:23:39 GMT 1
Isn't it some sort of convent now?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2011 20:17:48 GMT 1
It is indeed. It's La Sainte Union Grays Convent High School.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2011 20:29:57 GMT 1
Is it?
Grays convent is a different building all together
The Dell is the house at the very end of the cul de sac
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2011 20:42:35 GMT 1
What I meant was the Convent's address is 25 College Avenue. Whether or not that was the correct address, I know not.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2011 21:01:08 GMT 1
Not being perdantic but the convent is 23
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2011 21:10:34 GMT 1
Not according to our chums at royalmail.com ! I'll check it at work tomorrow using the LLPG (Local Land and Property Gazeteer).
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2011 21:25:58 GMT 1
You're quite right Butch. The main convent building is indeed number 23. According to the Thurrock Council mapping system number 25 is called The Convent Annexe -  |
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Post by gwatts on Oct 25, 2011 10:59:10 GMT 1
The individual was Albert Russell Wallace who built his house in the wooded area at the end of what is now College Avenue (No. 25), he called it The Dell.
This is comemorated by Dell Road, Russell Road and Wallace Road.
The house was the first in the town to be built of concrete - even the staircase is made of the stuff.
The residents today are a group of 'older' nuns.
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Post by ForeverBlue on Oct 25, 2011 11:31:41 GMT 1
I used to know three of the sisters there - "Don't want nun", "Ain't gonna get nun" and "Mother Superior"!  |
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Post by muttley on Oct 25, 2011 11:40:03 GMT 1
I used to know three of the sisters there - "Don't want nun", "Ain't gonna get nun" and "Mother Superior"! Not forgetting Nun Deweizer we'll never go to heaven Glyn  |
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Post by ForeverBlue on Oct 25, 2011 11:55:32 GMT 1
I used to know three of the sisters there - "Don't want nun", "Ain't gonna get nun" and "Mother Superior"! Not forgetting Nun Deweizer we'll never go to heaven Glyn I think I'm already there, mate!  |
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