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Britain's Unluckiest Pier
The story of how one of Essex's most iconic landmarks overcame disaster time and again.

The Silent Threat
A World War Two shipwreck near the Essex coast hides a deadly secret beneath the waves.

The Essex hamlet that vanished
The buildings, people and myths that made way for Hanningfield Reservoir in the 1950s.

Before the raid: Essex and the Dambusters
How Abberton Reservoir became a key part of the build-up to the World War Two raid.

Britain's deadliest footpath
The largest island in Essex has been shrouded in mystery for more than a century.

The Witham Rail Disaster
How three heroic Essex signalmen saved hundreds of lives when a train derailed.

The town built by shoes
How a Czech shoe maker transformed the fortunes of a small Essex village.

Saving Dovercourt’s Leading Lights
Dovercourt’s lighthouses are an iconic part of Essex’s coastline – but for how long?

Inside the Braintree Cage
How a small brick building was the answer to drunken excess in 19th century Braintree.

Ronald Blythe - A Word from Wormingford
The author's home in the north Essex village of Wormingford has an intriguing past.