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Top Twenty Visited Posts on this Blog

It's nice to see when a post does well and gets a lot of visits, and sometimes I can help it along by posting it on a relevant site, for example the top visited post on this blog, and I have a lot of posts now, is Yardley London Celebrates its 250th Anniversary as we Remember Yardley's in Basildon.  This has reached the grand total of 1557 views.  I have shared this on the Basildon Memories Facebook page and it got a lovely reception.  So below are the top twenty visited posts of this blog.  You can click on them and view the post if you so wish.

Yardley London Celebrates its 250th Anniversary as we Remember Yardley's in Basildon - 1557 views

Pete's Place is Packed! - 1022 views

Noting the Changes to East Walk and East Square - 799 views

Article in Essex Life Magazine January 2020 - 526 views

 Irie Perera - Poet & Avid Charity Fundraiser S1 E10 (podcast) - 502 views

6  Sylvia Kent - A Prestigious Lady - 283 views

Sylvia Kent's Top Ten Tips for Writing and Promoting a Book - 282 views

Society of Women Writers and Journalists - 271 views

Basildon Through Time - 216 views

10 Ideas for an Exciting Basildon Museum Inspired by Vin Harrop - 168 views

11 Lost Basildon 167 views

12 The Ghetto in the Heart of London 157 views

13 A Lovely Reminder 147 views

14 Ingatestone Musical Operetta Group shine again in Spamalot 145 views

15 Meeting Sylvia Kent 128 views

16 People from the Past 128 views

17 Welcome Publicity! 125 views

18 Radion Project 119 views

19 Ken Porter - Historian and Author S2 E3 (podcast) 75 views

20 Ian Eagleton - Author of Nen and the Lonely Fisherman S2 E4 (podcast)








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