Thank You!

We can’t thank all of you enough for preparing and leading walks, hosting and feeding us all the way round, for participating in Tilbury Carnival and for making the Thames Estuary on both sides of the river a fascinating, rich and inventive place to live and work.

Here are all the wonderful people who contributed to making T100 2019 Welcome to the Kitchen Table a great success!

If you’d like to be part of the adventure in the future, please contact us.

Walks Programme 2019

Launch event 5 July
Geoff Stringfellow and the Grays Beach Riverside Park café

1. Grays to Purfleet Walk 6 July
Walk leader Lesley Robinson
Gerry Hughes from St Clement’s Church
Hi Ching – Thurrock International Celebration of Culture
Steve Catchpole – Waterway Clean Up Facilitator Thames 21

2. Purfleet to Chafford Hundred Walk 7 July
Walk leaders Mike Ostler and Steve Green
Rev Charlie Kosla and Lize Ringleman at the All Saints Church, Chafford Hundred
Gary Houghton from the High House Community Group
Paul Hellen from High House Production Park

3. Lakeside to Bulphan Walk 8 July
Walk leaders Lesley Robinson and Aisling Woodhead
Sarah Rivett from Intu Lakeside
La Tasca Restaurant

4. Walk around Orsett and over to Chadwell St Mary 9 July
Walk leaders Yolande Simmons and Lesley Robinson
Peter Saunders, Barbara Chalker and Phil Edgar from Chadwell St Mary Community Forum

5. Walk from Chadwell St Mary to East Tilbury 10 July
Walk leaders Winnie Nyamu and Melvin Ndebele
Les Morgan – Walk planning
Sue Spiers from St Catherine’s Church, East Tilbury
Colin
George’s Fish and Chips

6. Walk from East Tilbury to Pitsea 11 July
Walk leader Steve Green
Thurrock Thameside Nature Park

7. Canvey Island Ramble 12 July
Walk leader Phil Easteal
Jacci Todd – Walk planning and support
Alison Harris from The Dutch Cottage Museum
The Canvey Club
The Lobster Smack

8. Walk from Benfleet to Chalkwell 13 July
Walk leaders Sally Chinea and Hazel Huber
Lindsay Payne and Wendy Berry from The Salvation Army Hadleigh Training Centre
Belfairs Woodland Centre

9. Walk from Chalkwell to Southchurch Park 14 July
Walk leaders Sally Chinea and Hazel Huber
Nina Chavda and Anju Lund from the Southend Hindu Association
Julianna Káldi-Hegyi and Attila Kaldi from the Hungarian Community of Southend
Mrs Volante who spoke about the history of Rossi’s
Southchurch Hall
Southend Council

10a. Sheerness to Minster Walk 15 July
Chris Reed – Walk leader and performances, Big Fish Arts
Geoff Reed – Walk planning and performances, Big Fish Arts
Jo Eden – Big Fish Arts & Rose Street Cottage of Curiosities
Janys Thornton – Rose Street Cottage of Curiosities
Abbey Gatehouse Museum, Minster
Mark Allinson and Neil Woodbridge from the Thames Estuary Yacht Club

10b. Walk from Leysdown-on-Sea to the Ferry Inn 15 July
Walk leader Joan Bullivant
The Harty Ferry Inn

11a. Faversham Two Creeks walk 16 July
Walk leader Joan Bullivant
The Shipwright’s Arms
Wink Walpole

11b. Faversham Town Walk 16 July
Walk leader Colin Alderman
Romana Belinger and Mike Eden from The Hot Tin

12. Sittingbourne to Swale Walk 17 July
Walk leader Joan Bullivant
Alan King, Paul Best and team from Kemsley and Sittingbourne Light Railway

13. Gillingam to Strood Walk 18 July
Walk leader Joan Bullivant
Nina Robinson – Local support

14. Higham to Gravesend Walk 19 July
Walk leaders Kirsty Gaunt, Phil Painter and Clive Gilbert
Cathy Mayers – Walk planning
Thames and Medway Canal Association
Päivi Seppälä and Lightship LV21

15. Walk from Tilbury Town to join Tilbury Carnival 20 July
Walk leader Phil Edgar

North Kent walk reccies
Joan Bullivant
Colin Saunders

Workshops on Walking Technique
Simply Stride

Creative Workshops Programme

Thanks to everyone who helped set up or promote the March workshops:

Purfleet
John Rowles (Chair) Purfleet Community Hub
Purfleet Community Hub

Chadwell St Mary
Michelle Liggins, Community Church, Chadwell
Phil Edgar and Barabara Chalker from Chadwell St Mary Community Hub

Tilbury
Yewande Kannike from One Community Development Trust
Pastor Abraham and Bola Daniels from The Redeemed Christian Church Of God Fruitful Land
Annie O’Brien from the Tilbury Riverside Project

Chafford Hundred
Rev Charlie Kosla and Lize Ringleman from All Saints Church, Chafford Hundred

Grays
Hi Ching – Thurrock International Celebration of Culture
Thameside Theatre, Grays

Southend flag making participants/communities
Nina Chavda, Southend Hindu Association
Julianna Káldi-Hegyi from the Hungarian Community
Chris Sternshine from the Southend & Westcliff Jewish Community Centre
Sally Chinea, Chase High School
Welcome to the UK group
Jayshree Mandalia, BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Southend
Culture and Language Around the Table group
Individual members of the Korean, Albanian and Belarusian communities

Silk Flag Sewing
Lesley Robinson
Margaret Hall

Interviewees

Cristian Bodolan
Florina Bodolan
Winnie Nyamu
Valerie Muzelenga
Shiva Dhatrak from La Tasca
Chris from the Green Farmhouse, Lower Halstow
Gillian Stringfellow from Grays Beach Riverside Park café
Jane Merton from the Ferry House Inn, Isle of Harty
Nikki Simmonds
Steve Mitchell – Davy Down
Julianna Káldi-Hegyi and Attila Kaldi from the Hungarian Community of Southend
Peter Saunders – Chadwell St Mary Community Forum
Errol – kebab chef
Hassan – George’s Fish and Chips
Susan – East Tilbury
Paul Best – Kemsley and Sittingbourne Light Railway

Kinetika Production Team

Ali Pretty, Artistic Director
Jo Beal, Project Manager
Michaela Freeman – Project Manager for the Southend Flags project
Mike Johnston, Photographer/ Videographer
Edwina Rigby, Digital Marketing/ T100 website
Jules Easlea, PR
Donna Plakhtienko, Business Manager

Funders

Thurrock 100 would like to extend a huge thank you to its funders and delivery partners without whom this project would not have been possible.