Basildon, a "new town" in the heart of Essex. Famous on election night because Basildon votes count, whichever way Basildon votes you find the country follows and that party wins the election. In the run-up to every general election you find the town busy with camera crews and opinion pollsters ... Read review
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...Famous on election night because Basildon votes count, whichever way Basildon votes you find the country follows and that party wins the election. In the run-up to every general election you find the town busy with camera crews and opinion pollsters trying to gauge the Basildon vote. Oh and we always get visited by top politicians from each party. But we didn't get Johnny Two Jags starting a fight though. Generally Basildon is an ordinary town with ... ...~~~ History ~~~
Basildon is situated just 30 miles outside London and is a "New Town", like Milton Keynes. Although the Basildon area has been populated for a long time, I can't tell you a lot about the towns history, except what I remember reading on the walls of one of the pubs! The town was originally populated by "Plotlanders" that is people who bought plots of land then farmed/built upon them. Also the band Depeche Mode came from Basildon. ...
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