THE AUTHORS
Mike and Sharon Davies have been married for over 30 years with 2 children and 5 grandchildren. After a career in banking and finance Mike now spends most of his time researching local history. He is chairman of a local history group called Rayleigh through the Looking Glass as well as Chairman of the Historical Society of Rayleigh and a member of the Friends of Historic Essex, the Southend Pier Museum Trust, the British Titanic Society, the Milestone Society of Great Britain and the RNLI. He is also a shareholder and season ticket holder with Southend United Football Club. In his spare time he loves nothing more than seeing the grandchildren or listening to the Pasadena Roof Orchestra playing the dance band music of the 1920's and 1930's. Both Mike and Sharon have a great interest in Antiques and Collectables and regularly attend Antique fairs and local auctions.