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Mersea Seed Growers at Bocking Hall Farm, West Mersea. L-R Mabel Farthing [ later Mabel Benns ], ?, ?, Pullen, Pullen... The armbands are in memory of the local men who lost their lives in WW1. Copies of this vary in date and some copies mention Beat Green and Mabel Benns. Photograph used in Isle of Mersea by Brian Jay, photo no. 13. and in A Short History of Mersea 5th ... Cat1 Mersea-->Buildings Cat2 War-->World War 1 Cat3 Farming Cat4 People-->Land Army

Mersea Seed Growers at Bocking Hall Farm, West Mersea.
L-R Mabel Farthing [ later Mabel Benns ], ?, ?, Pullen, Pullen...
The armbands are in memory of the local men who lost their lives in WW1.
Copies of this vary in date and some copies mention Beat Green and Mabel Benns.
Photograph used in "Isle of Mersea" by Brian Jay, photo no. 13. and in A Short History of Mersea 5th edition.
"Bocking Hall has a history going back over 1,000 years" - Anglo Saxon Island by Sue Howlett, page 32.
Photograph used in Essex Land Girls by Dee Gordon, published 2015. Page 32.
Date: c1918      


Photo: Ron Green Collection
Image ID RG03_006
Category 1 Mersea-->Buildings
Category 2 War-->World War 1
Category 3 Farming
Category 4 People-->Land Army


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This image is part of the Mersea Museum Collection.