| Title | Mersea Cuttings Book 3 |
| Abstract | Newspaper cutting album compiled by West Mersea Urban District Council. January 1971 to January 1972.
Album loaned by West Mersea Town Council - all photographed.
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| Published | January 1971
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| Source | Mersea Museum / WMTC
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| ID | WMC_SB03
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_001 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 January 1972 to January 1973 | | Date: | January 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_003 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 1 | | Date: | 28 January 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_004 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 2 | | Date: | 31 January 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_005 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page | | Date: | 28 January 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_005_001 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 3 insert | | Date: | 31 January 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_006 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 4. | | Date: | 31 January 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_007 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 5. | | Date: | 4 February 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_008 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 6 | | Date: | 11 February 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_009 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 7 | | Date: | 18 February 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_010 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 8.
25 Feb 1972 Work starts on Mersea Library | | Date: | 25 February 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_011 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 9 | | Date: | 2 March 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_012 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 10. | | Date: | 3 March 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_013 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 11 | | Date: | 24 March 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_014 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 12 | | Date: | 7 April 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_015 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 13
Barfield Road Council Houses | | Date: | 11 April 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_016 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 14 | | Date: | 17 April 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_017 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 15. | | Date: | 5 May 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_018 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 16 | | Date: | 11 May 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_019 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 17 | | Date: | 12 Mayh 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_020_001 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 20 insert | | Date: | 18 May 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_020_002 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 20 insert | | Date: | 18 May 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_020_003 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 20 insert | | Date: | 18 May 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_021 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 19 | | Date: | 19 May 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_022 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 20 | | Date: | 26 May 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_023 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 21 | | Date: | 16 May 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_024 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 22 | | Date: | 4 July 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_025 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 23 | | Date: | 7 July 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_026 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 24 | | Date: | 6 July 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_027 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 25 | | Date: | 21 July 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_028 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 26 | | Date: | 3 August 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_029 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 27 | | Date: | 17 August 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_030 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 28 | | Date: | 18 August 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_031 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 29 | | Date: | 5 September 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_032 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 30 | | Date: | 21 September 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_033 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 31 | | Date: | 26 September 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_034 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 32 | | Date: | 26 September 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_035 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 33 | | Date: | 29 September 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_036 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page | | Date: | 29 September 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_037 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 35 | | Date: | 29 September 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_037_001 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 35 - part | | Date: | 29 September 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_038 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 36 | | Date: | 19 October 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_039 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 37 | | Date: | 20 October 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_040 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 38 | | Date: | 20 October 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_041 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 39 | | Date: | 26 October 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_042 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 40 | | Date: | 9 November 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_043 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 41
17 Nov 1972 Plan to close West Mersea Bus Station
24 Nov 1972 Mersea Library leaves 'The Hut' | | Date: | 17 November 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_043_001 | | Title: | Mersea Library leaves 'The Hut'
After operating for 10 years from what was described as a "chicken hut", West Mersea Library has moved across the the High Street into a spacious new £19,000 headquarters.
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The first library service was established in the British Legion Hall in 1928 and the first year's issue of books was recorded as 2,649. In 1946 it was housed "temporarily" in the council offices, where it remained up to 1962, when it was moved to the hutment in High Street.
From Essex County Standard 24 November 1972
West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 41. | | Date: | 24 November 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_044 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 42. | | Date: | 26 November 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_045 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 43 | | Date: | 8 December 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_046 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 44 | | Date: | 8 December 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_047 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 45
Life savers brave the waves before talks | | Date: | 12 December 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_048 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 46 | | Date: | 15 December 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_049 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 47
9 December 1972 New West Mersea Lifeboat on show to the public. Rachel French takes the wheel. | | Date: | 15 December 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_050 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 48 | | Date: | 19 December 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_051 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 49 | | Date: | 22 December 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_052 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 50 | | Date: | 5 January 1973 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_053 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 51 | | Date: | 11 January 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_054 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 page 52. | | Date: | 18 January 1973 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_101 | | Title: | West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 loose cuttings.
Mersea's cheerful cooks beat the power cuts.
Mrs Maureen Chettle heads a staff of four. | | Date: | cFebruary 1973 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_103 | | Title: | Oysters to Eggs.
Devonish Fashions, Queens Corner
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Essex County Standard. From West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 loose cuttings | | Date: | 24 March 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_105 | | Title: | Mersea's Rainy Regatta
Barge EDITH MAY
Colchester Express 17 August 1972
from West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 loose cuttings. | | Date: | 12 August 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_107 | | Title: | Yachtsman take to the road. Getting yachts across the road at the Strood - Round the Island Race.
From Essex County Standard 25 August 1972. | | Date: | 18 August 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_109 | | Title: | "Sailing" across the Strood were competitors in the Round the Island race at Mersea.
Colchester Express 31 August 1972 from
West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 loose cuttings. | | Date: | 18 August 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_111 | | Title: | Prime Minister at Mersea. Mersea oysters for Mr Heath.
From West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 loose cuttings. | | Date: | 23 August 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_113 | | Title: | Library with the nautical touch
Essex County Standard, from West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 loose cuttings. | | Date: | 20 October 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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![East Mersea Council agrees to a Country Park. [to be named Cudmore Grove]
Colchester Express, from West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 loose cuttings. WMC_SB03_115](MMThumbnails30/WMC_SB03_115.jpg) |
| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_115 | | Title: | East Mersea Council agrees to a Country Park. [to be named Cudmore Grove]
Colchester Express, from West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 loose cuttings. | | Date: | 19 October 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_115_001 | | Title: | Searchlight emplacement on the beach at Cudmore Grove.
part of the land for the proposed Country Park at East Mersea.
Colchester Express from West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 loose cuttings. | | Date: | 19 October 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_117 | | Title: | Yacht being towed by Page and Scott from The Hard to Great Bentley
Colchester Express 2 Nov 1972, from
West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 loose cuttings. | | Date: | 26 October 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_119 | | Title: | Another change in the local scene.
A familiar part of the island scene for the past 25 years disappeared when Miss P. Catchpole of East Road closed her riding school.
Essex County Standard, from West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 loose cuttings. | | Date: | 3 November 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_121 | | Title: | An 18 month trip by ambulance. Greg Sparks, Caroline Clarkson and Ronert Radcliffe (from Yorick Road).
Essex County Standard, from West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 loose cuttings. | | Date: | 24 November 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_123 | | Title: | Community Life is growing. MICA.
Essex County Standard, from
West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 loose cuttings. | | Date: | 15 December 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_125 | | Title: | Less work for Mersea Trawlers
Colchester Express, from West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 loose cuttings. | | Date: | 2 November 1972 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_127 | | Title: | End of the road for town buses ?
A big shake-up in transport services next year could see the end of Colchester Corporation buses as an independent undertaking.
Essex County Standard
West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 loose cuttings. | | Date: | 12 January 1973 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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| ImageID: | WMC_SB03_129 | | Title: | Pub Call. Your 'local'.
The 'Old Victory pub, once a favourite haunt at Wests Mersea, has now been converted into two cottages.
The Victory pub that now stands on Mersea sea-fron was built fairly recently in 1906.
About 100 years ago most Mersea people were farmers or sea-faring men and some turned to smuggling to supplement their paltry incomes. It is easy to picture them sitting in the Old Victory pub planning their next smuggling assignment over a glass of rum.
However, smuggling was not quite so romantic as it sounds today and the Mersea smugglers were undoubtedly very unfriendly people. In the middle of the last century, 22 Excise men were found in their boat off Sunken Island near Mersea, with their throats cut. There seems little doubt that the Mersea smugglers were the culprits.
It is also likely that the Mersea smugglers were the small band of men who landed at Salcott late one night and entered the church. They climbed the tower, stole the bells and shipped them off to Holland
The new Victory pub is run by Mr Bill Bacon and his wife Eileen. Mr Bacon says he has read that the "Leather Bottle" was used for flashing lights to warn the smugglers.
Mr Bacon says it couldn't be the Leather Bottle at Colchester as it would be too far away to signal, and thinks the Old Victory might hae been called the Leather Bottle a few centuries ago.
The Victory pub was named after Nelson's flagship, simply because Mersea has a great seafaring tradition.
Mr Bacon was at the Maypole and Leather Bottle in Colchester before he moved to The Victory. People come to Mersea to buy oysters and The Victory caters for this demand by selling oysters in the bar during the season.
Mr Bacon has an old ship's bell in the bar. He calls 'time' with the bell, using the same rules used on a ship - Sunday to Thurday five bells in the first watch, and Friday and Saturday six bells in the first watch.
Colchester Express, from West Mersea Council Cuttings Book 3 loose cuttings. | | Date: | 25 January 1973 | | Source: | Mersea Museum / WMTC |
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