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Mersea Museum in 2009

Century of Memories

The Wigborough Zeppelin L33

L33 came down in Little Wigborough on the night of 24 September 1916.The exhibition features relics from the Zeppelin, photographs, newspaper reports and recordings of local residents who visited the site.

Maps and Charts

The River Blackwater as it was in 1912 with sketches by Ernest Hicks Oliver; West Mersea as it was in 1908 and was planned to be.

From this Day Forward

Local Victorian and Edwardian wedding photographs with local connections. A wedding dress from a 1907 Colchester wedding.

King George VI

Mersea celebrations for the Coronation. Memorabilia.

Whale bones

The jaw bones from a sperm whale, found at Mersea recently.

Audio Visual slideshow

Mersea and the Blackwater from old photographs.

Mersea Museum 2009 Exhibition - Zeppelin
Zeppelin L33 crashed at Little Wigborough, Essex in February 1916
A small section from a 1912 chart of the Blackwater for the Royal Cruising Club
1907 Wedding Dress from Ethel Lora Eve, Colchester
2009 slideshow - A wet Regatta Day in the 1920s
1908 map of Firs Estate and Queensville, West Mersea with proposed developments
1908 Wedding French and Mussett families. Photo by Cleghorn, Isle of Mersea
Mersea Museum 2009 Exhibition

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