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The Causeway, West Mersea Hard
Photo by Alf Jefferies shared by his ...
ID AJ01_103 The Causeway, West Mersea Hard
<br>Photo by Alf Jefferies shared by his ...
ID AJ01_103
Title The Causeway, West Mersea Hard
Photo by Alf Jefferies shared by his daughter Lynn Ballard.
Source Mersea Museum / Alf Jefferies

252

Picture

The Causeway, West Mersea Hard
Photo by Alf Jefferies shared by his ...
ID AJ01_105 The Causeway, West Mersea Hard
<br>Photo by Alf Jefferies shared by his ...
ID AJ01_105
Title The Causeway, West Mersea Hard
Photo by Alf Jefferies shared by his Daughter Lynn Ballard.
Source Mersea Museum / Alf Jefferies

253

Picture

Tanker CHARTSMAN taken by Brightlingsea photographer Alf Jefferies. Probably in ...
ID AJ01_201 Tanker CHARTSMAN taken by Brightlingsea photographer Alf Jefferies. Probably in ...
ID AJ01_201
Title Tanker CHARTSMAN taken by Brightlingsea photographer Alf Jefferies. Probably in the Colne off Brightlingsea, loaded and inward bound for Colchester where she was a regular caller.

Built 1944 as tanker EMPIRE BOXER 1944 Rowhedge Ironworks Yard no. 629. Official No. 169730, 340 tons ...

Published c1960
Source Mersea Museum / Alf Jefferies

254

Picture

Unloading coal from a coaster at Colchester Gasworks.
ID AJ01_203 Unloading coal from a coaster at Colchester Gasworks.
ID AJ01_203
Title Unloading coal from a coaster at Colchester Gasworks.
Source Mersea Museum / Alf Jefferies

255

Picture

Ipswich Docks, date 1950s or 1960s - left is sailing barge ...
ID AJ01_301 Ipswich Docks, date 1950s or 1960s - left is sailing barge ...
ID AJ01_301
Title Ipswich Docks, date 1950s or 1960s - left is sailing barge ORINOCO.

The picture got Ron Green thinking:
Fortunately the two barges in the picture with ORINOCO are flying the Cranfield Bros house flags, blowing in a stiff breeze, so it's down to bow badges. The barge on the inside ...

Published c1960
Source Mersea Museum / Alf Jefferies

256

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Troopship EMPIRE PARKESTON at Hook of Holland. She was on a regular run from ...
ID AJ01_311 Troopship EMPIRE PARKESTON at Hook of Holland. She was on a regular run from ...
ID AJ01_311
Title Troopship EMPIRE PARKESTON at Hook of Holland. She was on a regular run from Parkeston Quay, Harwich.

She was built 1f930 by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, as the PRINCE HENRY for Canadian National Steamships. 1946 she became EMPIRE PARKESTON. Scrapped in La Spezia, Italy in 1962.
Photo by ...

Source Mersea Museum / Alf Jefferies

257

Article

1950s Birch
ID AJM_1950
Title 1950s Birch
Abstract Birch is a small village in Essex, about 5 miles southwest of Colchester on the road to Maldon, with a population of about 700 in the 1950s. It was rural and agricultural, and the land was mostly owned by the Round family. In 2022 it seemed time to write down some memories of the village where I ...
Published 2 April 2022
Source Mersea Museum

258

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The Fire Brigade parade at the funeral of Gordon Mussett at West ...
ID ALN_FIR_001 The Fire Brigade parade at the funeral of Gordon Mussett at West ...
ID ALN_FIR_001
Title The Fire Brigade parade at the funeral of Gordon Mussett at West Mersea.
Includes Oscar Whiting, Jim Mussett, Claude Green, Godfrey Allen.
Published October 1952
Source Mersea Museum / Graham Allen

259

Document

West Mersea firemen are quiz champions. Photographs G. Allen, A. Garnham, J. ...
ID ALN_FIR_013 West Mersea firemen are quiz champions. Photographs G. Allen, A. Garnham, J. ...
ID ALN_FIR_013
Title West Mersea firemen are quiz champions. Photographs G. Allen, A. Garnham, J. Mussett, W. Beament and L. Harvey. Second picture has L.A. Mills and O.J. Whiting.
from Essex County Standard 21 February 1958
Published 21 February 1958
Source Mersea Museum / Graham Allen

260

Document

West Mersea Fire Brigade's team of five who won the Essex County Brigade's quiz ...
ID ALN_FIR_015 West Mersea Fire Brigade's team of five who won the Essex County Brigade's quiz ...
ID ALN_FIR_015
Title West Mersea Fire Brigade's team of five who won the Essex County Brigade's quiz for Retained Firemen in Chelmsford.
L-R Gordon Allen, Alec Garnham, Joe Mussett, W. Beament and Len Harvey.
Published 17 February 1958
Source Mersea Museum / Graham Allen

261

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West Mersea Fire Brigade - Fordson Thames fire engine GLC534 being replaced with ...
ID ALN_JNO_001 West Mersea Fire Brigade - Fordson Thames fire engine GLC534 being replaced with ...
ID ALN_JNO_001
Title West Mersea Fire Brigade - Fordson Thames fire engine GLC534 being replaced with the new Dodge 758JNO. Photograph at the Fire Station in Melrose Road.
Published April 1957
Source Mersea Museum / Graham Allen

262

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West Mersea Fire Brigade - Fordson Thames fire engine GLC534 being replaced with ...
ID ALN_JNO_003 West Mersea Fire Brigade - Fordson Thames fire engine GLC534 being replaced with ...
ID ALN_JNO_003
Title West Mersea Fire Brigade - Fordson Thames fire engine GLC534 being replaced with new Dodge 758JNO. Outside the Melrose Road Fire Station.
L-R 1. Oscar Whiting, 2. Gordon Allen, 3. Ron Clamp, 4. Len Cole, 5. Jim Mussett, 6. W. Beament, 7. Joe Mussett, 8. Alec Garnham
Published April 1957
Source Mersea Museum / Graham Allen

263

Document

West Mersea Fire Brigade - Fordson Thames fire engine GLC534 being replaced with ...
ID ALN_JNO_005 West Mersea Fire Brigade - Fordson Thames fire engine GLC534 being replaced with ...
ID ALN_JNO_005
Title West Mersea Fire Brigade - Fordson Thames fire engine GLC534 being replaced with new Dodge 758JNO.
Published April 1957
Source Mersea Museum / Graham Allen

264

Document

West Mersea Fire Brigade - Fordson Thames fire engine GLC534 being replaced with ...
ID ALN_JNO_007 West Mersea Fire Brigade - Fordson Thames fire engine GLC534 being replaced with ...
ID ALN_JNO_007
Title West Mersea Fire Brigade - Fordson Thames fire engine GLC534 being replaced with the new Dodge 758JNO.
Published April 1957
Source Mersea Museum / Graham Allen

265

Document

New W. Mersea Fire Appliance. Long-felt fears now at rest.
...
On ...
ID ALN_JNO_011 New W. Mersea Fire Appliance. Long-felt fears now at rest.
<br>...
<br>On ...
ID ALN_JNO_011
Title New W. Mersea Fire Appliance. Long-felt fears now at rest.
...
On Monday, Sub-Officer Oscar Whiting, who in business is a grocer and provision merchant, took delivery of a brand new Dodge water tender to replace the obsolete machine...

From East Anglian Daily Times.

New ...

Published 10 April 1957
Source Mersea Museum / Graham Allen

266

Document

Mehalah. A Musical Play by Donald Clark.
Book and Lyrics.
Completed ...
ID ALN_MEH_001 Mehalah. A Musical Play by Donald Clark.
<br>Book and Lyrics.
<br>Completed ...
ID ALN_MEH_001
Title Mehalah. A Musical Play by Donald Clark.
Book and Lyrics.
Completed May 1958

80 typewritten pages plus 3 handwritten summary pages.

Published May 1958
Source Mersea Museum / Graham Allen

267

Document

Mersea Island School of Dancing. The Twisty Lane by Rosemary Allen.
An ...
ID ALN_TWL_001 Mersea Island School of Dancing. The Twisty Lane by Rosemary Allen. 
<br>An ...
ID ALN_TWL_001
Title Mersea Island School of Dancing. The Twisty Lane by Rosemary Allen.
An Original Pantomime.
Choreography Joan Wright.
Pianist Rosemary Allen

Programme - front cover.
Source Mersea Museum / Graham Allen

268

Document

Mersea Island School of Dancing. The Twisty Lane by Rosemary Allen. ...
ID ALN_TWL_002 Mersea Island School of Dancing. The Twisty Lane by Rosemary Allen. ...
ID ALN_TWL_002
Title Mersea Island School of Dancing. The Twisty Lane by Rosemary Allen.
Programme pages 2 and 3.

The Cast
Fiona Allen, Norma Appleby, Hilary Banks [ Hucklesby ], Judy Banks [ Cooper ], Susan Banks [ Jenner ], Diana Bannister [ Anstey ], Heather Burgess [ Pembrey ], Susan ...

Source Mersea Museum / Graham Allen

269

Picture

Queens Corner with the Blacksmith's shop on the corner of Upland Road and ...
ID ALS_AB1_003 Queens Corner with the Blacksmith's shop on the corner of Upland Road and ...
ID ALS_AB1_003
Title Queens Corner with the Blacksmith's shop on the corner of Upland Road and Kingsland Road on the far right. Taken before Upland House (1905) and the Fountain Hotel were built. The cottages later became known as Fountain Cottages.
Photo from Douglas Cooke.
Keywords cottage
Published Before 1905
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

270

Picture

West Mersea Mill - an Essex post mill - when it was owned by Mrs Mary Overall ...
ID ALS_AB1_015 West Mersea Mill - an Essex post mill - when it was owned by Mrs Mary Overall ...
ID ALS_AB1_015
Title West Mersea Mill - an Essex post mill - when it was owned by Mrs Mary Overall Smith. The girls from the left are Eva Smith, Winnie Cock and Daisy Smith.
Postcard by Hammond, Great Totham.
Published c1910
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

271

Picture

West Mersea Mill - a fine photograph of the windmill including the weather vane ...
ID ALS_AB1_017 West Mersea Mill - a fine photograph of the windmill including the weather vane ...
ID ALS_AB1_017
Title West Mersea Mill - a fine photograph of the windmill including the weather vane on the roof. Note the twist built into the "Whips" - the main spar of each sail. The twist made best use of the wind along the whole length of the sail.
Published c1910
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

272

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West Mersea School around 1907.
Back row L-R 1. Ivy Mussett, 2. E... ...
ID ALS_BRD_011 West Mersea School around 1907. 
<br>Back row L-R 1. Ivy Mussett, 2. E... ...
ID ALS_BRD_011
Title West Mersea School around 1907.
Back row L-R 1. Ivy Mussett, 2. E... Woolf, 3. Annie Boon, 4. Balls, 5. Maud Dixon, 6. Daisy Mussett, 7. B.. Cook, 8. Hempstead, 9. ?
Second row 1. Miss Daisy Brand, 2. Daisy Smith, 3. Maud Pullen (Appleby), 4. Eva Ellis, 5. Violet Lilly, 6. Gert Lilly, 7. ...
Published c1907
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

273

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Sergeant F.G. Unwin, No. 72274 134 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. ...
ID ALS_BUN_001 Sergeant F.G. Unwin, No. 72274 134 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. ...
ID ALS_BUN_001
Title Sergeant F.G. Unwin, No. 72274 134 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Bunny served in France 1916 - 1918 and was awarded the Military Medal for Gallantry.
The 1918 Absent Voters list for West Mersea has him living at Upland House.
During WW2, Bunny served in the Home Guard.
Published c1918
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

274

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Abberton Bakery. E.A. Smith on the sign dates it 1928 - 1948.
ID ALS_C20_001 Abberton Bakery. E.A. Smith on the sign dates it 1928 - 1948.
ID ALS_C20_001
Title Abberton Bakery. E.A. Smith on the sign dates it 1928 - 1948.
Published c1938
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

275

Picture

West Mersea Mill - Fred G. Smith. A wonderful photograph of the old and the new. ...
ID ALS_C20_005 West Mersea Mill - Fred G. Smith. A wonderful photograph of the old and the new. ...
ID ALS_C20_005
Title West Mersea Mill - Fred G. Smith. A wonderful photograph of the old and the new. Stanley Mole on the left holding the horse and Herbert Marrow far right with his hand resting on the van door. The "Roundhouse" remains after the windmill was removed. [AS]
Published c1930
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

276

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Frederick Herbert Smith and Herbert Marrow with Fred G. Smith delivery van. It ...
ID ALS_C20_019 Frederick Herbert Smith and Herbert Marrow with Fred G. Smith delivery van. It ...
ID ALS_C20_019
Title Frederick Herbert Smith and Herbert Marrow with Fred G. Smith delivery van. It is a Morris, registration BVW367. The door advertises Lyons Cakes. Phone Number 11.
Published c1935
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

277

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Fred Herbert Smith and Preston Smith in the Bakery at West Mersea Mill.
ID ALS_C20_021 Fred Herbert Smith and Preston Smith in the Bakery at West Mersea Mill.
ID ALS_C20_021
Title Fred Herbert Smith and Preston Smith in the Bakery at West Mersea Mill.
Published c1935
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

278

Picture

Mill Road looking north towards Colchester. The lady and child are about to ...
ID ALS_C20_045 Mill Road looking north towards Colchester. The lady and child are about to ...
ID ALS_C20_045
Title Mill Road looking north towards Colchester. The lady and child are about to enter one of the Mill cottages. They were built low to avoid shielding the Windmill from the wind.

The cottage is now 19 Mill Road. The lady is daughter and granddaughter of Matilda Sadler née Hardy visiting ...

Published c1910
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

279

Picture

Earthquake 1884. Went's Mill, Peldon.
From left, Peldon Steam Mill, ...
ID ALS_C20_063 Earthquake 1884. Went's Mill, Peldon.
<br>From left, Peldon Steam Mill, ...
ID ALS_C20_063
Title Earthquake 1884. Went's Mill, Peldon.
From left, Peldon Steam Mill, Windmill and Peldon Mill House damaged by the "Colchester Earthquake" of 22 April 1884 which was centred on Langenhoe. The mills were not damaged by the earthquake. [AS]
Published cMay 1884
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

280

Papers

Negus family - evacuees
ID ALS_NEG
Title Negus family - evacuees
Abstract Vicky and Kathy Negus. Victoria E Negus was born in 1932 and Kathleen M Negus in 1934 in the West Ham area, daughters of John A Negus and Nellie M V Vernall who had married in 1930. There were at least four more children. They arrived together as evacuees early in the war and were taken in by ...
Author Alan Smith
Published April 2019
Source Mersea Museum

281

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Alan Smith, Kathy Negus and Judy Farthing
ID ALS_NEG_001 Alan Smith, Kathy Negus and Judy Farthing
ID ALS_NEG_001
Title Alan Smith, Kathy Negus and Judy Farthing
Published c1950
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

282

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Back Kathy Negus left, Mary Wright right. Alan Smith front.
ID ALS_NEG_003 Back Kathy Negus left, Mary Wright right.
Alan Smith front.
ID ALS_NEG_003
Title Back Kathy Negus left, Mary Wright right. Alan Smith front.
Published c1948
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

283

Picture

Wedding of Paul Vogel and Kathy Clarry (Negus) at West Mersea Parish ...
ID ALS_NEG_005 Wedding of Paul Vogel and Kathy Clarry (Negus) at West Mersea Parish ...
ID ALS_NEG_005
Title Wedding of Paul Vogel and Kathy Clarry (Negus) at West Mersea Parish Church
Back row L-R 1. Paul's brother ?, Paul Vogel, Kathy Clarry, Vicky Negus (Kathy's sister)
Front 1. Marion Vince, 2. Judy Farthing, 3. Janet Farthing
Published 2 September 1954
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

284

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A trip on PEDRO. L-R Mary Wright, Vicky Watling née Negus, Dave Watling, ...
ID ALS_NEG_011 A trip on PEDRO. L-R Mary Wright, Vicky Watling née Negus, Dave Watling, ...
ID ALS_NEG_011
Title A trip on PEDRO. L-R Mary Wright, Vicky Watling née Negus, Dave Watling, unknown, Alan Smith at the wheel.
Published 1955
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

285

Picture

Trip on PEDRO. L-R 1. Mary Wright's husband ?, 2. Mary Wright, 3. Vicky Watling ...
ID ALS_NEG_013 Trip on PEDRO. L-R 1. Mary Wright's husband ?, 2. Mary Wright, 3. Vicky Watling ...
ID ALS_NEG_013
Title Trip on PEDRO. L-R 1. Mary Wright's husband ?, 2. Mary Wright, 3. Vicky Watling née Negus, 4. Dave Watling, 5. Judy Farthing, 6. unknown, 7. Janet Farthing, 8. Rue Pullen, 9. Win Smith.
Published c1955
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

286

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1937 Coronation Arch decorated by May Bros, Langenhoe. Pete Tye Common at the ...
ID ALS_WHI_002 1937 Coronation Arch decorated by May Bros, Langenhoe. Pete Tye Common at the ...
ID ALS_WHI_002
Title 1937 Coronation Arch decorated by May Bros, Langenhoe. Pete Tye Common at the bottom of Langenhoe hill - the boundary of the parish. "Welcome to Loyal West Mersea".

This was the old boundary of West Mersea because it included the Manor of Pete Tye. It was not changed until April 1953, when ...

Published cMay 1937
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

287

Picture

Jubilee Arch at Queens Corner. Upland Road in the distance with the blacksmith ...
ID ALS_WHI_006 Jubilee Arch at Queens Corner. Upland Road in the distance with the blacksmith ...
ID ALS_WHI_006
Title Jubilee Arch at Queens Corner. Upland Road in the distance with the blacksmith shop on the corner.
Published cMay 1935
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

288

Picture

A school trip from West Mersea to London Zoo, July 1920. Primrose Bus. ...
ID ALS_WHI_013 A school trip from West Mersea to London Zoo, July 1920. Primrose Bus. ...
ID ALS_WHI_013
Title A school trip from West Mersea to London Zoo, July 1920. Primrose Bus. Headmaster Mr Green is standing on the stairs wearing a black trilby. Note the conductor's chair under the stairs. The photo was taken opposite to the present MICA. Photo ...
Published 19 July 1920
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

289

Picture

Top Chapel in Mill Road, West Mersea. The building on the left at the end of the ...
ID ALS_WHI_031 Top Chapel in Mill Road, West Mersea. The building on the left at the end of the ...
ID ALS_WHI_031
Title Top Chapel in Mill Road, West Mersea. The building on the left at the end of the drive was a very early school on the island. The Congregational Church is now West Mersea Free Church.
The Whites lived in the Manse behind the Chapel when they moved to Mersea. Charles Cock was the Minister but ...
Published Before May 1905
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

290

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Congregational Church, Mill Road, West Mersea, known locally as Top Chapel. "God ...
ID ALS_WHI_035 Congregational Church, Mill Road, West Mersea, known locally as Top Chapel.
ID ALS_WHI_035
Title Congregational Church, Mill Road, West Mersea, known locally as Top Chapel. "God is Love" on the wall. The tablet on the right is in memory of Samuel Cant who died 26 January 1898 (?) aged 90 years.
Photograph used in "A boyhood in Mersea" by Archie Smith, available in the Museum Shop.
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

291

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C.M. White, Builder. Mill Road, West Mersea, looking south. Just beyond White's ...
ID ALS_WHI_045 C.M. White, Builder. Mill Road, West Mersea, looking south. Just beyond White's ...
ID ALS_WHI_045
Title C.M. White, Builder. Mill Road, West Mersea, looking south. Just beyond White's shop is the gate and railings of the Congregational Church. The shop to the left of White's is W.F. Hotson.
The White's first shop was immediately north of the chapel drive, as in this photograph. The shop was in ...
Keywords clifford white
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

292

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White's shop in Church Road. The bicycle on the right says "White's up to date ...
ID ALS_WHI_047 White's shop in Church Road. The bicycle on the right says
ID ALS_WHI_047
Title White's shop in Church Road. The bicycle on the right says "White's up to date drapers". Postcard franked 18 September 1909.
Published Before September 1909
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

293

Picture

The mill in Mill Road, West Mersea.
ID ALS_WHI_051 The mill in Mill Road, West Mersea.
ID ALS_WHI_051
Title The mill in Mill Road, West Mersea.
Published 1904
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

294

Picture

The Zeppelin at Little Wigborough - some of the Special Constables involved in ...
ID ALS_ZEP_001 The Zeppelin at Little Wigborough - some of the Special Constables involved in ...
ID ALS_ZEP_001
Title The Zeppelin at Little Wigborough - some of the Special Constables involved in arresting the German crew.
From left, Olive Dansie (daughter of Edgar Dansie and Grace White), one of the two girls is Marjorie Hyam (later Costello), the boys unknown, then the three Special Constables; Charlie King ...
Published cOctober 1916
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

295

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Zeppelin L33 - which crashed at Little Wigborough 24 September 1916.
ID ALS_ZEP_005 Zeppelin L33 - which crashed at Little Wigborough 24 September 1916.
ID ALS_ZEP_005
Title Zeppelin L33 - which crashed at Little Wigborough 24 September 1916.
Keywords zeplin, zepelin, zepellin
Published After 24 September 1916
Source Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection

296

Picture

Threshing at Wellhouse Farm in the Summer of 1944, when it was owned by Rosamund ...
ID ALW_001 Threshing at Wellhouse Farm in the Summer of 1944, when it was owned by Rosamund ...
ID ALW_001
Title Threshing at Wellhouse Farm in the Summer of 1944, when it was owned by Rosamund and Orson Wright. The tractor on the left is an early Marshall.
Keywords thrashing
Published cAugust 1944
Source Mersea Museum / Alison Tebbutt

297

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Thrashing at Wellhouse Farm in the Summer of 1944, when it was owned by Rosamund ...
ID ALW_003 Thrashing at Wellhouse Farm in the Summer of 1944, when it was owned by Rosamund ...
ID ALW_003
Title Thrashing at Wellhouse Farm in the Summer of 1944, when it was owned by Rosamund and Orson Wright. The tractor on the left is an early Marshall.
Published cAugust 1944
Source Mersea Museum / Alison Tebbutt

298

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Wellhouse Farm in the Summer of 1944.
ID ALW_005 Wellhouse Farm in the Summer of 1944.
ID ALW_005
Title Wellhouse Farm in the Summer of 1944.
Published cAugust 1944
Source Mersea Museum / Alison Tebbutt

299

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Wellhouse Farm in the Summer of 1944.
ID ALW_007 Wellhouse Farm in the Summer of 1944.
ID ALW_007
Title Wellhouse Farm in the Summer of 1944.
Published cAugust 1944
Source Mersea Museum / Alison Tebbutt

300

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Wellhouse Farm in the Summer of 1944.
ID ALW_009 Wellhouse Farm in the Summer of 1944.
ID ALW_009
Title Wellhouse Farm in the Summer of 1944.
Published cAugust 1944
Source Mersea Museum / Alison Tebbutt
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