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Tanker CHARTSMAN taken by Brightlingsea photographer Alf Jefferies. Probably in ... |
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AJ01_201 |
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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 ... |
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c1960
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Mersea Museum / Alf Jefferies
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Ipswich Docks, date 1950s or 1960s - left is sailing barge ... |
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AJ01_301 |
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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 ... |
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c1960
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Mersea Museum / Alf Jefferies
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Troopship EMPIRE PARKESTON at Hook of Holland. She was on a regular run from ... |
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AJ01_311 |
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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 ... |
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Mersea Museum / Alf Jefferies
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Article |
1950s Birch |
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AJM_1950 |
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1950s Birch |
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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 ... |
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2 April 2022
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Mersea Museum
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West Mersea Fire Brigade - Fordson Thames fire engine GLC534 being replaced with ... |
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ALN_JNO_003 |
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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 |
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April 1957
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Mersea Museum / Graham Allen
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Document |
New W. Mersea Fire Appliance. Long-felt fears now at rest.
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On ... |
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ALN_JNO_011 |
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New W. Mersea Fire Appliance. Long-felt fears now at rest.
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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 ... |
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10 April 1957
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Mersea Museum / Graham Allen
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Mersea Island School of Dancing. The Twisty Lane by Rosemary Allen. ... |
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ALN_TWL_002 |
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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 ... |
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Mersea Museum / Graham Allen
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Queens Corner with the Blacksmith's shop on the corner of Upland Road and ... |
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ALS_AB1_003 |
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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. |
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cottage |
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Before 1905
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Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection
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West Mersea School around 1907.
Back row L-R 1. Ivy Mussett, 2. E... ... |
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ALS_BRD_011 |
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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. ... |
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c1907
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Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection
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Sergeant F.G. Unwin, No. 72274 134 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. ... |
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ALS_BUN_001 |
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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. |
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c1918
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Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection
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West Mersea Mill - Fred G. Smith. A wonderful photograph of the old and the new. ... |
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ALS_C20_005 |
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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] |
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c1930
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Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection
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Mill Road looking north towards Colchester. The lady and child are about to ... |
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ALS_C20_045 |
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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 ... |
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c1910
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Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection
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Earthquake 1884. Went's Mill, Peldon.
From left, Peldon Steam Mill, ... |
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ALS_C20_063 |
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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] |
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cMay 1884
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Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection
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Papers |
Negus family - evacuees |
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ALS_NEG |
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Negus family - evacuees |
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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 ... |
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Author |
Alan Smith |
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April 2019
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Mersea Museum
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Wedding of Paul Vogel and Kathy Clarry (Negus) at West Mersea Parish ... |
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ALS_NEG_005 |
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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 |
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2 September 1954
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Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection
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Trip on PEDRO. L-R 1. Mary Wright's husband ?, 2. Mary Wright, 3. Vicky Watling ... |
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ALS_NEG_013 |
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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. |
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c1955
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Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection
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1937 Coronation Arch decorated by May Bros, Langenhoe. Pete Tye Common at the ... |
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ALS_WHI_002 |
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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 ... |
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cMay 1937
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Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection
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A school trip from West Mersea to London Zoo, July 1920. Primrose Bus. ... |
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ALS_WHI_013 |
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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 ... |
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19 July 1920
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Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection
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Top Chapel in Mill Road, West Mersea. The building on the left at the end of the ... |
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ALS_WHI_031 |
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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 ... |
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Before May 1905
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Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection
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Congregational Church, Mill Road, West Mersea, known locally as Top Chapel. "God ... |
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ALS_WHI_035 |
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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. |
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Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection
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C.M. White, Builder. Mill Road, West Mersea, looking south. Just beyond White's ... |
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ALS_WHI_045 |
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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 ... |
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clifford white |
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Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection
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The Zeppelin at Little Wigborough - some of the Special Constables involved in ... |
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ALS_ZEP_001 |
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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 ... |
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cOctober 1916
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Mersea Museum / Alan Smith Collection
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