
1. Houseboat in a creek - Fen Farm East Mersea. Early tents in the distance just to the right of it.
The houseboat was owned by a retired ballet teacher and ... Date: c1930 Image ID DBO_003 |

2. Strood at high tide, during widening. 3 April 1931 is written on back of photograph. Date: 3 April 1931 Image ID DBO_007 |

3. Mini-golf course on Victoria Esplanade. Fairhaven Cafe in the background. Les and David Boddington. Date: July 1956 Image ID DBO_011 |

4. Eastern National bus going through the water at the Strood, in the days when bus services were not curtailed by the high tide. Ford Anglia Estate behind it ? Date: 1958 Image ID DBO_013 |

5. The Strood. Barge VICTA, looking somewhat derelict.
VICTA built 1874, Official No. 67085, formerly & CO. Image ID DBO_017 |

6. Shell tankers laid up in the River Blackwater. HELICINA on the left, HYALINA on the right. Date: 1959 Image ID DBO_021 |
![7. ID DBO_055 The Hard in the icy winter of 1962-63. Smacks CK437 [PRISCILLA], and CK76 ?. 7. ID DBO_055 The Hard in the icy winter of 1962-63. Smacks CK437 [PRISCILLA], and CK76 ?.
Cat1 Weather Cat2 Smacks and Bawleys](MMThumbnails16/DBO_055.jpg)
7. The Hard in the icy winter of 1962-63. Smacks CK437 [PRISCILLA], and CK76 ?. Date: February 1963 Image ID DBO_055 |
![8. ID DBO_059 The Hard in the icy winter of 1962-63. Smacks CK437 [PRISCILLA], CK76 ? 8. ID DBO_059 The Hard in the icy winter of 1962-63. Smacks CK437 [PRISCILLA], CK76 ?
Cat1 Mersea-->Old City & the Hard Cat2 Smacks and Bawleys](MMThumbnails16/DBO_059.jpg)
8. The Hard in the icy winter of 1962-63. Smacks CK437 [PRISCILLA], CK76 ? Date: February 1963 Image ID DBO_059 |

9. Digby's Shop being demolished. The shop front had been built by Gilbert Rowley. Date: 1985 Image ID DBO_077 |
![10. ID DBO_111 Eastern National bus in the ditch near Bonners Barn. She had been blown over by the wind. XHK23... [Bristol VR fleet number 3127 XHK232X] 10. ID DBO_111 Eastern National bus in the ditch near Bonners Barn. She had been blown over by the wind. XHK23... [Bristol VR fleet number 3127 XHK232X]
Cat1 Disasters and Mishaps-->on Land Cat2 Transport - buses and carriers](MMThumbnails16/DBO_111.jpg)
10. Eastern National bus in the ditch near Bonners Barn. She had been blown over by the wind. XHK23... [Bristol VR fleet number 3127 XHK232X] Date: 25 January 1990 Image ID DBO_111 |

11. Barge on the River Colne near Colchester.
Not identified, but Ron Green writes:
One of Paul's by the X in the topsail.
It's one of their 'Rivers' ... Date: Before 1939 Image ID DBO_202 |

12. Turkeys for sale at Hearsum's fish shop in Crouch Street, Colchester. Thought to be a pre-WW2 photograph - Leslie Boddington worked there.
There is a 2008 ... Date: Before 1940 Image ID DBO_207 |

13. Low water at Abberton Reservoir, taken from the Layer Breton road. This is the bridge on the old road from before the reservoir construction. Date: 1991 Image ID DBO_212 | | |