151. John Milgate at the helm of BOY GEORGE at the 2004 Dredging Match.
The bumkin BOY GEORGE was built for George Stoker and named after his son George, who ... Date: 5 September 2004 Image ID MW1_DM04_163 |
152. Unloading slipper limpet shell at the Packing Sheds circa 1908.
Limpets were cleared from the grounds and put ashore because they were a pest to the ... Date: c1908 Image ID PA1_MIS_OYS_D28 |
153. Oyster dredging in recent years - BOY STEVEN II.
Published in WMTR programme 2002 page 9. Image ID PA1_MIS_OYS_D63 |
154. Native oysters Image ID PA1_MIS_OYS_D67 |
155. Letter referring to the oyster layings at The Manor of Tollesbury Hall in 1750 (extracted from letter at Essex Record Office). Date: 1750 Image ID PBIB_OYS_001 |
156. Oyster Dredging, Tollesbury Image ID PBIB_TOL_013 |
157. Ernie 'Pud' Mole and Jack Arthur George Carter, oyster dredging on board the smack OUR BOYS in the 1950s. Date: 1950s Image ID PCA_001 |
158. Oyster dredging on smack OUR BOYS in the 1950s. Ernie Vince on the left, Jack Carter on the right. Date: 1950s Image ID PCA_003 |
159. Oyster dredging on smack OUR BOYS. Ernie Vince on the left, Peter Carter on foreground. Date: 1950s Image ID PCA_005 |
160. Peter Carter and his father Arthur George 'Jack' Carter oyster dredging on smack OUR BOYS. Date: 1950s Image ID PCA_007 |
161. Margaret Carter (Peter's wife) and Ernie Vince oyster dredging in the Blackwater. Date: c1960 Image ID PCA_009 |
162. Oyster Pits, West Mersea. Houseboats and ketch BLACK FOX. Date: 1950s Image ID PG2_169 |
163. Oyster dredging, West Mersea. Bert French on smack DAISY BELLE. Postcard written 18 August 1903, by W.P. - it ends "this is young French culling ... Date: Before August 1903 Image ID PG2_223 |
164. The Oyster Pits, West Mersea. The 'old oyster sheds' on Coast Road, just above upper centre, were demolished January 2011.
Postcard 148254 by Bells Photo ... Date: Before 1959 Image ID PG2_247 |
165. Tollesbury and Mersea Oyster Company men outside the Packing Shed circa 1908.
Taken the same time as ... Date: c1908 Image ID PKG_SHED_003 |
166. The Yachting Centre, West Mersea. Oyster pits along the Coast Road. WINNIE.
Postcard 148251.
In the 1980s, Owen Fletcher wrote "Old timelayings at the ... Date: c1941 Image ID PMS_PCD_003 |
167. Bert Mussett inspecting oysters on the foreshore in Buzz'n, probably in the 1960's. The build up of sand through the longshore drift means this scene looks very ... Date: 1960s Image ID PMT_043 |
168. Royalty eat his oysters Mr Cliff Pullen Image ID PUL_OPA_185 |
169. Chippy Pullen Image ID PUL_OPA_281 |
170. Rupert Pullen oyster dredging - smack PURITAN. Image ID PUL_OPA_283 |
171. Don Pullen oyster dredging on smack PURITAN Image ID PUL_OPA_285 |
172. Don Pullen, Chippy Pullen, Rupert Pullen oyster dredging in smack PURITAN. Bentley's Oysters in background Image ID PUL_OPA_287 |
173. Bentleys for the Best. Postcard from Bentley's Oyster Specialists, Piccadilly, London W.1. Suppliers to principal hotels, restaurants, clubs and private ... Date: 15 January 1952 Image ID PUL_OPA_289 |
174. Bentleys Oysters, Swallow Street, Piccadilly. Please send 250 Ports tomorrow, packed in basket... Date: 1949 Image ID PUL_OPA_291 |
175. Dick Woolf with The Legend behind him. Oysters 1/- per doz. Image ID RG03_345 |
176. GETTING READY FOR THE CARRIER
The shed was known as the Legend and could be floated to anywhere required on the Hard. 'Brassy' Mussett is seen with hands ... Image ID RG03_347 |
177. Smack MERSEA LASS 393CK oyster dredging. Photo from Cass Johnson. On deck Cassell French left and his father Herbert centre. Image ID RG04_070_D37 |
178. Tollesbury & Mersea Oyster Co. Men working on Packing Shed Marsh circa 1900 showing the immaculate oyster pits. These were used for storing oysters prior to ... Date: Before August 1908 Image ID RG11_111 |
179. Oyster pits, West Mersea. In the distance in the centre is the PHILOCTETES laid up in the River Blackwater. Date: Before April 1947 Image ID RG11_153 |
180. Company smacks working in Thornfleet, June 1928. EDITH CK375 sailing back for another tow, smack in background drudging. Note the second Packing ... Date: June 1928 Image ID RG25_761 |