1. Brightlingsea Creek. Stackie barge.
The mill just visible on the horizon ahead of the barge is the Fingringhoe post mill - see the article in Essex ... Date: Before November 1904 Image ID RG06_003 |
2. Barge ashore in gale, Brightlingsea Promenade. Postcard by Douglas Went, posted 26 March 1938.
Picture appears in East Coast Sail by Robert Simper. He says 2 ... Date: Before March 1938 Image ID RG06_009 |
3. Barge LADY GWYNFRED of Rochester ashore in a gale at Brightlingsea. Douglas Went postcard. Brightlingsea Promenade. Postcard mailed 26 March 1938. A similar ... Date: Before March 1938 Image ID RG06_011 |
4. The Creek, Brightlingsea. Old barge used as a cafe on the Point Clear beach. Anchor Hotel, Brightlingsea in the distance across the water.
Postcard 5244 by ... Date: Before September 1910 Image ID RG06_037 |
5. River Colne at Rowhedge looking upstream to the World War 1 bridge across the river. Image ID RG06_041 |
6. The Old Mill, St. Osyth. Tide mill on the right. Barge MAY FLOWER alongside wharf. Image ID RG06_051 |
7. Stowboater and barges at St Osyth. The maltings shown were burned down in 1920 and the photo probably dates from well before the first world war, for both ... Date: Before 1914 Image ID RG06_055 |
8. St Osyth Mill with Goldsmith's barge SIESTA by the mill. Postcard 1255 postmarked 24 September 1934. Date: Before September 1934 Image ID RG06_061 |
9. Barges at Colchester Hythe. On left is CENTAUR of Rochester. Bow of VERA further down the quay. Image ID RG06_067 |
10. Colchester Hythe Quay. Sailing Barge CENTAUR of Rochester, Official No. 110955.
Picture used in Last Stronghold of Sail, page 17. Image ID RG06_069 |
11. Colchester Hythe. Sailing barge VERA with a deck cargo of barrels. Owen Parry's Mills used to send out linseed oil in barrels - more barrels can be seen on the ... Date: Before 1928 Image ID RG06_073 |
12. Colchester Hythe. A coaster on the left, several barges beyond. View looking upstream towards Hythe Bridge.
The vessel on the left is unidentified. It ... Image ID RG06_077 |
13. Colchester Hythe - view from Hythe Bridge. Sailing barges ESTHER, LANDRAIL and VERA. Steamship GEM.
GEM Official No. 81975, registered Colchester, 1881. ... Date: Before August 1907 Image ID RG06_087 |
14. Sailing barge IMPERIAL of London and sailing barge PAGLESHAM at Colchester Hythe. Image ID RG06_089 |
15. Wyvenhoe - barge coming up the Colne. Steam yachts moored in river bank.
Postcard 33384 mailed 9 September 1908 Date: Before September 1908 Image ID RG06_095 |
16. View from Wivenhoe Church tower looking across to Fingringhoe and the Roman River. One of R. & W. Paul's barges sailing down the Colne and in the distance ... Date: 1938 Image ID RG06_097 |
17. Barge (FANNY ?) at the Strood. Postcard 78493 postmarked 4 February 1930. Date: Before February 1930 Image ID RG06_105 |
18. The Brightlingsea owned ketch barge BRITANNIC unloading coal at Mersea. She was built at Southtown Suffolk in 1891. Image ID RG06_107 |
19. Brightlingsea owned ketch barge BRITANNIC unloading coal at West Mersea, with oyster smack UNITY ahead of her. She was built at Southtown Suffolk in 1891 ... Date: Before August 1924 Image ID RG06_109 |
20. Barges unloading on West Mersea Hard. Clifford White lorry N01671. Left hand barge is RUSSELL on dinghy, with bricks. GOLDEN FLEECE in centre with timber and ... Date: 1926 Image ID RG06_113 |
21. Barge at Church Wharf, Salcot. Postcard 79732. Image ID RG06_115 |
22. Swimmie or swim-head barge unloading manure at The Shoe, Goldhanger. Postcard 63876 posted 1912.
Photograph used in one of the Slideshows shown in Mersea ... Date: Before 1912 Image ID RG06_117 |
23. Ketch rigged barge unloading in the lock at Heybridge. Believed to be the FEARLESS and the date is September 1920 or May 1921.
FEARLESS was built 1876 by ... Date: c1921 Image ID RG06_123 |
24. Heybridge Basin - ketch barge FEARLESS unloading granite chipping for road
making, Essex C.C. FEARLESS was built 1876 at Ipswich, Official No. ... Date: c1921 Image ID RG06_125 |
25. Stackie barge WILLIAM AND ARTHUR and the Danish HECLA in Heybridge Basin. In the lock is the Danish NATHALIA. The HECLA has 222 tons of deals and the NATHALIA ... Date: 7 September 1911 Image ID RG06_127 |
26. Heybridge Basin drained - the barge UNITY to the left of the lock. The remains of the UNITY are in Sampsons Creek and her wheel was rescued by John Milgate and ... Image ID RG06_131 |
27. Brigantine and barges at Heybridge Basin. Image ID RG06_137 |
28. Heybridge Basin. Sailing barge VERONA on the right. Also UNIQUE, KEEBLE, ROSE lighters ?. Postcard H5971 postmarked 1949.
ROSE was sold to Brown as a ... Date: Before 1949. Image ID RG06_139 |
29. The LORD WARDEN at Church Wharf Salcot unloading flints, c1920. Her skipper at this time was Jack Spitty.
Used in Down Tops'l page 65 - caption ... Date: c1920 Image ID RG06_351 | |