
121. Looking across St. Peter's Meadow to the beach and fisherman's hard, from Coast Road. Hove Creek comes in bottom right. There is a line of barbed wire just ... Date: c1943 Image ID MMC_P452 |

122. West Mersea beach. The diving board can be seen - it was off the end of Alexandra Avenue and lasted until WW2. Date: c1932 Image ID MMC_P753_A_008 |

123. Orleans Cottage, West Mersea, with the church beyond. Kings Hard in the foreground.
W.H. Tilston's Series postcard. Image ID MMC_P755_067 |

124. Mersea Beach Image ID MMC_P755_072 |

125. Mersea beach. PG2_087 is the same picture, less heavily cropped. Image ID MMC_P755_074 |

126. The Monkey Beach, West Mersea. Another copy of this postcard is postmarked 14 August 1908. Date: Before August 1908 Image ID MMC_P755_092 |

127. Beach at the bottom of Seaview Avenue. The house on the right is Shameen, later Brazil House.
Postcard thought to be by Hammond, which would date it around ... Date: c1911 Image ID MMC_P755_137 |

128. The Beach looking towards Seaview Avenue. Postcard 84662. Image ID MMC_P755_140 |

129. Beach - 1950s ? Date: c1955 Image ID MMC_P762_O |

130. Buzz'n from the Monkey Steps Image ID MMC_P870_H |

131. Beach Tea Gardens - West Mersea. The sign on the fence says The Garden Cafe. This later became the Spinney Cafe.
The Garden Cafe, along with 10 beach huts, ... Date: c1952 Image ID MMC_P870_J |

132. Type of Beach Hut approved by West Mersea Urban District Council for erection on West Mersea Greensward. Post WW2 ? Date: c1946 Image ID MMO_009 |

133. Dorothy and David Mussett - on the beach at Mersea.
From David Mussett photo album. Image ID MST_FAM_123 |

134. Infant School treat. See ... Date: c1908 Image ID MST_OPA_065 |

135. Aerial view - Shears Crescent and Shears Court flats - site of the boating lake. World War 2 pillbox in the centre of the beach. Date: 1970s Image ID OZO_033 |

136. Visit to Mersea by Literacy Support Centre, St John's Green School, Colchester
"We hunted for St Peter's Well. It was hidden in the reeds. Date: c17 June 1986 Image ID PAT_1986_SCH_151 |

137. Visit to Mersea by Literacy Support Centre, St John's Green School, Colchester
"We hunted for St Peter's Well. It was hidden in the reeds. Date: c17 June 1986 Image ID PAT_1986_SCH_153 |

138. Visit to Mersea by Literacy Support Centre, St John's Green School, Colchester
"We hunted for St Peter's Well. It was hidden in the reeds. Date: c17 June 1986 Image ID PAT_1986_SCH_155 |

139. Visit to Mersea by Literacy Support Centre, St John's Green School, Colchester.
"We had our picnic on the beach. It was fun. Date: c17 June 1986 Image ID PAT_1986_SCH_201 |

140. High Tide, West Mersea. Postcard No.17. Image ID PG2_023 |

141. Boating Lake, West Mersea. Image ID PG2_059 |

142. West Mersea Beach. Postcard 98752 mailed 20 July 1926. Date: Before July 1926 Image ID PG2_081 |

143. The beach, titled The Esplanade, West Mersea. Postcard by E T W Dennis, mailed 31 August 1921 Date: Before August 1921 Image ID PG2_085 |

144. The Beach, West Mersea. Postcard 9133. Image ID PG2_103 |
![145. ID PG2_111 The Beach, West Mersea. This is taken by the Monkey Steps and the wall is the wall in front of Orleans. The wall was later plastered. The name Esplanade on the ... 145. ID PG2_111 The Beach, West Mersea. This is taken by the Monkey Steps and the wall is the wall in front of Orleans. The wall was later plastered. The name Esplanade on the ...
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145. The Beach, West Mersea. This is taken by the Monkey Steps and the wall is the wall in front of Orleans. The wall was later plastered. The name Esplanade on the ... Image ID PG2_111 |

146. Sheel Island - West Mersea. Trippers and beach brigs. Postcard. Another postcard with this view was mailed 19 September 1931 Date: Before September 1931 Image ID PG2_243 |

147. The Sea Front, West Mersea. Lilywhite postcard WM7, mailed 17 September 1931, addressed to Miss Muriel Smith, Norbury. Date: Before August 1931 Image ID PG2_269 |

148. Shears Meadow looking west. Before the boating lake development. Postcard mailed 4 September 1929. Date: Before September 1929 Image ID PG2_305 |

149. Off Mersea Island. Postcard mailed 19 September 1931 to Miss Muriel Smith, Norbury. Another postcard titled Sheel Island has the same photograph but no ... Date: Before September 1931 Image ID PG2_323 |

150. Along the Beach, West Mersea. By the Monkey Steps. Postcard mailed 16 July 1915. Date: Before July 1915 Image ID PG2_339 |