181. The Beach, West Mersea. Postcard 84650, sent to Miss Winifred Farthing in Essex County Hospital, 21 February 1923
Date: Before 21 February 1923
Image ID RFX_029

182. The Essex Shore - a magic lantern slide by Arthur R. Smith. The view is along the East Mersea shore towards the lane which comes down from East Mersea church. ...
Image ID RG03_001

183. The Monkey Beach, West Mersea, looking east towards Beach Road and the Boat House. Postcard 78486 postmarked 24 December 1914.
Date: Before December 1914
Image ID RG04_093

184. Sea Wall - West Mersea. The Church with Orleans in front of it, from Kings Hard.
Date: c1913
Image ID RG04_097

185. Paddling at West Mersea. By the Monkey Steps.
Another copy of this card was mailed from Daisy Bank, West Mersea 13 August 1913.
Date: Before August 1913
Image ID RG11_185

186. Whale washed up on the Mersea beach. One of the 25ft whales washed up on Mersea Island 30 July 1939. Seen by Mr Lungley, it looked like an overturned boat with ...
Date: 30 July 1939
Image ID RG11_235

187. The Beach, West Mersea. Kingsland Beach with the windpump at Shears Meadow boating lake in the distance. Postcard mailed 6 May 1948.
Date: Before May 1948
Image ID RG11_271

188. The Beach Looking West. Postcard WM11 by Lilywhite.
In fact it is looking East - at the bottom of the monkey steps. Postcard mailed 16 August 1928
Date: Before August 1928
Image ID RG14_235

189. Floating Dock which had been laid up in the Blackwater after the war, and ended up on the beach near Decoy.
Thought to be ADMIRALTY FLOATING DOCK NO.76. ...
Date: March 1946
Image ID RG17_301

190. West Mersea beach - Searchlight Cafe. It contained one of two searchlights that were along the beach during WW2.
Trevor Cock behind the counter.
In ...
Date: c1954
Image ID RG19_147

191. View by Monkey Steps on Coast Road looking across cricket field to Buzzen and Cobmarsh. The back of the photograph says 'Mersea from the city.
Date: May 1934
Image ID RG19_205

192. The beach at the bottom of Seaview Avenue. Postcard by Hammond, mailed 4 August 1911.
Date: Before August 1911
Image ID RG25_229

193. Seaplane off Monkey Beach c. 1933. Since the engines appear to be Rolls Royce Kestrels rather than Napier Lions, the plane is almost certainly a Scapa. This was ...
Image ID RG27_157

194. West Mersea Boating Lake, Shears Meadow. Goings Lane and Kingsland Road in the background. The lady on the right is Muriel Smith. The boats are the 'new' boats ...
Date: c1939
Image ID RG27_241

195. Trippers. Ethel Green. Teddy Vince with boat on the beach.
Image ID RG27_347

196. Monkey Beach. Postcard 84653.
Date: Before June 1927
Image ID RG27_563

197. Beach Bungalows, West Mersea. Kingsland Beach and Lavender Cottage.
Image ID RMY_OPA_007

198. Shaped stones found off Coopers beach. 2 groups of 11 stones, more scattered. Crudely tapered on 4 sides
See ...
Image ID RMY_OPA_061

199. Stones found on shore by Coopers Beach. See ...
Image ID RMY_OPA_063

200. Buzz'n and the end of the beach
Image ID RMY_OPA_111

201. West Mersea Lifeboat exercise with RAF Wessex helicopter XT680 and lifeboat ALEXANDER DUCKHAM attending a 'fire' on SCEPTRE.
Date: c1980
Image ID RNLI_TS2_437

202. Dutch coaster ashore on West Mersea sea front.
Thought to be MEDINA W build as VOLENTE 1963 Niersten Sander, LR number 5383184. Ex GRETA C-1983, ...
Date: After June 1983
Image ID RNLI_TS4_437

203. West Mersea Lifeboat exercise off Kingsland Beach. RAF Wessex XT680. This helicopter was sold to New Zealand in 2004 and in 2011 was said to be in store, ...
Date: 1980s
Image ID RNLI_TS5_531

204. Rosie's dad (left) and his 2 brothers (one Stan). [Rosie Bird née Johnson.]
Image ID RSB_005

205. West Mersea beach. L to R Maurice Johnson, Mrs Alice Johnson, Mrs Alice Lyall and son George, Harold Johnson, Bertha Johnson. George was born 1924.
Date: c1924
Image ID RSB_023

206. The wall below the monkey steps, West Mersea. The wall was tall in those days! The postcard was mailed Septemberr 1956 but the view looks much older than this.
Image ID RUD_MIS_029

207. CSSM Sunshine Corner on West Mersea Beach. It evolved into the Beach Club.
Peter Rudlin is 2nd from lower right in dark pullover.
Upper left ...
Date: 1966
Image ID RUD_MIS_151

208. Sunshine Corner on West Mersea Beach. It evolved into the Beach Club.
Conducting is Alan Barrow from London. On the left is Arthur Briars. Playing the ...
Date: c1966
Image ID RUD_MIS_153

209. West Mersea beach and Victoria Esplanade.
Part of a collection of aerial views of Mersea taken by Stacey Belbin. If you are interested in purchasing any of ...
Date: 27 April 2014
Image ID SBB_3272

210. Victoria Esplanade, West Mersea.
Part of a collection of aerial views of Mersea taken by Stacey Belbin. If you are interested in purchasing any of these ...
Date: 27 April 2014
Image ID SBB_3273