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

182. 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

183. 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

184. 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

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

186. 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

187. 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

188. 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

189. 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

190. 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

191. Victoria Esplanade centre left. Seaview Avenue just left of centre. Decoy Point and Waldegraves to the right.
Part of a collection of aerial views of ...
Date: 27 April 2014
Image ID SBB_3276

192. Western end of the beach at West Mersea, where it meets Buzz'n Creek. This has built up since WW2. Houseboat L'ESPERANCE is near top, just left of ...
Date: 27 April 2014
Image ID SBB_3735

193. Coast Road and the Monkey Steps.
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_3745

194. The beach. New Orleans. West Mersea Hall.
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_3752

195. Beach Road and the Boathouse on the left. Grove Avenue.
Part of a collection of aerial views of Mersea taken by Stacey Belbin. If you are interested in ...
Date: 27 April 2014
Image ID SBB_3765

196. Shears Meadow flats on the left. Broomhills Road and Victoria Esplanade.
Part of a collection of aerial views of Mersea taken by Stacey Belbin. If you are ...
Date: 27 April 2014
Image ID SBB_3771

197. Victoria Esplanade. Two Sugars Cafe. Beach Huts.
Part of a collection of aerial views of Mersea taken by Stacey Belbin. If you are interested in purchasing ...
Date: 27 April 2014
Image ID SBB_3776

198. Pack ice in the Blackwater (with Andy Bisco aged 11) looking towards Bradwell from Monkey Steps beach. The hard winter of 1962-63.
Date: cJanuary 1963
Image ID SBS_002

199. West Mersea Urban District Council lifebuoy on beach.
Image ID SDH_AB1_018_001

200. Laid up ships in River Blackwater.
L-R 1. tanker, probably 1. FILTRIC, 2. ESPERANCE BAY, 3. GOTHIC.
GOTHIC arrived 6 September 1954 and ESPERANCE BAY ...
Date: c7 September 1954
Image ID SDH_AB1_028_003

201. Fun on the beach. Oardlers Oardling. Valerie Mansfield and Roy Keene.
Date: c1972
Image ID SDH_ODG_007

202. Fun on the beach. Oardlers Oardling. Valerie Mansfield and Roy Keene.
By the Monkey Steps with Orleans Wall in background.
Date: c1972
Image ID SDH_ODG_011

203. The beach, West Mersea. Postcard by F.W. Pawsey & Sons. FWP049.
Date: c1955
Image ID SFR_270

204. The Beach. View on the South Side of the Queen's Estate, West Mersea.
From a Souvenir brochure advertising property for sale in West Mersea. This sale was ...
Date: Before 24 August 1907
Image ID SH01_001_010_001

205. West Mersea beach in the 1920s. Postcard 141507.
Written on the back of the card: "Our chalet, Coopers Beach, East Mersea on this misty lovely moring. 9 ...
Date: 1920s
Image ID SKP_027

206. Beach Huts at West Mersea. Tony Millatt at back. Front: Gordon Meekings, Dennis Johnson, Pat Bishop ?, ?
The Millatt family had 2 beach huts in the top row ...
Date: c1954
Image ID TBM_HUT_001

207. Former World War 2 fortifications by the Monkey Beach, West Mersea. The concrete blocks had been hidden by the mud for several years. They are now slowly ...
Date: 26 June 2007
Image ID TM1_7428

208. Looking East towards Monkey Beach from Buzz'n.
There is often speculation about the concrete blocks that are by the beach at its western end, near Buzz'n ...
Image ID TM1_7429

209. A view of the concrete blocks by the beach near Buzz'n and thought to be an anti-landing craft defence.. The base of an old pillbox can be seen on the right.
Date: c2007
Image ID TM1_7433

210. Shears Court and Shears Crescent in the early 1970s. Photograph from Ronnie Fisher, who lived in the top right flat in Shears Court.
The base of the ...
Date: c1972
Image ID TM3_2797