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Smack 349CK SYBIL on the Hard at West Mersea. Photo 105192.
Built Aldous, Brightlingsea, 1901 for Charles Chatters. 27 June 1932 sold to Edwin Chatters, John Chatters & Percy Arthur Chatters (master). 15 April 1948 No longer fishing and 1949 sold as yacht. She still existed in 1998 as yacht SYBIL.
</p> <p> As SYBIL OF WIVENHOE she is on the National Register of Historic Ships <a href=https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/3596/sybil-wivenhoe target=nrs>www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk</a>
</p><p>Photograph sent to the Museum September 2020. Donor unknown!
</p>
Girl Guides - Camp 1934. Brownies.
Winifred Joan Mussett standing on the left. 1934. Photo: Girl Guides
Dock pulling, Beckingham Hall Farm, Birch,in the 1940s.
Back L-R 1. Ivy Adkins, 2. Hilda Whybrow, 3. Mildred Pulford, 4. Leni Button.
Front 1. Mabel Wheeler, 2. Phylis Bishop, 3. Greta Fletcher.
Photo 80 M.W. 1940s.
Waiting for the Band. Postcard by Hammond, Great Totham, mailed Mersea 22 September 1911 to Miss French, Blackheath from Nell. The wall the shed on the left shows the Victorian Letter Box that is now in the Museum. Beyond it a boatyard shed is being built - this would have been for Hempstead at the time.
A picture from one of the slide shows run in Mersea Museum during opening hours. August 1911.
The Beach, West Mersea Photo: Tony Millatt Collection
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Mersea Museum has a large collection of images, mainly of Mersea Island and the surrounding area. Those shown here are a small sample.
The images are divided into categories - click on a Category to view a selection.
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