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This database contains some of the books and papers held by Mersea Museum.
Found 516 files - displaying 101 to 150
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Article |
Burial in Wool |
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ID |
PH01_BWL |
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Title |
Burial in Wool |
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Abstract |
Burial in Wool
In burial registers from 1666 up to 1814 a note is often written alongside entries
saying affidavit or An affidavit that he was buried in woolen.
This refers to the oath that had to be sworn by the relatives of the deceased to show compliance with ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
August 2020
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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102 |
Article |
The Bean Family of Peldon Hall |
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ID |
PH01_FBN |
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Title |
The Bean Family of Peldon Hall |
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Abstract |
Some time around 1827, Samuel Edwin Bean, farmer, his wife Frances and their children moved to Peldon Hall from New Hall, Little Wigborough; the family was to remain in Peldon for approximately the next sixty years.
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Keywords |
copt hall |
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Published |
August 2020
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Ron Green - A Mersea Builder |
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ID |
ML2020_009_074 |
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Title |
Ron Green - A Mersea Builder |
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Abstract |
I left West Mersea Council School on April 1946 aged 14. I was to do a bricklayer apprenticeship but was unable to start officially until I was 15, so for the first year I was a labourer. However, I was laying bricks on my very first day at work. I was with my father Les and we were working for ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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104 |
Article |
Peldon and the National Agricultural Labourers' Union |
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ID |
PH01_AGU |
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Title |
Peldon and the National Agricultural Labourers' Union |
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Abstract |
Fraternise, centralise! With brotherly feeling with a united front, with every district welded into a great whole, with a common fund to which all shall pay, and on which all shall have right to draw, the time will not be distant when every agricultural labourer shall have, ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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105 |
Article |
Church Briefs - Wigborough |
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ID |
GWG_CBR |
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Title |
Church Briefs - Wigborough |
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Abstract |
CHURCH BRIEFS
 A transcription in P.A.F. Stephenson's book "The Parish Registers of Great and Little Wigborough" 1905
In th ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Great Wigborough Church Royal Commission on Historical Monuments report 1922 |
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GWG_CHC_201 |
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Title |
Great Wigborough Church Royal Commission on Historical Monuments report 1922 |
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Abstract |
GREAT WIGBOROUGH
From the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (1922)
Typed by T.B. Millatt, source document not known.
Transcribed August 2020 by Anne Taylor
Great Wigborough is a parish 7 miles south of Colchester.
Parish Church of St. Stephen stands ... |
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Author |
1922 |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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107 |
Article |
The Bells of St Stephens, Great Wigborough |
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ID |
PH01_BLS |
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Title |
The Bells of St Stephens, Great Wigborough |
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Abstract |
The Bells of St Stephens, Great Wigborough
St Stephens has two bells although only one is now rung. The older bell was made by itinerant bell founder John Danyell who was founding bells between 1450 and 1470. Medieval bell-founders did not confine themselves to bell-making as their only ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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108 |
Article |
The Reformation and the Wigborough Martyrs |
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GWG_MTR |
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Title |
The Reformation and the Wigborough Martyrs |
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Abstract |
The Reformation and the Great Wigborough Martyrs
At a time of a Europe-wide move to break away from the Roman Catholic Church, in 1534, Henry VIII, declared himself supreme head of the Church of England . This move, triggered by his wish to divorce Catherine of Aragon was also a means by ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Wigborough Carriers and Buses |
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ID |
WIG_BUS |
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Title |
Wigborough Carriers and Buses |
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Abstract |
During the 19th century and well into the 20th century, the carrier provided transport for most people. Farmers and better-off people would have a horse and cart - and everyone would walk a lot more.
The trade directories such as Pigot's, White's and Kelly's list carriers serving Wigborough, ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
The Earthquake of 1884 - Great and Little Wigborough |
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ID |
WIG_WEQ |
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Title |
The Earthquake of 1884 - Great and Little Wigborough |
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Abstract |
The Earthquake of 1884 - Great and Little Wigborough
22 April 1884 An earthquake at 9.20am, knocking down a chimney of the house which nearly came through the roof, frightening everybody very much and ringing all the bells. The damage done all the way to Wigboro', Peldon, Mersea, ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Wigborough War Memorial |
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ID |
GWG_WMM |
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Title |
Wigborough War Memorial |
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Abstract |
The War Memorial in St. Stephen's Parish Church, Great Wigborough.
The memorial is alabaster and is in the closed north doorway.
To the Glory of God and in Loving Memory of the soldiers of this Parish who fell in the Great War 1914-1918.
Their Name Liveth for Ever ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Keywords |
ww1 ww2 |
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Published |
July 2020
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Frederick Theobald of Great Wigborough died 26 August 1914 |
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ID |
IYS_001 |
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Title |
Frederick Theobald of Great Wigborough died 26 August 1914 |
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Abstract |
THEOBALD, FREDERICK GEORGE
Rank: Captain
Regiment: Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st Bn.
Age 38
Date of death 26 August 1914
Service No.
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Alexander Charles Ponder of Great Wigborough died 13 October 1915 |
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ID |
IYS_099 |
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Title |
Alexander Charles Ponder of Great Wigborough died 13 October 1915 |
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Abstract |
PONDER, ALEXANDER CHARLES
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: South Staffordshire Regiment, 1/6th Battalion, TF 137th Brigade, 46th Division.
Age 36
Date of death 13 ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Keywords |
garr |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Frederick James Oxenham of Great Wigborough died 23 May 1917 |
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ID |
IYS_153 |
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Title |
Frederick James Oxenham of Great Wigborough died 23 May 1917 |
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Abstract |
OXENHAM, Frederick James
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: London Regiment (City of London Rifles) : 6th Battalion.
Age 22
Date of death 23 May 1917
Service No. ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Brierley Hall Estate |
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ID |
ML2020_008_022 |
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Title |
Brierley Hall Estate |
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Abstract |
With the present planning issues going on for West Mersea at the moment. it is interesting to look back to the Brierley Hall Estate as laid out by architect E. Hollyer Evans of The Strand, London W.C. in 1909. From Seaview Avenue to a line one field to the East of Cross Lane there are some 480 ... |
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Author |
Ron Green / Tony Millatt |
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Published |
August 2020
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Bertram Charles Juniper of Great Wigborough died 15 Sept 1915 |
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ID |
IYS_092 |
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Title |
Bertram Charles Juniper of Great Wigborough died 15 Sept 1915 |
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Abstract |
JUNIPER, BERTRAM CHARLES
Rank: Private
Regiment: Essex Regiment in the 2nd Battalion. 12th Brigade, 4th Division.
Age 22
Date of death 15 September 1915
Service ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Frederick Hutley of Great Wigborough died 30 June 1916 |
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ID |
IYS_105 |
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Title |
Frederick Hutley of Great Wigborough died 30 June 1916 |
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Abstract |
HUTLEY, FREDERICK
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment, 12th Battalion. 116th Brigade, 39th Division.
Age 34
Date of death 30 June 1916
Service No. ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Keywords |
Fred, brickhouse |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Alfred Charles Francis died 3 June 1917 |
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ID |
IYS_154 |
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Title |
Alfred Charles Francis died 3 June 1917 |
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Abstract |
FRANCIS, ALFRED CHARLES
Rank: Serjeant
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery: "D" Battery. 58th Brigade
Age 23
Date of death 3 June 1917
Service No. ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Charles Godfrey Bonner died 27 August 1918 |
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ID |
IYS_194 |
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Title |
Charles Godfrey Bonner died 27 August 1918 |
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Abstract |
BONNER, CHARLES GODFREY
Rank: Private
Regiment: Coldstream Guards 2nd Battalion. 1st Guards Brigade, Guards Division
Age 34
Date of death 27 August 1918
Service ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Edward Ponder of Great Wigborough |
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ID |
PH01_EPR |
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Title |
Edward Ponder of Great Wigborough |
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Abstract |
Edward Ponder of Great Wigborough
Trawling through the Peldon and Wigborough Parish Magazines I came across three articles written by a Wigborough man, Edward Ponder, who I believe was born around 1916 although other biographical information is needed.
The first article is ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
July 2020
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
William Potter Bond died 14 May 1915 |
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ID |
IYS_078 |
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Title |
William Potter Bond died 14 May 1915 |
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Abstract |
BOND, WILLIAM CHARLES POTTER (also known as William Edward Bond)
Rank: Private
Regiment: Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion,12th Brigade, 4th Division.
Age 18
Date of ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Peldon People: Harry and Angelina Smith |
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ID |
PH01_HWS |
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Title |
Peldon People: Harry and Angelina Smith |
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Abstract |
Peldon People: Harry and Angelina Smith
Henry William Smith was born in Peldon in 1853 and during his working life he was a horseman on a farm and farm labourer. He married Angelina Cousins (born 1857) in 1875.
In 1935 they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary and in honour ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
July 2020
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
The Whiting Family of Peldon |
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ID |
PH01_AGW |
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Title |
The Whiting Family of Peldon |
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Abstract |
THE WHITING FAMILY OF PELDON
The picture above is taken outside the front (North West corner) of Games Farmhouse, Lower Road, Peldon, it was passed on by Tony Baldwin whose ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Mersea Island Horticultural Society |
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ID |
DIS2019_MIHS |
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Title |
Mersea Island Horticultural Society |
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Abstract |
In 2019, the Museum put on a display to celebrate 100 years of Mersea Island Horticultural Society summer shows.
MIHS was founded in 1876 and over the years, several shows have been missed because of wars and even pandemics, so we are now long past the centenary of the society.
The ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
A History of Pete Hall - Part 2 |
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ID |
PH01_PTZ |
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Title |
A History of Pete Hall - Part 2 |
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Abstract |
Pete Hall Peldon Part 2
[ ... |
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Author |
Simon Eagle |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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126 |
Article |
A History of Pete Hall Part 1 |
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PH01_PTY |
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Title |
A History of Pete Hall Part 1 |
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Abstract |
Pete Hall
Peldon
1046 - 1987
Part 1
Pete Hall (otherwise known as Peet or Peete Hall) Colchester Road, Peldon, Essex.
It remains uncertain as to when Pete ... |
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Author |
Simon Eagle |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Essex Cheese |
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ID |
PH01_CSE |
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Title |
Essex Cheese |
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Abstract |
Essex Cheese
Fingringhoe Wick, Langenhoe Wick, Middlewick, Abbots Wick, Tollesbury Wick are all names we are familiar with in this part of Essex but what does 'Wick' actually mean?
Wicks were in fact shepherds' huts where sheep, grazing on the low-lying marshes of this coast, ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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128 |
Article |
The Mystery of Honor Villa and Going's Cottages |
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PH01_HVL |
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The Mystery of Honor Villa and Going's Cottages |
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Abstract |
THE MYSTERY OF HONOR VILLA and GOING's COTTAGES
In investigating the history of houses in the village of Peldon where few of them are numbered, without the help of house deeds it is often impossible to identify a house by its current name. Even in Peldon's Tudor wills it is quite common ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
June 2020
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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129 |
Article |
Mersea Water |
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ID |
ML2020_007_075 |
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Title |
Mersea Water |
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Abstract |
I was born in West Mersea in February 1932 and was to drink water from the water tower for the next 33 or so years. My teeth have the brown stain under the enamel which a number of us locals (not all) have who were children during that period.
From a very detailed account published in the ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Peldon Tug of War Team |
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ID |
PH01_PTW |
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Title |
Peldon Tug of War Team |
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My recollections of Peldon's contribution towards the sport of Tug-of-War by John Hawes
My first experience of competing in a Tug-of-War competition occurred at the East Mersea village Fete' during early August 1973. At that time I lived in West Mersea, so I was over the border so to ... |
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Author |
John Hawes |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
The Martins of Moor Farm |
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ID |
PH01_MTN |
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Title |
The Martins of Moor Farm |
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Abstract |
The Martins of Moor Farm
Moor Farm is the white weather-boarded farmhouse on the right of the main road travelling from Mersea to Colchester a few hundred yards
on from The Peldon Rose. It ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
The Parish Church of St Stephen Great Wigborough. A history |
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ID |
GWG_CHC |
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The Parish Church of St Stephen Great Wigborough. A history |
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Abstract |
The Parish Church of St Stephen, Great Wigborough.
Beautifully situated on the top of a hill at the highest point of the parish, the tower of the church is a landmark for many
miles around. The ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
King's Head, Great Wigborough |
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GWG_KHD |
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Title |
King's Head, Great Wigborough |
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Abstract |
The King's Head, Great Wigborough, by the turn to Colchester off the Maldon Road. It was rendered and painted white in the 1950s, and is now a private house, known as the Olde Kings Head.
This story of the King's Head is rather incomplete. An inn is recorded as being at the site in the 17th ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Little Wigborough School |
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ID |
LWG_SCH |
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Title |
Little Wigborough School |
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Abstract |
Little Wigborough school was built in 1875 with room for 50 pupils. It was closed by 1894 and all trace has gone. Its location is shown on the map below.
Little Wigborough ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Great Wigborough School |
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ID |
GWG_SCH |
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Title |
Great Wigborough School |
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Abstract |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
The Parish of Great Wigborough |
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ID |
SG01_031 |
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Title |
The Parish of Great Wigborough |
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Abstract |
From the book "The Parish Registers of Great and Little Wigborough", by Mrs P.A.F. Stephenson, published in 1905.
Great Wigborough
The Parish of Great Wigborough contains about 2000 acres of land, 3 of water, 5 of tidal water and 80 foreshore. It is 7 miles south-west from ... |
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Author |
P.A.F. Stephenson |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Rolls Farm and Malting Farm Peldon - Recollections of Linda di Mizio née ... |
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PH01_LDM |
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Title |
Rolls Farm and Malting Farm Peldon - Recollections of Linda di Mizio née Starling |
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I don't have much in the way of photos of historical interest, although I could probably contribute some memories of people and places in the village when I grew up. As far as wartime information is concerned I never heard my parents mention the land girls building but my mother used to recall ... |
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Author |
Linda Di Mizio |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Mersea benefactors - Mrs Marjorie de Manby |
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ID |
DIS2019_MBY |
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Title |
Mersea benefactors - Mrs Marjorie de Manby |
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Abstract |
Major Alban Henley Olaf de Manbey was born 1881 and in 1906 he married Catherine Ward. In 1917 he was a Captain in the Royal Field Artillery and had been awarded the Military Cross. The family acquired Barrow Hill Farm around 1930, probably after it was put up for sale in 1929. Catherine died in ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Peldon People - Nymann the Dane |
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ID |
PH01_NYM |
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Title |
Peldon People - Nymann the Dane |
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Abstract |
Approaching Abberton and Langenhoe on the main road towards Colchester from Mersea, there is a large, old, dilapidated house on the left completely swamped by overgrown trees, shrubs and brambles - a sharp contrast to Catalpas next door with its manicured hedges. Abandoned to the elements, and I ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
May 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Dunkirk 1940 - boats with local connections |
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ID |
WW2_DKK |
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Title |
Dunkirk 1940 - boats with local connections |
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Abstract |
The evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from Dunkirk took place between 27th May and 4th June 1940 - 75 years ago. It is often described as a miracle - at the outside they were hopeful of bringing 45,000 troops back. In the end, more than 338,000 British, French and Belgian troops ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Victory Day Street Party |
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ID |
ML2020_006_066 |
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Title |
Victory Day Street Party |
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Abstract |
Photographs of 1945 Victory Celebrations on Mersea are rare. but Mary Crisp née Smith loaned us a picture of the Victory Day Street Party held in the Dawes Lane - East Road area. A similar photograph from Chloe Mole recently appeared on Facebook, with a helpful board at the bottom "Victory ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Thomas Henry Bossence Batten killed in action 29 July 1916 |
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ID |
IYS_050 |
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Title |
Thomas Henry Bossence Batten killed in action 29 July 1916 |
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Abstract |
BATTEN, Thomas Bossence
Australian Rank: Private Australian Infantry
A.I.F. 26th Battalion
Age 19
Date of death 29 July 1916
Service No. 1718
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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144 |
Article |
Schooling in West Mersea in Victorian Times |
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ID |
SCH_VIC |
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Title |
Schooling in West Mersea in Victorian Times |
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Abstract |
Schooling in West Mersea in Victorian Times. (1837 - 1901)
Mersea Island is joined to the mainland by a causeway, known locally as the Strood. Even today the Strood is subject to flooding at high tides and, in Victorian times it was made of shingle with posts along each ... |
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Author |
Chris Kirkman |
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Published |
February 2020
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
The War Years - Peldon. Memoirs of Phyllis Day née Wilson |
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ID |
PH01_PDY |
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Title |
The War Years - Peldon. Memoirs of Phyllis Day née Wilson |
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Abstract |
Memoirs of Phyllis Day née Wilson
Transcribed by Geoff Gonella
The following account was found tucked into the Memorial Folder at St. Mary's church. It was in the form of a typed manuscript, marked-up with a note that it was an extract from the author's ... |
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Author |
Phyllis Day |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Memories of V.E. Day by Kathleen Haines |
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ID |
MIS_2009_A34 |
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Title |
Memories of V.E. Day by Kathleen Haines |
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Abstract |
Kathleen Haines recorded her memories of V.E. Day during an exhibition in Mersea Museum, and they were published in Mersea Island Society Mistral Magazine in 2009.
"We were there! We lived in Nottinghamshire at the time, and my father suggested we should have a family day out....and that ... |
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Author |
Kathleen Haines |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Memories of Bernie Ratcliffe 1933-1920 |
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ID |
PH01_RTD |
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Title |
Memories of Bernie Ratcliffe 1933-1920 |
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Abstract |
Bernard Ratcliffe of New Hall Cottages Little Wigborough died April 2020. This obituary was written by Anne Owen for Peldon Parish Magazine
Memories of Bernard Ratcliffe (Bernie)
Bernard Ratcliffe, of 1 New Hall Cottages, Copt Hall Lane, Little Wigborough, sadly passed aw ... |
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Author |
Anne Owen |
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Published |
May 2020
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
V.E. Day 8 May 1945 |
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ID |
WW2_VED |
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Title |
V.E. Day 8 May 1945 |
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Abstract |
Victory in Europe Day
There was a party and bonfire in the field between Brierley Hall and Cross Lane to celebrate V.E. Day. ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Memories of WW2 by Mary Jardine |
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ID |
MIS_1995_A28 |
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Title |
Memories of WW2 by Mary Jardine |
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Abstract |
This article was written in 1995 by Mary Jardine née French for Mersea Island Society Mistral Magazine.
Yes, I remember, even if it was 50 years ago! In June 1944 I was teaching in Southall in Middlesex when the first V1's began to fly over London. We called them "buzz-bombs" and, ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Memories of World War 2 by M.J. Gethen |
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ID |
MIS_1995_A29 |
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Title |
Memories of World War 2 by M.J. Gethen |
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Abstract |
In 1995 Dr Alison Bush talked to Mary 'Joy' Gethen, mainly about Mersea during WW2, and wrote this article for Mersea Island Society Mistral Magazine. Mary was 93 at the time.
Mary Gethen was born in Canada, but came to Colchester when she was three years old , on a visit with her parents. ... |
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Author |
Alison Bush |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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