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This database contains some of the books and papers held by Mersea Museum.
Found 495 files - displaying 351 to 400
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351 |
Article |
Anthony Driffield Seabrook - lost on HMS RAWALPINDI |
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ID |
OOD_005 |
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Title |
Anthony Driffield Seabrook - lost on HMS RAWALPINDI |
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Abstract |
SEABROOK Anthony Driffield. Acting Sub Lieutenant: Royal Naval Reserve: H.M.S. Rawalpindi: Age: 21: Date of Death: 23/11/1939. He had 2 uncles Edmund and ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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352 |
Article |
Wilfred Frank Pettican - lost on HMS RAWALPINDI. |
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ID |
OOD_004 |
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Title |
Wilfred Frank Pettican - lost on HMS RAWALPINDI. |
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Abstract |
PETTICAN Wilfred Frank
Seaman: Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. RAWALPINDI
Date of Death: 23/11/1939
Service No: C/6072D
The 1911 Census shows Wilfred Frank Pettican was born in 1905. Frank as he was known, was from Tollesbury and had been an engineer on yachts. Both Hector Ingate & Wilfred ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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353 |
Article |
Hector Ingate - lost on HMS RAWALPINDI |
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ID |
OOD_003 |
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Title |
Hector Ingate - lost on HMS RAWALPINDI |
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Abstract |
INGATE Hector. Seaman: Royal Naval Reserve: H.M.S. Rawalpindi: Age: 39 Date of Death: 23/11/1939: Service No: C/6075D. He had lost 3 brothers in World War 1.
He was the son of ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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354 |
Article |
The loss of HMS RAWALPINDI 23 November 1939 |
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ID |
OOD_002 |
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Title |
The loss of HMS RAWALPINDI 23 November 1939 |
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Abstract |
Three local men were amongst the crew - Hector Ingate, Wilfred Frank Pettican and Anthony Driffield Seabrook
HMS RAWALPINDI was a P&O liner on the London, Bombay ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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355 |
Article |
Peldon in WW1 from the school logbooks |
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ID |
PH01_SLB |
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Title |
Peldon in WW1 from the school logbooks |
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Abstract |
As one would expect, Peldon School logbook concentrates on aspects of teaching and staffing, poor behaviour and absenteeism, bad weather, problems with the buildings, heating and ventilation, visits by the Rector, school managers, Attendance and Sanitary Officers and the annual inspector's report. ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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356 |
Article |
The Mason Family of Hill House, Peldon |
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ID |
PH01_MHH |
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Title |
The Mason Family of Hill House, Peldon |
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Abstract |
Alfred and Sarah Mason of Hill House, Peldon, (now known as Malting Cottage).
Alfred Allen Mason was born in ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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357 |
Article |
Researching the History of Your House |
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ID |
PH01_RYH |
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Title |
Researching the History of Your House |
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Abstract |
The following article was written for Peldon Parish Magazine
I'm sure many of you, like me, were riveted by the David Olusoga series called A House Through Time where he researched the lives of the
people who lived in a particular house in Liverpool. My interest in the history of houses ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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358 |
Article |
Peldon People - Ernie Richardson |
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ID |
PH01_ERC |
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Title |
Peldon People - Ernie Richardson |
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Abstract |
A well-known local eccentric, Ernie Richardson, lived on a boat along from Strood Villa, also known as Pyefleet House. He lived by the sea wall, over the road from Bonners Barn, on a flat-bottomed boat barely 3 foot deep. Russell Martin, the farmer at Moor Farm nearby, said the boat only needed ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
November 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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359 |
Article |
Honeysuckle Cottage, Peldon - The History of a House |
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ID |
PH01_HSC |
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Title |
Honeysuckle Cottage, Peldon - The History of a House |
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Abstract |
In maps from the early twentieth century, along the south side of Peldon's Lower Road, there are only five houses, Brickhouse Farm, Brickhouse Cottage ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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360 |
Article |
Peldon People - John Linnett Clark |
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ID |
PH01_JLC |
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Title |
Peldon People - John Linnett Clark |
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Abstract |
John Linnett Clark seated
OLD INHABITANT'S DEATH
A ZEPPELIN'S FALL RECALLED
Peldon has lost an extremely popular ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Keywords |
clarke |
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Published |
November 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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361 |
Article |
Peldon People - Golden and Charlie Simpson |
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ID |
PH01_GCS |
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Title |
Peldon People - Golden and Charlie Simpson |
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Abstract |
Golden (1863 - 1939) and Charles Simpson (1870 - 1947) were names well-known to Peldon and Mersea folk at the end of the nineteenth
century and the first few decades of the twentieth. Brothers, they were born and bred in Peldon, their father, Charles, a General dealer.
Golden became a bricklayer ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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362 |
Article |
Cudmore Grove |
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ID |
ML2018_012_L20 |
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Title |
Cudmore Grove |
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Abstract |
I am often asked how Cudmore Grove got it's name. My first knowledge of this area is from the 1930s and of warm summer evenings when my family would visit Auntie Nellie and her family in East Mersea for tea. After tea we would set off for a walk which usually took us to The Bowling Green, a flat ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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363 |
Article |
Spring Wyncoll |
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ID |
PH01_SPR |
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Title |
Spring Wyncoll |
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Abstract |
TWO SPRINGS, A PENNY FARTHING and A PEDALO!
This research is a funny old business! You set off in one direction and before you know it you've gone down a
totally different path!
This particular path involves my research into a man called Spring Wyncoll.
I set off on the research ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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364 |
Article |
Geoffrey Maurice Wooldridge 1909 - 1976 |
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ID |
PH01_GMW |
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Title |
Geoffrey Maurice Wooldridge 1909 - 1976 |
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Abstract |
Geoff was born in Kent on 31 July 1909, the second child of Elizabeth (Bessie) and Maurice Wooldridge. His sisters Aline, Eva and Dora were also born in Kent. During the first world war, his mother became nervous about the fighting in France and the family moved first to Hertfordshire, where his ... |
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Author |
Anne Lee |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Peldon Hall Cottage |
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ID |
PH01_PHC |
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Title |
Peldon Hall Cottage |
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Abstract |
In 1965 when Chris and Archie Moore bought Pink Cottage, subsequently called Peldon Hall Cottage, the village hall next door (the old 1833 school building) was being demolished. Ever resourceful, Archie bought 1000 bricks for £10 and used them to build their extension at home! There was also ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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366 |
Article |
The Wooldridges of Kemps Farm, Peldon |
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ID |
PH01_KSF |
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Title |
The Wooldridges of Kemps Farm, Peldon |
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Abstract |
From the early 1930s to the 1960s a family called the Wooldridges farmed at Kemps Farm. Maurice and Bessie Wooldridge moved to Peldon in about 1930 with their family of five, Stephen, Geoffrey, Dora, Aline and Eva. At the time of writing (September 2018), Dora is still alive, having just passed her ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
October 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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367 |
Article |
The Mallett Family; Sailors and Shopkeeper. |
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ID |
PH01_FLX |
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Title |
The Mallett Family; Sailors and Shopkeeper. |
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Abstract |
This month we are happy to congratulate Horace Mallet of 1, Council Houses, Mersea Road, Peldon, who will be 90 years old on 6th March - born 1884; still going strong. His father William was a sailor, but when he married, he returned to the dry land and took to thatching and other rural ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
October 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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368 |
Article |
A Peldon Smuggler - Daniel Rich |
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ID |
PH01_DRH |
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Title |
A Peldon Smuggler - Daniel Rich |
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Abstract |
Tales of smuggling in Peldon always centre on the pond by the Peldon Rose where the story of a shaft down which casks were dropped and hidden, defying discovery by the Revenue men, has been retold many times.
The story told by Jane Pullen, landlady of The Peldon Rose between 1881 and 1935 ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
September 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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369 |
Article |
Memory Lane - school teachers |
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ID |
ML2018_010_L21 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - school teachers |
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Abstract |
The museum recently had a visit from Anne Lee and her husband from New
Zealand. The visit was arranged by Peldon historian Elaine Barker who is
looking into the history of Kemps Farm, where Anne, a member of the
Wooldridge family, grew up. During the conversation Anne spoke of her
Aunt Dora ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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370 |
Article |
Peldon Neighbourhood News Introduction |
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ID |
PH01_PNN |
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Peldon Neighbourhood News Introduction |
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Abstract |
PELDON 1931 - 1948 Essex County Standard Neighbourhood News.
Introduction I have a book of newspaper clippings (from the Essex County Standard neighbourhood news) concerning Peldon from 1931 - 1948 passed on to Mike Watson by Pat Wyncoll. Pat's parents, Arthur and Mrs Wyncoll née ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Peldon Neighbourhood News - Appendix 1 |
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ID |
PH01_PNN_APP1 |
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Title |
Peldon Neighbourhood News - Appendix 1 |
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Abstract |
Appendix 1 Peldon People
PELDON PEOPLE - GEORGE SMALLWOOD
Born in Orpington, Kent, George first appears in Peldon in the 1891 census when he is described as a baker and lives in the Bake House near the School House. From the obituary below it would seem he came to Peldon about 1888 at the ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Peldon Neighbourhood News 1945 - 1948 |
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ID |
PH01_PNN_1945 |
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Title |
Peldon Neighbourhood News 1945 - 1948 |
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Abstract |
Chapter 3 Peldon after the War 1945 - 1948
The Aftermath
To celebrate VE DAY there is a large congregation at St Mary's when a service of thanksgiving is held and on the
following evening community singing and games in the village hall with 'outdoor illuminations'. Essex County ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Peldon Neighbourhood News 1939-1945 |
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ID |
PH01_PNN_1939 |
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Title |
Peldon Neighbourhood News 1939-1945 |
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Abstract |
Chapter 2 Peldon during World War 2 1939-1945
Surprisingly, such a momentous occasion as Neville Chamberlain's broadcast to the nation concerning the declaration of war with Germany on 3rd September 1939 is not commented on in the neighbourhood column for Peldon but it's clear that preparations ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Peldon Neighbourhood News 1931-1939 |
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ID |
PH01_PNN_1931 |
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Title |
Peldon Neighbourhood News 1931-1939 |
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Abstract |
Chapter 1 Pre - World War II 1931 - 1939
Church and chapel Entries show a village with its Church of England, St Mary the Virgin, on Church Road and the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel sited on Lower Road (where Chapelfield is now situated) at the heart of village life. Both ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Keywords |
gowan |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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375 |
Article |
Bernard Ratcliffe of Little Wigborough |
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ID |
PH01_RTC |
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Title |
Bernard Ratcliffe of Little Wigborough |
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Abstract |
In almost all the pictures of L33, the Zeppelin that came down at Copt Hall Lane, Little Wigborough in 1916, there is a pair of little farm cottages, barely 20 yards from the wreckage, dwarfed by the 645 feet long skeleton which straddled the road. This is New Hall Cottages and Bernard Ratcliffe has ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
March 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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376 |
Article |
The Hyams - Shopkeepers of Peldon |
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ID |
PH01_HYM |
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Title |
The Hyams - Shopkeepers of Peldon |
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Abstract |
This picture, from 1916, shows Clem Hyam, second from right, wearing a Special Constable's armband. His five-year old daughter, ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
August 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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377 |
Article |
Memoirs of Grace Edenborough - East Mersea |
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ID |
MBK_GHE_038 |
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Title |
Memoirs of Grace Edenborough - East Mersea |
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Abstract |
Extract from the memoir of Grace Edenborough in the possession of her grandson Adrian Flatt.
I often went away to stay with a family known as the Wilsons, to be
a sort of companion to their youngest daughter Wankie, I cannot
remember her proper name as she was always known as Wankie [ Kate ... |
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Author |
Grace Edenborough |
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Adrian Flatt
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378 |
Article |
Ernest Frederick Gladwell 1890 - 1915 |
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ID |
PH01_EFG |
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Title |
Ernest Frederick Gladwell 1890 - 1915 |
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Abstract |
There's an entry in the Parish Register of Burials for St Mary's, Peldon, recording the burial on 15th September 1915 of a young man of 26, Ernest Frederick Gladwell. In the margin of the register the minister had written
Killed by bomb from Zeppelin in the Docks in London
Who was ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
August 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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379 |
Article |
Memory Lane - Clifford White Undertakers |
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ID |
ML2018_009_L21 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - Clifford White Undertakers |
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Abstract |
In the last issue, I mentioned Clifford White's horse drawn hearse. Although
it was last used before the War, when I started work for Clifford in 1946 it was still tucked away in the little garage by the plumber's shop. I had always hoped that it had been sold and was still in use somewhere. My ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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380 |
Article |
Peldon Village Hall |
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ID |
PH01_VHL |
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Title |
Peldon Village Hall |
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Abstract |
In 1942, the Church of England School next to Peldon Church finally closed its doors and the few remaining pupils transferred to West Mersea School. Built in 1833 the school had for over 100 years played an important part in the local community offering an education to local children but also ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
June 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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381 |
Article |
Peldon's Carriers and early Bus Services |
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ID |
PH01_TRS |
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Title |
Peldon's Carriers and early Bus Services |
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Abstract |
Records in the form of Trade Directories go back to early in the nineteenth century, recording, as well as a brief history of the village, church and landowners, the names of the current incumbent, the gentry, farmers and tradespeople in each village. Many of these Directories were produced by
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
July 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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382 |
Article |
Memory Lane - deliveries by cart |
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ID |
ML2018_008_L21 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - deliveries by cart |
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Abstract |
Hector Farthing and Clifford White's coal cart
Following on from last month's article where I mentioned the deliveries made by horse and cart, ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Peldon Village Stores - Dansies |
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ID |
PH01_STO |
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Title |
Peldon Village Stores - Dansies |
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Abstract |
THE VILLAGE SHOP
We would like to wish Mr and Mrs Wyncoll a happy retirement as they settle into their new home at West Mersea. A presentation to them was received by members of the family on their behalf. Also a presentation was made to Leslie Mallett who has served behind ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Comyn's Charity |
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ID |
PH01_COM |
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Title |
Comyn's Charity |
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Abstract |
In a book held in the Essex Records Office, Some Record of the Parish Of Peldon Rev C R Harrison 1867 D/P287/28/6
the vicar of St Mary's Church, Peldon, the Reverend Harrison (Rector from 1855 - 1867), laments
'I have not been able to discover any early Parochial Records. There are no ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
July 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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385 |
Article |
The Mills and Millers of Peldon |
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ID |
PH01_PML |
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Title |
The Mills and Millers of Peldon |
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Abstract |
Peldon Mill, also known as Went's Mill, was a windmill situated on the north side of Mill House, east of the Colchester Road and immediately south of the junction by The Peldon Rose. It appears on the 1777 Chapman and Andre map and the Ordnance Survey one inch map of 1805 named as 'Strode Mill' and ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
June 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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386 |
Article |
Memory Lane - Seaview Avenue |
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ID |
ML2018_006_L20 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - Seaview Avenue |
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Abstract |
Having recently moved out of Seaview Avenue after some thirty six years, I have decided to take a peek at the avenue as it was around 1911 through the camera of William Hammond of Gt. Totham. Hammond produced some very good postcards at that time and I have chosen three which give a good insight ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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387 |
Article |
Mersea Life - an ideal world ? |
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ID |
ML2018_007_L20 |
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Title |
Mersea Life - an ideal world ? |
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Abstract |
I have no intention of standing for a seat on a local council, but if I did, and reading the letters that appear in local publications and notices on social media, my leaflet would have to go something like this. I would like to see all further development on Mersea stopped apart from some ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Peldon People: The Miller Family |
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ID |
PH01_GML |
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Title |
Peldon People: The Miller Family |
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Abstract |
The inscription at the bottom reads "In memory of Peter John Miller 1924-1998. A life of dedicated service to this parish.".
"One is nearer to God's heart in a garden ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
May 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
The Pullens of the Peldon Rose |
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ID |
PH01_RSE |
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Title |
The Pullens of the Peldon Rose |
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Abstract |
The Peldon Rose is an ancient inn that has stood for centuries on the corner just before you reach the Strood, the causeway leading to Mersea Island. It is a much altered and added to 15th century house, timber framed and plastered, with a red plain tile roof. Turn off the main road by its pond, and ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Keywords |
rennie |
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Published |
May 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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390 |
Article |
Sparrow Pie at The Peldon Rose |
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ID |
PH01_SPW |
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Title |
Sparrow Pie at The Peldon Rose |
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Abstract |
Both house and tree sparrows are now on the list of endangered British species but it was not always so.
For centuries the huge population of sparrows caused the birds to be considered pests because of the grain
they ate. With the change of farming practices and reduced nesting sites the current ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
March 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Evacuees come to Peldon |
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ID |
PH01_VAC |
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Title |
Evacuees come to Peldon |
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Abstract |
EVACUEES COME TO PELDON
'That night [Friday September 1st] the first trainloads of London schoolchildren steamed into St Botolph's
station. Some including mothers and babies went to Shrub End and Lexden but most were taken by Eastern
National buses into the country villages.' Essex at ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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392 |
Article |
Mersea Sailing Club - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_165 |
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Title |
Mersea Sailing Club - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
The Mersea Sailing Club was founded in 1866 with Headquarters at The White Hart, then it was transferred to the
houseboat EVANDRA, but it went into abeyance during the First World War. There were still several members of the
original club living on the Island and it was decided to get it going ... |
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Author |
Winifred Hone |
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Published |
c1969
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Wendy Brady
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393 |
Article |
Thoughts and Opinions of Winston Churchill - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_591 |
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Title |
Thoughts and Opinions of Winston Churchill - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
Found in papers after Mum's death [ by Winifred's daughter ]
Don't argue about the difficulties. The difficulties will argue for themselves.
A young man cannot expect to get far in life without getting some good smacks in the face.
You have almost had your share Ron, So Cheer Up.
... |
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Author |
Winifred Hone |
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Published |
c1969
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Wendy Brady
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394 |
Article |
The Native Oyster - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_581 |
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Title |
The Native Oyster - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
The native oyster season of 1921 opened with a black disaster. Almost every fish in the drudges was dead when
they were hauled. It all but spelt the end of an industry, a cult, a way of life, which stretched back unbroken and almost unchanged to Roman times.
Professor J.H. Orton, a Doctor of ... |
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Author |
Winifred Hone |
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Published |
c1969
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Wendy Brady
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395 |
Article |
The Song of the Dabchicks - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_571 |
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Title |
The Song of the Dabchicks - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
(Reprinted from "The Essex County Telegraph")
Lee O' I say. Four fine cups today
For Rani, Mimms, Eva and Kate;
Three pigs are for Volage and Pingle - hooray
The Ballybhoys wasn't too late.
A stands for Amorel, sailed by the Pullens;
B for Bonita and Bodkin, MacMullens,
For ... |
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Author |
Winifred Hone |
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Published |
c1969
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Wendy Brady
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396 |
Article |
Fred Smith - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_561 |
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Title |
Fred Smith - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
The only bakery and oldest established firm on Mersea Island was established in 1860 and is still in the same
family. Fred G. Smith, now run by Fred Smith, extremely popular and likeable. The Bakery still stands on the same site, the Windmill that used to grind all the corn from the farmers has ... |
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Author |
Winifred Hone |
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Published |
c1969
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Wendy Brady
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397 |
Article |
Shopkeepers - Mersea Island - Oscar Whiting - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_551 |
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Title |
Shopkeepers - Mersea Island - Oscar Whiting - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
The established shops on the Island are run by independent families who are interested in what they sell, also
interested in the people they are selling to, and as long as it isn't peak hours a little friendly chat can be
thrown in, which keeps you in touch with what is happening on the Island. ... |
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Author |
Winifred Hone |
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Published |
c1969
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Wendy Brady
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398 |
Article |
Rev. Pierrepont Edwards M.C. - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_541 |
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Title |
Rev. Pierrepont Edwards M.C. - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
Our Vicar was then the Rev. Pierrepont Edwards M.C., familiarly known as the fighting parson. I am not sure whether it was for his religious beliefs or his political activities, but I do know he was a great supporter of the
Conservative Party and a pugilist was a useful asset when attending ... |
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Author |
Winifred Hone |
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Published |
c1969
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Wendy Brady
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399 |
Article |
Clifford Brand - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_531 |
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Title |
Clifford Brand - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
Cliff Brand, a member of a well known Island family, was skipper of THOMA II, a beautiful white barge
yacht. He looked stunning in his uniform of navy blue with gold buttons, he was very nice looking with red
hair and had a personality to match. His owner thought the world of him and I think his ... |
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Author |
Winifred Hone |
|
Published |
c1969
| |
Source |
Mersea Museum / Wendy Brady
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|
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400 |
Article |
Captain Edward Sycamore - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_521 |
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Title |
Captain Edward Sycamore - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
Essex has bred many famous ship's masters since the 15th century, most of them
notorious for annexation and exploitation which apparently was necessary in order to build up the might of England. The ship master who used to visit us at Mersea that I know was Captain
Edward Sycamore of ... |
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Author |
Winifred Hone |
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Published |
c1969
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Wendy Brady
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