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This database contains some of the books, papers and records held by Mersea Museum.
Found 802 files - displaying 451 to 500 sorted by Date Added Descending
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451 |
Article |
Charter of King Edward the Confessor 15th Century |
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MARG_402 |
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Title |
Charter of King Edward the Confessor 15th Century |
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Abstract |
Charter of King Edward the Confessor
Granting the Royal Estate of West Mersea
to St Ouen's Abbey, Rouen, Normandy
(translation of Latin text from 15th century copy of lost original dated 1046)
In the name of almighty God, thundering on high, who made all things out of nothing, and ... |
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1046
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Mersea Museum
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452 |
Article |
Earliest written references to Mersea Island |
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ID |
MARG_401 |
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Title |
Earliest written references to Mersea Island |
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Abstract |
894: Anglo Saxon Chronicle [Parker A]
'The [Danish] host marched across Northumbria and East Anglia so that the [Saxon] levies were unable to get at them,
until they reached east Essex, on an island out at sea called Mersea ( hie comon on Eastseaxna lond easteweard on
an igland paet is ute ... |
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Author |
Sue Howlett |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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453 |
Article |
John Milgate - Peldon |
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ID |
PH01_MIL |
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Title |
John Milgate - Peldon |
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Abstract |
PELDON HISTORY PROJECT
JOHN MILGATE
Researched & compiled by Geoff Gonella
Although John is well-known in Mersea circles as a Merseaman and boat-builder, he and his wife Pat have lived at
Shell Bungalow, Peldon since 1970. In the company of Elaine Barker and Tony Millatt of Mersea ... |
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Author |
Geoff Gonella |
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Published |
December 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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454 |
Article |
WW2 - Peldon's Preparations for a German Invasion |
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PH01_INV |
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Title |
WW2 - Peldon's Preparations for a German Invasion |
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Abstract |
World War Two - Peldon's Preparations for a German Invasion.
In Peldon, training for local Air Raid Precautions wardens had begun in January 1939 - well in advance of declaration of war in September. Together with volunteers from Wigborough Peldon's men and women received lectures in First Aid ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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455 |
Article |
Memory Lane - World War One Volunteers |
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ID |
ML2020_001_022 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - World War One Volunteers |
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Abstract |
Following all the interest shown in the Tommies on the Strood depicting the local men who gave their lives in the First World War, I have in my collection, a very battered postcard showing the Volunteers of the First World War - the equivalent of the Home Guard of the Second World War.
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
1 January 2020
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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456 |
Article |
Yacht WINDFLOWER |
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ID |
WFL |
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Title |
Yacht WINDFLOWER |
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Abstract |
The 45 foot yawl WINDFLOWER was designed by E.P. Hart and built in Emsworth in 1928. She was owned for eight years by Colonel Buckle, a West Mersea resident and a member of West Mersea Yacht Club. Sold to Sir Richard Wells in ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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457 |
Article |
Auxiliary Units in WW2 |
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ID |
PH01_AUX |
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Title |
Auxiliary Units in WW2 |
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Abstract |
During World War Two, with the fall of France to the Nazis on 22nd June 1940, a German invasion of Britain was expected daily and the East coast was deemed to be particularly vulnerable.
The German plan for the invasion of Great Britain was code-named Operation Sea Lion. With the expectation ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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458 |
Article |
Brian Maurice Jay - an appreciation by Ron Green |
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ID |
ML2020_001_004_001 |
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Title |
Brian Maurice Jay - an appreciation by Ron Green |
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Abstract |
Brian Jay died on 30th November. He was one of my dearest friends. We were mates through most of our adult life and worked together on building sites when he was still doing his apprenticeship as an electrician. We served in the Mersea Island Lions Club together and he introduced me to postcard ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
January 2020
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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460 |
Article |
Memory Lane. The changing face of Griffon Corner |
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ID |
ML2019_012_078 |
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Title |
Memory Lane. The changing face of Griffon Corner |
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Abstract |
With the demolition of Holly Lodge in High Street North, another landmark is disappearing from this part of West Mersea. Built by local builder Maurice Mark Thorp for his own use over one hundred years ago, it has been the home of ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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461 |
Article |
Peldon People - Iris and Charles Ollivant of The Peldon Rose |
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ID |
PH01_OLV |
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Title |
Peldon People - Iris and Charles Ollivant of The Peldon Rose |
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Abstract |
Peldon People - Iris (Cissy) and Charles Ollivant of The Peldon Rose.
The Ollivants were landlords of the Peldon Rose in the 1960's, both came from publican families. Their nieces are still in the area with ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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462 |
Article |
A history of the Tithes |
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ID |
TXA03710 |
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Title |
A history of the Tithes |
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Abstract |
1. The history of tithes
Originally, tithes were payments in kind (crops, wool, milk etc.) comprising an agreed proportion of the yearly profits from farming, and made by parishioners for the support of their parish church and its clergy. In theory, tithes were payable on (i) all things arising ... |
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Author |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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463 |
Article |
Edward James Taylor - Royal Navy |
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ID |
WW2_EJT |
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Title |
Edward James Taylor - Royal Navy |
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Abstract |
WW2 Memorial Profiles - West Mersea
EDWARD JAMES TAYLOR
Leading Seaman C/SSX 29110
Royal Navy
HMS NIGER
Died 6 July 1942 age 22
Commemorated West Mersea War Memorial, Chatham Naval Memorial
Edward Taylor was born c1920, son of Edward and Amelia Betty Taylor. Husband of Pearl ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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464 |
Article |
Robert Carmichael Purkis - Essex Regiment |
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ID |
WW2_PKS |
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Title |
Robert Carmichael Purkis - Essex Regiment |
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Abstract |
WW2 Memorial Profiles - West Mersea
ROBERT CARMICHAEL PURKIS
Lieutenant 258690
2nd Bn., Essex, formerly Coldstream Guards
Died 13 January 1944 age 20
Commemorated West Mersea War Memorial, Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar (Taukkyan War Cemetery)
George was son of Dr George Samuel and ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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465 |
Article |
Frank Pullen - Corps of Military Police |
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ID |
WW2_FPL |
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Title |
Frank Pullen - Corps of Military Police |
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Abstract |
WW2 Memorial Profiles - West Mersea
FRANK PULLEN
Private 6030236
Corps of Military Police
Died 1 April 1942 age 57
Buried Barfield Road Cemetery, West Mersea
Commemorated on West Mersea War Memorial
Frank was born 7 September 1884, the son of David and Myra Pullen and husband of ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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466 |
Article |
Mersea Life - a Yorkshire postcard |
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ID |
ML2019_011_077 |
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Title |
Mersea Life - a Yorkshire postcard |
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Abstract |
I spend many hours searching Ebay for old postcards for sale. My usual pattern starts with 'Essex', then 'Mersea'. From there I go to 'Sailing'
as my main collection is that of Thames Sailing Barges. Scrolling down recently ... |
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November 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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467 |
Article |
Evacuees come to Mersea |
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ID |
WW2_VAC |
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Title |
Evacuees come to Mersea |
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Abstract |
Evacuees at Mersea. Drawing by Don Butlin for Mistral 1990
Evacuees came to Mersea in two main waves.
1st September 1939 over 400 unacommpanied children came to Mersea from West Ham. They had come to ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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468 |
Article |
Peldon Archaeology |
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ID |
PH01_ACY |
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Title |
Peldon Archaeology |
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Abstract |
Neolithic Thames Pick
Mill Cottage, Peldon, stands on the road leading to the Strood causeway linking Mersea to the mainland. It stands adjacent to Mill House, which in turn, stood next to Wents Mill, and both houses still stand although the mill itself was demolished ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
October 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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469 |
Article |
Peldon Service Station |
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ID |
PH01_SST |
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Title |
Peldon Service Station |
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Abstract |
Peldon Service Station used to occupy the plot on the corner of St Ives Hill and Lower Road. It was built in 1948, similar in design to a Nissan hut, but with a much higher roof and designed by a local architect, Colonel Walker, who lived next to Pete Hall. It was built for Dudley Patmore whose ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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470 |
Article |
The road to Colchester |
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ID |
ML2019_010_022 |
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Title |
The road to Colchester |
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Abstract |
We have for this month's subject three old postcards showing the Mersea to Colchester Road passing through Abberton. The first postcard dates from before
the First World War and shows the old Manwood Bridge where the road ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
October 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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471 |
Article |
Ivor Walklett - Ginetta Cars - Part 1 |
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ID |
PH01_IVW |
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Title |
Ivor Walklett - Ginetta Cars - Part 1 |
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Abstract |
Ivor and Viv Walklett have lived in Ransomes Cottage, Peldon since 1977. Before and since then, Ivor has been a performance car designer, co-director of a UK car manufacturer, and co-director of a specialist car design and manufacturing business. His fascinating story, set within the world of sports ... |
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Author |
Geoff Gonella |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Peldon Art Group celebrates 50 years |
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ID |
PH01_AGP |
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Title |
Peldon Art Group celebrates 50 years |
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Abstract |
PELDON ART GROUP CELEBRATES FIFTY YEARS!
2019 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Peldon Art Group which meets in the new Peldon and Wigboroughs Community Hall on a Thursday evening.
Founded in 1969 the full and part-time ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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473 |
Article |
Paglesham Oysters. The Mersea connection. |
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ID |
ML2019_009_022 |
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Title |
Paglesham Oysters. The Mersea connection. |
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Abstract |
The recent purchase of a postcard showing a view of the Paglesham Oyster pits c 1910 led me to look out the delightful little book Toasted Cheese and Cinders by Miss Sybil Brand . I was privileged to get to know this lovely ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
September 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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474 |
Article |
The Peldon Rectory |
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ID |
PH01_RTY |
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Title |
The Peldon Rectory |
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Abstract |
Today, the old Victorian Rectory on Church Road, in the heart of the village, houses young adults for Autism Anglia. With new houses built in front of the stately red brick building on what was once a fine garden with lawns and specimen trees, the building is no longer visible from the road.
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
August 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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475 |
Article |
The Devil and the Wood - the Virley devil |
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ID |
ELS_101 |
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Title |
The Devil and the Wood - the Virley devil |
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Abstract |
The celebrated Virley Devil Legend belongs equally to Tolleshunt Knights.
It is generally recounted as follows: When they dug the land in the Devil's Wood and started to build the house, they worked first day and left a man on guard at night with his three spey bitches. In the night Satan came and ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Owen Ellis
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Article |
An old lady remembers - Isabella Rosa Dawson |
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ID |
MIS_1968_IRD |
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Title |
An old lady remembers - Isabella Rosa Dawson |
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Abstract |
More than 150 years ago [ in 1968 ], Professor Horace Hayman Wilson sent his six year old son home to England in the care of the ship's captain from Calcutta. The voyage took nearly six months. Some years later the boy married a lady from North Farm, East Mersea. A marquee was put up for the ... |
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Author |
Alan Dawson |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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478 |
Article |
East Mersea Tales - the Wilson family |
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ID |
WSN_TLS |
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Title |
East Mersea Tales - the Wilson family |
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Abstract |
For many years around the beginning of the 20th Century, the Wilson family spent a lot of time in East Mersea. They were from London, but they rented Myth Cottage at East Mersea and perhaps other cottages. Many of the family stayed in Mersea for long periods. The children were adventurous and the ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
A Farmworker in Fingringhoe in 1944 |
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PH01_DAL |
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Title |
A Farmworker in Fingringhoe in 1944 |
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Abstract |
A FARMWORKER IN FINGRINGHOE IN 1944 by Daphne Allen
Having left school aged 16, all I wanted to do was work on a farm, and my parents - I was the youngest of four girls - always encouraged us to do what we wanted to. So I started work at Fingringhoe Hall.
Col. and Mrs. Furneaux lived at the ... |
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Author |
Daphne Allen |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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480 |
Article |
Women's Institute Halls |
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ID |
ML2019_008_022 |
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Title |
Women's Institute Halls |
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Abstract |
Two Ladies recently called in to the Museum asking what we had on the early days of West Mersea Women's Institute. Something they said was of special interest to me as they believed the present headquarters in Kingsland Road was put up by the army in 1939. I knew it wasn't put up until after the War ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Keywords |
rudduck |
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Published |
August 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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481 |
Article |
The Dad's Army of Mersea |
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ID |
CNS_005_025 |
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Title |
The Dad's Army of Mersea |
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Abstract |
Peter Tucker of Norfolk Avenue was a member of the Home Guard prior to his service in the RAF in 1942 at the tender age of 17.
He tells the story of his time there.
May I as a former member of the LOCAL DEFENCE VOLUNTEERS, L.D.V. to give them their correct title, and later the Home Guard, ... |
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Author |
Peter Tucker |
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Published |
June 2006
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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482 |
Article |
The Foresters of Mersea and Peldon |
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PH01_AOF |
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Title |
The Foresters of Mersea and Peldon |
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Abstract |
Ancient Order of Foresters: Court 5105
According to A History of Court Sailors' Home, West Mersea 1867 -1967 by Sybil Brand , The 'Court Sailors' Home', West Mersea, was founded on 4th September 1867 and its first ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
18 June 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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483 |
Article |
Mark Hyam 1889 - 1990 |
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ID |
IYS_031 |
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Title |
Mark Hyam 1889 - 1990 |
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Abstract |
Mark Hyam was son of Samuel Hyam (1839 - 1916) who started a grocery business in Peldon. The shop was later run by Mark's half-brother Clem.
Mark was born in Peldon 25 May 1889 to parents Samuel and Eliza. Eliza was Samuel's second wife. In 1891 the family were living in The Shop in Peldon ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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484 |
Article |
The Fenns of Lower Road |
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PH01_FEN |
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Title |
The Fenns of Lower Road |
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Abstract |
If you looked west to east along the left hand side of Lower Road 100 years ago, the buildings then standing would have been Spring Cottage, (nursery and Post Office), the Methodist Chapel next door then an open field until The Plough Inn. Part of the field became known as 'Garden Field' and was ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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485 |
Article |
The Clifford White & Co Empire |
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ID |
ML2019_006_022 |
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Title |
The Clifford White & Co Empire |
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Abstract |
Memory Lane The Clifford White & Co Empire
In the May issue I mentioned Samuel White's son Clifford Manning White who was a prominent businessman on Mersea Island. He started his building business early in the 20th century and in the 1911 census for West Mersea he is listed as a Builder and ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
June 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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486 |
Article |
Percy William Mortlock |
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ID |
IYS_009 |
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Title |
Percy William Mortlock |
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Abstract |
MORTLOCK, PERCY WILLIAM
Rank: Private
Regiment: Northamptonshire Regiment, 2nd battalion, 24th Brigade, 8th Division
Age 16
Date of death 14 March 1915
Service No. 12628
Percy was the son of Mr George & Mrs ... |
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Author |
Edwin Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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487 |
Article |
Arthur George Whiting |
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ID |
IYS_169 |
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Title |
Arthur George Whiting |
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Abstract |
WHITING, ARTHUR GEORGE
Rank: Private
Regiment: Worcestershire Regiment 1st/8th Battalion. 144th Brigade, 48th Division.
Age 19
Date of death 17 ... |
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Author |
Ted Sparrow |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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488 |
Article |
Alfred George Baldwin |
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ID |
IYS_185 |
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Title |
Alfred George Baldwin |
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Abstract |
BALDWIN, ALFRED GEORGE
Rank: Private
Regiment: Duke of Wellington's 9th battalion (West Riding Regiment)
Age 19
Date of death 24 March 1918
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Edwin Sparrow
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489 |
Article |
Essex during The French Wars: The Fear of Invasion |
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ID |
PH01_NAP |
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Title |
Essex during The French Wars: The Fear of Invasion |
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Abstract |
We may think that the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars impinged very little on the lives of Peldon villagers living in such a tiny rural community at the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries. However, the wars were to impact lives all along the East Coast, most ... |
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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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490 |
Article |
The White Family of shopkeepers |
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ID |
ML2019_005_019 |
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Title |
The White Family of shopkeepers |
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Abstract |
The first shop on the Island, opposite 'Top Chapel' in Mill Road. Photo from Tony Saye
William White came to West Mersea from Dedham in the 1840s. He is recorded in the 1851 census returns as a 36 year old grocer ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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491 |
Article |
The Fair comes to Mersea - notes |
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ID |
TXB_035 |
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Title |
The Fair comes to Mersea - notes |
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Abstract |
Some notes from Ron Green in 2019:
My dad spoke of Buggs & Crighton's fair coming to Mersea. He was born in Nov 1902 so I suppose he would have gone to it just before WW1. They sold water squirts which I imagine were a sort of rubber bulb - no plastic then, they used to squirt water at the gals. ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Peldon and The Boer War - Herbert Augustine Christopher Harrison |
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ID |
PH01_HAR |
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Title |
Peldon and The Boer War - Herbert Augustine Christopher Harrison |
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Abstract |
Llanelwedd, Radnorshire is a long way from Peldon and yet there is a connection between the two villages spanning close to 140 years. Walk into the church of St Matthew, Llanelwedd, and you come across a brass plaque commemorating a young twenty-four year old man, Herbert Augustine Christopher ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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493 |
Article |
Memory Lane - Mersea shops |
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ID |
ML2019_004_090 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - Mersea shops |
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Abstract |
Following on from my last month's visit to Mersea shops in the 1940s which gained quite a few favourable comments, I thought I would look at a few more.
I mentioned Katie White's little shop on Queen's Corner which sold a wide range of sweets, toys and other goodies. Katie was a little old ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Red Hills |
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ID |
DIS2012_RDH |
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Title |
Red Hills |
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Abstract |
Red Hills are low mounds, found near creeks and rivers, composed of soil burnt red in marked contrast to the clay on which they stand.
Over 300 red hill sites have been identified in Essex, but many have disappeared. However, they can still be found. There is one within a few yards of the West ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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495 |
Article |
Laid up Shell tankers in River Blackwater |
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ID |
SHP_STL |
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Title |
Laid up Shell tankers in River Blackwater |
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Abstract |
£90 a day to keep an out-of-work ship
The retired tanker skipper, now recalled, stared through the shop window on the beach at the idle fleet in the Blackwater estuary.
One quarter of the British cargo ship tonnage, for which no work can be found, is laid up in the Essex river.
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Published |
17 April 1958
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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496 |
Article |
Peldon People - The Coans |
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ID |
PH01_COA |
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Title |
Peldon People - The Coans |
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Abstract |
Local farmers, brothers Colin and Eric Coan, were both born in Peldon, in 1941 and 1942 respectively. Their parents were Reginald Victor Walter Coan who was born in Walthamstow in 1908 and Evelyn Rose Gladwell of the Gladwell family from Peldon.
The Coan Family
On the Coan side, Colin ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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497 |
Article |
Peldon School |
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ID |
PH01_SCH |
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Title |
Peldon School |
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Abstract |
Although we have no school in Peldon now, and younger children usually go to West Mersea or Langenhoe while older children attend Thurstable, Stanway or Thomas Lord Audley, Peldon did have its own Church Of England school for over a hundred years. The Victorian-style building was erected in 1833 on ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Published |
February 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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498 |
Article |
Peldon Post Offices |
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ID |
PH01_GPO |
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Title |
Peldon Post Offices |
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Abstract |
Although Peldon no longer has a Post Office, the last one closing down in 2002 when the Village Shop closed, it has had a number of Post Offices; in the bakery, residential houses, attached to garden nurseries, and even in the Village Hall.
The first penny postage stamp ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
West Mersea Parish Church - stained glass |
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ID |
CPK_WMP |
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Title |
West Mersea Parish Church - stained glass |
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Abstract |
SS Peter and Paul
This church only has two stained glass windows but both are very interesting in a number of says. Firstly both are by women designers, the east window by Mary Lowndes and that in the south aisle by Lisa McFarlane. Next, both were made almost 100 years apart, showing how ... |
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Author |
Chris Parkinson |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
Memory Lane - builder's boy on a bike |
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ID |
ML2019_003_L22 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - builder's boy on a bike |
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Abstract |
On leaving school in 1946 I went to Clifford White and Co (Builders) to start an apprenticeship. The war had just ended and men were returning and coming back to their old jobs. There were shortages of everything and rationing was still very much with us. If a local pub got a delivery of beer the ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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