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This database contains some of the books, papers and records held by Mersea Museum.
Found 702 files - displaying 501 to 550 sorted by Date Added
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501 |
Article |
Mr Edward Paxman - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_181 |
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Title |
Mr Edward Paxman - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
I had known Mr Edward Paxman, affectionately known as Ted, since he was at Cambridge in the 1920s. He came into his inheritance
on the death of his father Mr James N. Paxman during the engineering depression. He was a young man who should have been enjoying
a carefree life. Joyful and genial, he ... |
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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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502 |
Article |
Home Guard 1940 - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_171 |
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Title |
Home Guard 1940 - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
Many of the Mersea men ineligible for service in the forces joined the Peldon Home Guard. They had their headquarters at the Rose at Peldon, the popular landlord Ivan Pullen being the Officer in Charge of the platoon. The essence of comedy must hae been terrific when they did their training, square ... |
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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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503 |
Article |
George Scales - Farmer |
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ID |
PH01_GSC |
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Title |
George Scales - Farmer |
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Abstract |
GEORGE SCALES
Researched & compiled by Geoff Gonella
Early days
George Scales was born in 1921. The family moved from London to a farm near Vange, Essex, funded by George's grandfather E.H. Scales,
a New Zealander who was unorthodox, independent-minded and successful in the ... |
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Author |
Geoff Gonella |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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504 |
Article |
Peldon and the Great Colchester Earthquake of 1884 |
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ID |
PH01_EQK |
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Title |
Peldon and the Great Colchester Earthquake of 1884 |
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Abstract |
The Great Colchester Earthquake of 1884
Much has been written on the Great Colchester Earthquake which happened at 9.18 on the morning of 22nd April 1884 centred on the
villages of Abberton, Peldon and Wivenhoe but felt much further afield. We continue to be fascinated by those early ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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505 |
Article |
Women's Land Army in Essex in WW2 |
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ID |
PH01_WLA |
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Title |
Women's Land Army in Essex in WW2 |
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Abstract |
The Women's Land Army in Essex during World War 2
During WW1 with German blockades preventing vital supplies getting through to British ports and causing food shortages, a Women's
Land Army was set up to work on the land and ensure the nation did not go hungry.
Only ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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506 |
Article |
Dora Banfield - The Land Girl's Story |
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ID |
PH01_DBF |
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Title |
Dora Banfield - The Land Girl's Story |
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Abstract |
THE LAND GIRL'S STORY
My Time In The Land Army by Dora Banfield
I joined the Land Army in 1941, my two brothers, Geoffrey and Stephen being away on war work. I was called home to Kemps Farm,
in Peldon, to help my father. He had retired for a quiet life on a small mixed ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Keywords |
wla |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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507 |
Article |
Rough Shooting. Sailing Club Late 1930 - Winifred Hone memoirs. |
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ID |
WW01_161 |
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Title |
Rough Shooting. Sailing Club Late 1930 - Winifred Hone memoirs. |
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Abstract |
Pastime
Rough shooting was a favourite pastime that many of the fishermen as well as visitors indulged in. Fred Pullen and Jack Lungley
were locals who enjoyed the friendship and respect of many of the visiting wild fowlers. I am not sure that all they shot came
within the ... |
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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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508 |
Article |
Farmer's evictions in WW2 and the Peldon Protest |
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ID |
PH01_WAG |
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Title |
Farmer's evictions in WW2 and the Peldon Protest |
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Abstract |
THE WORLD WAR 2 WAR AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE EVICTIONS
The War Agriculture Committees were set up in every region to maximise the production of food crops during WW2. Their tactics came
under close scrutiny and criticism. The newly appointed secretary of the Lexden and ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Keywords |
brickhouse |
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Published |
March 2019
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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509 |
Article |
Sailing and Social Club 1930 - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_151 |
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Title |
Sailing and Social Club 1930 - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
Sir Travers Humphreys, the learned Judge, used to come to Mersea for a few deays before going on circuit. He had a good regard
for the Went family, proprietors of the White Hart where he stayed. Sir Travers was a deep thinking man of very simple tastes,
he gave the impression of a man attempting ... |
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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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510 |
Article |
Peldon People: Harry Ponder |
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ID |
PH01_HPO |
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Title |
Peldon People: Harry Ponder |
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Abstract |
Harry Ponder was born on 22nd February 1882 in the 'Thatch Cottage' at the beginning of Copt Hall Lane, Little Wigborough;
his two grandfathers, both his parents and some of his sisters lie in the churchyard there. He was interviewed by the editor
of the Peldon and Wigboroughs Parish magazine on ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Keywords |
harold |
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Elaine Barker
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511 |
Article |
Mock trial. Victory Bar - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_141 |
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Title |
Mock trial. Victory Bar - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
Still on the subject of making one's own recreations, Arthur Dale and my husband were about to compete in a Dabchicks race
when an unexpected squall overturned the boat, which was named SHRIMP - an International dinghy and very lively in the heavy
weather. They had no option but to swim ashore. A ... |
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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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512 |
Article |
Debating Meetings at the Victory Hall - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_131 |
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Title |
Debating Meetings at the Victory Hall - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
Dumas, Chadwick, Hollick, Scringer, Grimwood
Debating meetings at the Victory Hall consisted of gaiety and wholesome nonsense mixed with sound common sense, attended by
a mass of interested people, especially when the speaker was a well known personality. Most nights after dinner - a private ... |
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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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513 |
Article |
The Dance Hall - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_076 |
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Title |
The Dance Hall - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
1920. After four years of war, the most monstrous of man's illusions, it was only natural for those who had survived to look upon
life with a light hearted and carefree abandon. Dancing was to take chief priority, old and young were learning the light fantastic
steps of the Tango, Foxtrot, Turkey ... |
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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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514 |
Article |
Arthur & Ruby Dale - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_111 |
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Title |
Arthur & Ruby Dale - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
Freddy Bird, Arthur Hempstead, Chaworth-Musters, B. Keenlyside, P. Musters, W. Tawnton, H. Summerville, May Maude Duprey
Sing songs were very pleasant to remember, we had quite a few customers who had nice baritone and base voices, it was never
difficult to get together and enjoy ballards, ... |
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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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515 |
Article |
Victory Hotel January 1924 - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_078 |
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Title |
Victory Hotel January 1924 - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
The political world was in a great ferment of uncertainty; we decided to install a wireless, then almost in its infancy, so we
converted a ladies toilet, one of two, at great expense into a different sort of receiving room for the introduction of this
magic voice from outer space. A lot of people ... |
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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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516 |
Article |
The Victory in the 1920s |
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ID |
ML2018_004_L19 |
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Title |
The Victory in the 1920s |
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Abstract |
Winifred and Ronnie Hone took over the Victory in 1919 and were there through the 1920s. They then moved on to start the Sailing and Social Club further down Coast Road - it is now the Coast Inn. Later in life, Winifred Hone wrote about the days at the Victory and the customers, and we are fortunate ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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517 |
Article |
Cooking Victory Days - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_073 |
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Title |
Cooking Victory Days - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
I didn't know much about cooking and for that matter some of the customers didn't either.
In those days there was every luxury at hand but without the necessary equipment.
Mersea was a good place to start the art of cooking as there was no competition.
I like to think I helped put Mersea on the ... |
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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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518 |
Article |
1920s onwards - more Victory Days. Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_081 |
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Title |
1920s onwards - more Victory Days. Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
Bill and Cecil Barlow, now demobbed from the RAF, were the sons of the late Mr Lazarus Barlow who had owned the 50 ton
schooner, the ROSENEATH, which used to anchor in the Quarters when they were in residence in their Mersea Home 'The Grove'
facing the sea. Later, when The Grove was sold, Bill ... |
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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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519 |
Article |
Victory Days. D.O.R.A. - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_071 |
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Title |
Victory Days. D.O.R.A. - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
The first winter we were at the Victory we got into trouble under D.O.R.A. [ Defence of the Realm Act ]. The war had been over 4 months, my husband and his friends had been out shooting partridges, I got all carried away by the bag and suggested that I should cook them and they could have a
late ... |
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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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520 |
Article |
Miss Teresa Buxton - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_061 |
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Title |
Miss Teresa Buxton - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
Miss Teresa Buxton used to stay here at the Victory often, she was a very talented artist, her outstanding pictures were water colours.
She also had great faith in our Mersea spring water, which was situated on the coast road not far from the Victory.
She used to take bottles of this water home ... |
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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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521 |
Article |
1920 Mr Trim and the Victory Days - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_051 |
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Title |
1920 Mr Trim and the Victory Days - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
Mr Trim used the Victory more as a home as he used to run a small farm and also let out mechanical machinery to farmers who could not afford their own. When we took over, we soon realised that it took people, not antique ... |
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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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522 |
Article |
Tollesbury, and taking the Victory - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_041 |
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Title |
Tollesbury, and taking the Victory - Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
We had almost given up the idea of taking a pub, the war coming to an end many people had the same idea and licences were very
hard to get hold of. Quite casually, we heard about the Victory at West Mersea from a visiting Officer stationed at West Mersea.
It seemed a carefree way of earning a ... |
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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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523 |
Article |
First visit to Mersea Island - Winifred Hone Memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_031 |
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Title |
First visit to Mersea Island - Winifred Hone Memoirs |
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Abstract |
A bright night, the sky full of stars, just the night for a raid.
I was awakened by a banging on the door; this wasn't unusual as the Tollesbury policeman was very spy minded and had received
permission to cover the attic window with black material leaving a hole in the middle for his spying ... |
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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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524 |
Article |
Tollesbury people - Winifred Hone Memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_021 |
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Title |
Tollesbury people - Winifred Hone Memoirs |
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Abstract |
1917
The Hon. Kenneth Watson then O.C. Devon Regiment stationed at Salisbury, a very kindly and considerate man. His troops regarded him
with great respect and affection, as so they should, although it does not always follow that kindness received is kindness returned. ... |
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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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525 |
Article |
Coming to Tollesbury - from Winifred Hone memoirs |
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ID |
WW01_011 |
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Title |
Coming to Tollesbury - from Winifred Hone memoirs |
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Abstract |
My father Frederick Evelyn Cowles took over the tenancy of the Kings Head Tollesbury on 1916. I think I can say that they were the
happiest days of his life, he loved the honesty of the locals with their forthright and carefree way of life. My father was a
learned man and many were the letters ... |
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Author |
Winifred Hone |
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Keywords |
ww1 |
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Published |
c1969
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Wendy Brady
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526 |
Article |
Pyefleet House, Strood Close, Strood Villa |
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ID |
PH01_PFH |
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Title |
Pyefleet House, Strood Close, Strood Villa |
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Abstract |
PYEFLEET HOUSE
Researched & compiled by Geoff Gonella
The building
Pyefleet House is the last-but-one house on the Strood before Mersea Island. Over the years it has also been named
'Strood Villa', 'Strood Close' and 'The Vicarage, Peldon.' At the time of the 1884 ... |
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Author |
Geoff Gonella |
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Peldon History Project
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527 |
Article |
World War 1 - Private Dines |
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ID |
WW1_DIN |
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Title |
World War 1 - Private Dines |
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Abstract |
St. Mary's churchyard has a military grave with a headstone that reads:
454276 Private
H.W. Dines
Labour Corps.
4 November 1918 age 34
Harry William Dines was born in Frating, Essex in 1884 (1), the son ... |
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Author |
Geoff Gonella |
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Published |
November 2017
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Peldon History Project
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528 |
Article |
Peldon - the 1953 Flood |
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ID |
PH01_FLD |
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Title |
Peldon - the 1953 Flood |
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Abstract |
For hundreds of years there has been an ongoing battle trying to defend the Essex coastal marshlands against inundation by high tides.
Although we focus on the 1953 floods, being within living memory, they were preceded by previous inundations notably,
in the last hundred ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Keywords |
BERNARD |
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Published |
5 March 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Peldon History Project
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529 |
Article |
The Peldon Vulture |
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ID |
PH01_VTR |
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Title |
The Peldon Vulture |
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Abstract |
Egyptian Vulture. Photo from Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton and Hove.
There are numerous references to the rare sighting (and shooting) of an
Egyptian Vulture in Peldon on 28th September 1868, an event ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Peldon History Project
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530 |
Article |
Peldon Chapel |
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ID |
PH01_PMC |
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Title |
Peldon Chapel |
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Abstract |
The congregation outside Peldon Chapel around 1945. Photo: Pat Wyncoll (the little boy in the foreground)
Peldon Chapel was built on the North side of Lower Road, Peldon next door but one to Peldon Common in 1893. ... |
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Author |
Elaine Barker |
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Peldon History Project
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531 |
Article |
Memory Lane - widening the Strood |
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ID |
ML2018_003_L19 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - widening the Strood |
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Abstract |
The appalling state of the Strood railings is causing a great deal of concern at the moment and doesn't give a good impression to visitors coming on to the island. We have selected two pictures from our museum archive to show work in progress when the Strood was widened and the fencing was improved ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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532 |
Article |
Memory Lane - One hundred years of bus service to Peldon Village. |
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ID |
ML2018_002_L19 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - One hundred years of bus service to Peldon Village. |
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Abstract |
Peldon village has enjoyed a bus service now for over one hundred years.
The changes being made by First Bus from February 18th will reduce that service to evenings and Sundays only. Those services continue under contract with Essex County Council and are not affected. The earliest motor bus to ... |
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February 2018
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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533 |
Article |
Memory Lane - rising tides ? |
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ID |
ML2018_001_L21 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - rising tides ? |
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Abstract |
We are often led to believe that the tides cover the Strood more often than they used to and are getting bigger. I think the ever increasing amount of traffic could give that impression. The attached image shows a ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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534 |
Article |
Mersea Island Trust |
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ID |
MCT_002 |
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Title |
Mersea Island Trust |
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Abstract |
The following article was written by J.H.G. Sunnucks for Mistral Magazine in 1995
1995 saw the 30th anniversary of the opening by Miss Akhurst of the first "sheltered" accommodation on the Island. There must be many varied memories of how it all began, but this is how the ... |
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Author |
J.H.G. Sunnucks |
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Published |
1995
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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535 |
Article |
Monkey House Beach |
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ID |
ML2017_012_L22 |
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Title |
Monkey House Beach |
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Abstract |
Memory Lane from Ron Green with Tony Millatt and Brian Jay Mersea Island Museum
The Monkey House Beach
There have been a number of suggestions as to how the Monkey Beach got its name. The first suggestion I heard many years ago was that the little pagoda like building in the corner of ... |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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536 |
Article |
Preserving Mersea's oldest roads |
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ID |
COR2_027 |
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Title |
Preserving Mersea's oldest roads |
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Abstract |
It was heartening to read in Courier no. 666 of the Strood Charity's generous donation to Mersea Island Museum, towards the preservation and display of timbers from an ancient Bronze Age walkway. Discovered in the mud off Cooper's Beach by Oysterman, Daniel French, the surviving 4-metre section of ... |
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Author |
Sue Howlett |
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Published |
11 November 2017
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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537 |
Article |
Memory Lane - The History of Orleans Part 2 |
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ID |
ML2017_011_L32 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - The History of Orleans Part 2 |
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Abstract |
By Ron Green with Tony Millatt and Brian Jay Mersea Island Museum
We continue the history of Orleans, the large house by the Monkey Beach in West Mersea.
At the end of the 19th Century, Orleans belonged to Thomas Gilbert a wealthy gentleman who was a JP, Churchwarden, Captain of the Yacht ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
November 2017
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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538 |
Article |
Memory Lane - The History of Orleans Part 1 |
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ID |
ML2017_010_L22 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - The History of Orleans Part 1 |
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Abstract |
By Ron Green with Tony Millatt and Brian Jay Mersea Island Museum
Recently, a lady visitor to Mersea noticed while walking along the Monkey beach, an ornamental metal gate in the wall of New Orleans garden. She wanted to find out about the old house Orleans which stood in the grounds before New ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
October 2017
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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539 |
Article |
Finds in the Mud |
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ID |
TXA03380 |
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Title |
Finds in the Mud |
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Abstract |
2017 was an exciting year along the Mersea shore.
In 2016, CITiZAN (Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeology Network)
visited the island and looked more deeply into some things
we thought we already knew about. About the same time local oystermen were making interesting finds and it became clear ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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540 |
Article |
Restoration of PRISCILLA |
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ID |
ML2017_008_L76 |
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Title |
Restoration of PRISCILLA |
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Abstract |
A Mersea fishing smack has been brought back to life by The Pioneer
Sailing Trust based at Harker's Yard, Brightlingsea, after a four year restoration with the aid of a grant of £790,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. PRISCILLA was found abandoned in a boatyard in Bristol and the yard ... |
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Published |
August 2017
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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541 |
Article |
A Sailor in a Barrow |
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ID |
ML2017_006_L22 |
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Title |
A Sailor in a Barrow |
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Abstract |
MEMORY LANE From Ron Green and Tony Millatt - Mersea Island Museum.
In our May item for Mersea Life, we referred to an old newspaper cutting concerning The Nutshell and Little Timbers in The Lane. In another cutting, dating from 1906, we find an interesting tale concerning ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Published |
June 2017
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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542 |
Article |
Memory Lane - when we nearly lost the NUTSHELL- and LITTLE TIMBERS |
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ID |
ML2017_005_L22 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - when we nearly lost the NUTSHELL- and LITTLE TIMBERS |
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Abstract |
From a newspaper cutting dated 4 November 1971 shown recently to the museum comes this report - The Nutshell - a five hundred year old smuggler's cottage owned by a baroness in Malta, stands in the way of road improvements for the well-known yachting centre.
Three members of the Highways ... |
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Published |
May 2017
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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543 |
Article |
Memory Lane - the Victory at the bottom of The Lane. |
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ID |
ML2017_004_L85 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - the Victory at the bottom of The Lane. |
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Abstract |
Our Museum is getting a constant flow of interesting old pictures etc.
Out of the blue, Chris Burrows from Whitstable has emailed this fine image of the 'old' Victory. Comparing it with a postcard of the 'old' Victory ... |
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Author |
Ron Green and Tony Millatt |
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Published |
April 2017
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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544 |
Article |
Memory Lane - barges at the Strood |
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ID |
ML2017_003_L81_002 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - barges at the Strood |
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Abstract |
The high tides that cover The Strood cause a lot of inconvenience and
debate. Do they come over more often than they used to? It's very
obvious that the channel on the Pyefleet side is silting to the extent
that grass is ... |
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Author |
Ron Green> |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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545 |
Article |
Memory Lane - Peggy Calver, teacher at West Mersea School |
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ID |
ML2017_003_L81_001 |
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Title |
Memory Lane - Peggy Calver, teacher at West Mersea School |
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Abstract |
Mrs Margaret (Peggy) Brunt née Calver passed away in Boston Butterfly
Hospice on Saturday 11th February - her daughter's birthday. She was a teacher at West Mersea School during the war. Ron Green, David Mussett and ... |
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Author |
Ron Green |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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546 |
Article |
Mersea Life - the 'Old' Fountain |
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ID |
ML2017_002_L21 |
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Title |
Mersea Life - the 'Old' Fountain |
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Our local scene this month comes from a very faded postcard given to me
many years ago by Mrs Ivy 'Doll' Cook née Green. The scene is the 'old' Fountain in East Road c 1908 when the inn keeper was Charles Boggis. ... |
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Mersea Museum
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547 |
Article |
East Mersea Parish Church of St Edmund, King and Martyr |
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MMH_EMP |
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Title |
East Mersea Parish Church of St Edmund, King and Martyr |
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Abstract |
The Church of St Edmund King and Martyr, and the nearby East Mersea Hall, are built in a moated area that is thought to have contained a Danish encampment from their visit in 894 AD, as mentioned in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle.
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Mersea Museum
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548 |
Article |
West Mersea Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul |
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ID |
MMH_WMP |
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Title |
West Mersea Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul |
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Abstract |
It was at a spot only three miles across the Backwater Estuary at
Bradwell-on-Sea that St. Cedd founded his little monastery
circa 654, built the historic St. Peter's Chapel out of the
remains of the Roman fort of Othona, and from there he
evangelised Essex, the kingdom of the East Saxons. It is ... |
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Mersea Museum
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549 |
Article |
Strict Baptist Meeting House, East Mersea |
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ID |
MMH_MTG |
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Title |
Strict Baptist Meeting House, East Mersea |
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Abstract |
Travelling eastwards along the road from West to East Mersea you see a turning to the left named "Meeting Lane"; if you go down the lane you will not now find any clues as to where meetings were held or what they were about. ... |
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Mersea Museum
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550 |
Article |
Roman Catholic Church of St Cedd and St Gregory. |
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ID |
MMH_CED |
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Title |
Roman Catholic Church of St Cedd and St Gregory. |
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Though the church is the latest to be built on the Island, its roots go back to the very beginnings of the Island's Christian heritage.
Christianity reached Essex through St. Cedd, a monk, who landed at Bradwell in AD653, at the invitation of the local King.
From there Cedd proceeded with the ... |
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Mersea Museum
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