1. ID BOXB5_015_027 The well known author & wildfowler J. Wentworth Day with a local West Mersea wildfowler and all their weapons and tools. Similar one published. [DW] A ... Cat1 Mersea Cat2 People-->Other Cat3 People-->Other

1. The well known author & wildfowler J. Wentworth Day with a local West Mersea wildfowler and all their weapons and tools. Similar one published. [DW]
A ...
Image ID BOXB5_015_027

2. ID BOXB5_015_033 Wildfowler Walter Linnet of Bradwell, at the mouth of the River Blackwater, in one of his gun punts. He lived in the small house in the background, built on the ... Cat1 Places-->Bradwell Cat2 People-->Other Cat3 People-->Other

2. Wildfowler Walter Linnet of Bradwell, at the mouth of the River Blackwater, in one of his gun punts. He lived in the small house in the background, built on the ...
Image ID BOXB5_015_033

3. ID BOXP_135_072 George Peggs of Brightlingsea in a typical gun punt. Used in The Northseamen page 72. Cat1 Places-->Brightlingsea Cat2 People-->Other Cat3 People-->Other

3. George Peggs of Brightlingsea in a typical gun punt.
Used in The Northseamen page 72.
Date: 1895
Image ID BOXP_135_072

4. ID FAV_014_002 Wild fowling. Fair Haven Temperance Resort brochure. Page 14. Cat1 Museum-->Papers-->Estates-->Fair Haven Cat2 Wildfowling Cat3 Wildfowling

4. Wild fowling. Fair Haven Temperance Resort brochure. Page 14.
Date: 1900s
Image ID FAV_014_002

5. ID FL06_050_003 Mersea Gunners at Bocking Hall Farm. Several of them are holding young foxes. L-R 1., 2., 3., 4. Sid Pullen, 5. Percy Bacon, 6., 7., 8., 9., 10., 11. ... Cat1 Wildfowling

5. Mersea Gunners at Bocking Hall Farm. Several of them are holding young foxes.
L-R 1., 2., 3., 4. Sid Pullen, 5. Percy Bacon, 6., 7., 8., 9., 10., 11. ...
Image ID FL06_050_003

6. ID HEA_OPA_049 Punt gunning Cat1 Wildfowling Cat2 Ships and Boats-->Working

6. Punt gunning
Image ID HEA_OPA_049

7. ID HEM_OPA_503 Jack Mussett wildfowling Cat1 Families-->Mussett Cat2 Wildfowling

7. Jack Mussett wildfowling
Image ID HEM_OPA_503

8. ID HH06_401 Boatman Haward with smack gun. Heather says she would like to think this man is a Haward, but she does not really know. Cat1 Smacks and Bawleys Cat2 Wildfowling

8. Boatman Haward with smack gun.
Heather says she would like to think this man is a Haward, but she does not really know.
Image ID HH06_401

9. ID IA003400 Gun punt built by William Wyatt at West Mersea in 1919. It has its original gun and was used for wildfowling in Mersea for many years, owned by Charlie Stoker ... Cat1 Museum-->Artefacts and Contents Cat2 Wildfowling

9. Gun punt built by William Wyatt at West Mersea in 1919. It has its original gun and was used for wildfowling in Mersea for many years, owned by Charlie Stoker ...
Date: 1 May 2008
Image ID IA003400

10. ID JBN_001 John Benns on a fox shoot near Middlewick Ranges. Photograph by Roy Farthing. Cat1 Wildfowling

10. John Benns on a fox shoot near Middlewick Ranges. Photograph by Roy Farthing.
Date: 1960s
Image ID JBN_001

11. ID MMC_P901_002 Down to the Hard. Hove Hill. L to R are Gunner Cook, Councillor Charlie Prigg (in soft hat), Titus Mussett (in white shirt), Captain Bill Wyatt, a ... Cat1 Families-->Mussett Cat2 Wildfowling

11. "Down to the Hard". Hove Hill.
L to R are "Gunner" Cook, Councillor Charlie Prigg (in soft hat), Titus Mussett (in white shirt), Captain Bill Wyatt, a ...
Image ID MMC_P901_002

12. ID MMC_P901_003 A notable family - the Mussetts of West Mersea. L-R Hutch, Sooty, Titus, Swan, and his younger brother, all Mussetts, aged from 21 to 81. From The ... Cat1 Families-->Mussett Cat2 Wildfowling

12. A notable family - the Mussetts of West Mersea. L-R "Hutch", "Sooty", Titus, "Swan", and his younger brother, all Mussetts, aged from 21 to 81. From The ...
Date: August 1935
Image ID MMC_P901_003

13. ID RG25_121 Gun punt - Bill Cook. Cat1 Wildfowling

13. Gun punt - Bill Cook.
Image ID RG25_121

14. ID UPA_023_001 A wildfowler's cottage ? There are two strong baulks of timber at the front holding the cottage up, and a lady standing in the door. On Old Hall Marshes ? Cat1 Wildfowling

14. A wildfowler's cottage ? There are two strong baulks of timber at the front holding the cottage up, and a lady standing in the door. On Old Hall Marshes ?
Image ID UPA_023_001

15. ID WOO_ABM_005 Gunners & punts. Winter weather. BJ: About 1930 Local wildfowlers, left. to right, Tom D'Wit, Navvy Mussett, Clarke Mussett and Bill Mussett retum with a good ... Cat1 People-->Fishermen and Seamen Cat2 Wildfowling Cat3 Wildfowling

15. Gunners & punts. Winter weather. BJ: About 1930 Local wildfowlers, left. to right, Tom D'Wit, Navvy Mussett, Clarke Mussett and Bill Mussett retum with a good ...
Date: c1930
Image ID WOO_ABM_005

 

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