A bit before my time.

Wivenhoe station lay out in 1922, the goods line went right up to the quay side now Wivenhoe Port Estate. One line went into the Wivenhoe Shipyard.The picture shows the goods shed ,often referred to as the engine shed, also shown is the stables. the building shown called the engine works was the engineering building we called the glass house because it had so many windows, was part of Wivenhoe Shipyard. on the bottom left is shown the toll house,with its toll gate used for the ferry from Wivenhoe to Rowhedge, i think it was one penny old money if you wanted to take your bicycle through, a horse and cart was three pence. The doctors car was free of charge.

Courtesy of Paul Brown.

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They were smart yachtsman in those days

Left-right,Bill Blackwood of Wivenhoe and Jack Holland of Brightlingsea  on board the Rosabelle, i think they were both chef's.

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It's easier by steam!!

The regatta at Wivenhoe 1903, note the steam launches and the rowing gigs, i hope i have that right?
Left click on photo for super size image.

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I bet he feels a proper Harry

Harry Hatch standing next to one of the propellers used on a ship built at James w Cook Shipyard at Wivenhoe , sometime in the 1960's.

 The information I have on this photo is that the yard used to offer a repair service for cast iron propellers.The damaged tips were cut off, new tips were welded back on before being annealed in a forge. The man standing by the prop is Harry Hatch & was a plater, who beleive lived in Rowhedge. Steve.

Not sure when this photo was taken, but on reviewing blog, it brought to mind we built 4 tugs for Manchester Ship Canal MCS Victory 1440, MSC Viceroy 1441, MSC Viking 1449 and MSC Volant between 1974-76. I recall they had twin propellers made from Cast-Iron,it may be one of them, also remember draughtsman Jeff Dobby spent sometime with the fitters and saw him, "bedding in" one or more of the propellers to fit the taper end of the tail shaft. That's 8 off. (Propellers 7ft7in.Diameter) on I bet he feels a proper Harry Remove content | Delete | Spam	mikedraft	on 12/08/15
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I had to go back to bed!!

Colchester road, looking towards Wivenhoe.  The winter of 1985 caused big snow drifts as seen here.
Wivenhoe was cut off for most of the morning until the large loading shovel was sent up from the Wivenhoe Port to clear the road.  I remember it well ,i had a day off work!!

Kindly loaned byAntoinette Stinson.

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From Wivenhoe to our friends in Stockton, Durham.

For anybody researching their Family History in the Stockton,Durham area this grave stone in Wivenhoe, Essex. Church yard may be of some help.

John Burniele bn. 1792, Captain of the ship Friends Adventure of Stockton, Durham.found drowned in the river Colne 8th July 1830.  He was aged 38. This memorial was erected by his friends having been a constant trader from Sunderland to this port of Wivenhoe for a period of 24 years.

If I am right John was actually John Burnicle baptised on 31/7/1792 in Marske in Clevelend in what is now North Yorkshire. This is just down the coast from Stockton. He was the son of Robert and Sarah.

 

I’ve attached two cuttings for you. The first one says Robert which was actually his father’s name. The second has John and shows him in a different light from the mention on the gravestone! I found two other references tying Friend Adventure to Captain Burnicle, both in the Durham Advertiser. 5/5/1827 they had arrived in Sunderland from Colchester, and 1/11/1828 arrived in Sunderland carrying ships materials.

 

In the first attached article it says he had just received a letter about his mother’s death. She was buried in Marske in Cleveland on 4/7/1830 so I think I have found the right family. There are a lot of register entries for ‘Burnicle’ in Marske in Cleveland and at least one refers to a mariner so I suspect that John had brothers. Certainly the newspaper archives has mentions of several vessels with a ‘Burnicle’ as captain from 1800 onwards. All seem to be basic traders not colliers. Cargos vary but include timber and wheat. When the papers note vessels arriving and leaving port they seem to lump all the colliers together without naming them. I found one reference to the Friends Adventure arriving in Stockton in 1775 with a Captain Burnicle but didn’t note the reference. Perhaps his father was a mariner as well and it was a family boat? This could tie in with John trading in Wivenhoe for 24 years, making him 14 when he first came – presumably as a boy or apprentice.  Confusingly there was another Friends Adventure carrying general cargoes up and down the East Coast at about the same time. The Captains name was Copeland.

 

I have not found John’s marriage but am fairly certain his wife was called Ann as there are a series of baptisms of children to John and Ann in Bishop Wearmouth Durham. The dates of the children’s births suggest a marriage around 1814/15. The article says there were eight children but I have found ten suggesting that one had died as the tenth child, Elizabeth Cooke, was baptised on 20/4/1831, listed with both parents names. Assuming the baptism was at least a month after her birth this could fit.

Dates are baptism dates.

Ann     29/12/1815

John Carter     1/6/1817

Sarah     17/1/1819

Robert Lawson    22/11/1820

William Carter    16/6/1822

Thomas    16/6/1824

Hannah    31/1/1827

James    28/9/1828

Lawson    1/4/1830 (probably christened just before dad left on his next trip!)

Elizabeth Cooke    20/4/1831(Mum’s address was Sunderland Street and she was still there in 1841.)

 

There was nothing on the merchant seaman’s records that I have.

 

All information supplied by Mary Norris, West Sussex. Many thanks , John.

Wivenhoe Memories Exhibition

The Wivenhoe Memories Exhibition.
April 5th-6th 2014.
At the William Loveless Hall Wivenhoe   Sat. Nav. CO7 9AB
10am-6pm both days. Entry is free ,all donations to the Wivenhoe Mayors charity.

 Plenty of room for wheelchairs ,prams and push chairs. Parking available, free car park nearby.

Exhibition comprises of photographs, memorabilia, Family history research and some old maps.
Maritime history well covered, refreshments available.

The battle of Trafalgar effected Wivenhoe.

This memorial plaque can be seen on the mariners wall in Wivenhoe churchyard, together with a head stone to Philip Sainty shipbuilder, one time smuggler who built the yacht Pearl. for the Marques of Anglesea, after being released from Chelmsford Prison.

Benjamin Snood's Father was William Snood a Wivenhoe man who was a tailor by trade , his Mother was Ruth  Clover.

On the same side of the churchyard is a seat with a plaque to Major Tom Burt of the S.A.S

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Check out the Wivenhoe Church link on the right hand side of the page

.Just the right picture for the centenary

The 1st and 2nd S.W. Royal Army Medical Corp sports day probably on the Mill Fields at Wivenhoe
24/9/1915.I think they were camped at Ballast Quay Farm.

 I think the S.W. stands for the Somerset and West Dorset rifle brigade formed at the turn of the century.

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Brushes at the ready Lads.

This photograph shows the staff of C.G. Schofield and son&Crees. Painting and decorating and W.D. Contractors.  They also Painted boats and yachts.
There premises are still standing at the bottom of Anglesea Road being a large weather boarded building on the left hand side of the road next to Border House.

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A bevy of local Ladies

A photograph of young Ladies,somewhere in Wivenhoe ,date unknown but looks like Edwardian. Maybe it is a local village show!, or looking at the silver plate it might be the tennis club.
with new information it could be the local church fete held in the grounds of the Nook in Belle Vue Road in 1909 to raise money for charity.
Thanks to Mary Norris.

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When we played this we called it horshoe pitching

Wivenhoe Station Rovers circa 1920-5.

L-R P Kemble, B. Eaton, Ocky Goodwin, H. Pullen, Tom Powell Licensee of the Station Hotel, Jim Gould, Albert Simons, Stan Cook, Roger Sparling, Ernie Hatch, S. Currell, William Annis.

Seated l-r. J. Munson, Charlie Cook.

Jim Gould was Tom Powell's son in law; Albert Simons was his Brother in law (Albert married Beatrice Cook), William Annis known as Rompy was a mariner, his Nephew Victor Annis Married Freda Gould, who was Jim Gould's Niece.

Many thanks to Mary Norris of West Sussex for additional information.

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Names courtesy of Dick Barton (Wivenhoe and its attractions.)

He's not that rotund.

Wivenhoe's School attendance officer "Circumference Goodwin". Born 1820 he lived in Queens Road and died in 1907. The 1901 census lists him as a retired sailmaker. His Christian name was Samuel and he was born in West Mersea and lived most of his life in Wivenhoe

Thanks to Mary Norris for additional information

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This is just some of the exhibits, another room at the rear of the hall.

The Wivenhoe Memories Exhibition.
April 5th-6th 2014.
At the William Loveless Hall Wivenhoe   Sat. Nav. CO7 9AB
10am-6pm both days. Entry is free ,all donations to the Wivenhoe Mayors charity.

 Plenty of room for wheelchairs ,prams and push chairs. Parking available, free car park nearby.

Exhibition comprises of photographs, memorabilia, Family history research and some old maps.
Maritime history well covered, refreshments available.

This is a great blog John and a fascinating collection.
Thanks for the comment Fiona.

They had waiting rooms on the Clacton platform!

Wivenhoe between 1900-1930, it still has the gas lights on the platform and the telegraph system on the Clacton platform.

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1950's Wivenhoe Station.

This could have been one of the best kept Stations on the G.E.R. line with it's immaculate clipped bushes.

The Clacton line was electrified in the 1950s. This photo is before then as no electric wires etc.
Thanks for the extra information. John.

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It could do with a scrub up.

The Yacht Sorceress laying opposite the ferry hard on the Fingringhoe side of the river.
 Built by Payne of Southampton in 1878. It's dimensions are 51.2 feet long. 13.5 feet in the beam and weighing 32 tons. originally owned by Capt. Lynch-Staunton .
The launch behind the Sorceress with the blue and white hull belonged to Rear Admiral John Lee-Barber ,who lived in the ferry house

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Thanks to Christine Payne.

A picture for all those who love steam.

An old side tank engine 41949 leaving Wivenhoe Station in 1956. Steam was alive and well then
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Thanks to Paul Brown.