One of the many Wivenhoe football teams.

St Mary's football team circa 1913, the photo.was taken on the green opposite Rosabelle Avenue , known to locals as Smith;s corner.
Back row  Jim Gould, Frank Payne, Roger Sparling, Jim Munson.
2nd. Row  Player from Rowhedge, William Salisbury,...Traylor, .......... George Carver.
front row.  Bill Cracknell, Jim Ham, Walter Ham.

William Salisbury was killed in W.W.1
Jim Gould bn. 1892, Married Dorothy Powell, Daughter of Tom Powell who kept the Station Hotel for many Years

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High Street.

A photograph of Wivenhoe High St. taken around 1910 and showing the long brick wall of Wivenhoe Hall.

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lovely old locals i remember.

Wivenhoe Over 60's ready for one of their outings.  I remember a lot of those faces from my younger years, but can't put names to many of them.

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They did a great job.

The Wivenhoe over 60's Charity Committee who done some very good work for the OAP's at Christmas in the 1980's.
Back row L-R. Eric Ryder,  Bill Harris, Rowley Wheeler, Tony Allcock, Gordon Green,  Maurice Green.
 Second Row L-R,.Phil Fauchauch. Mr. Endeen, David Glozier,Len Cory, Pat Green, Ted Howard, Len Barton, Pat green's Father.

Centre, Bill Harris's Wife.

Photograph taken outside Mr. Endeen's house in Alma St.

I recognised Pat at once!
Helen Barrell.

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Thanks to Graham Wadley for additional Names.

They were great characters

Station Pub 1980's, Mike Heard left and Peter Weston seated.

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You can still see the footings of the old cottage.

This is the Pilotmans Cottage at Alresford Creek , unfortunatly now demolished,.  The Pilot man's job was to open the swing bridge for the Sailing barges coming up to the Alresford sand works jetty.

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There was plenty of work in the yard in those days

Shipwrights and joiners,next to the Birkenhead Miller in Cook's shipyard .1980's
Can anyone name these lads?

Not sure who the youngsters are, but the guy in the white apron is Robert "Bob" Child.
 

I knew some of the people in the picture from when I worked at Cooks. Left to right unknown, Pat Rilley, unknown, at back Allan (toosie) Barass, latter to take over as joiner foreman, Bob Wilcox I think?, Dave tye at front, Dick Woods, unknown, unknown & Bob Child(white apron), unknown. Steve, 05/08/2014 Wivenhoe Memories collection

Thanks to Liam Child for the extra information.
Thanks Steve.

It's sad to see the social difference in the clothing.

Wivenhoe primary school photograph, probably taken around 1890-1900's.

Kindly donated by Peter Nessling from Australia

Cross Farm.

Cross Farm on the Colchester Rd.picture taken around 1989-this was the home of Claude Watsham. it has since been redeveloped.

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I know the faces but can't remember the names

All local lads who played for the Wivenhoe rangers football club 1950-1960's.

 Back row L/R Les Kemble, Alan Pullen, Clive Butt, ? Kemble, Les Green, Mick Martin, Bones Harris, Pat Hatch, ?, Ted Howard. Front row L/R, Alan Green, ?, Bill Braddock ,Ivan Payne, Bill Hill.

Thanks bluetrane for additional information.

Hello, I think the man on the far left is Ron Kemble (my great-uncle, no less!). He was Dennis' father. Les' son is David, and the goalie doesn't look like David to me! ;) There is a photo of Ron as a younger man here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/78738438@N00/3079681629/in/set-72157623426460428.
Thanks to Helen Barrell for information.

 The goalie next to Clive Butt is Dennis Kemble, Les's son. Think the one next to Alan Green is one the Hammond boys.
Thanks to Dawn Bird.
 Think the man next to Pat Hatch is Jack Harris

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They built a large range of ships and boats.

Cook's Shipyard in the 1950's The oil tanker is the Shell Dispenser.It was built by James W Cook in 1963for Shell Max and B.P Ltd.  It was a Lube.Oil tanker weighing 250 tons and carried lubrication oil. The yard number was 1252

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It all looks different now.

Cook's basin this photo was taken in 1989 before it was all demolished. The boat in the foreground is Cook's tug the Alest
Photo. Kindly donated by Antoinette Stinson.

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What a great photographic study.

A nice portrait of Tony Young, a long time member of the Wivenhoe Arts club.

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With thanks to Lewis Footring.

They hadn't thought of double yellow lines then.

The Cross at Wivenhoe, this is probably before 1930 as there are no houses on the right of Colchester Rd. otherwise not much has changed.

Sweetie time at last.

What was this queue for? i have since found out that it was the end of sweet rationing after WW2, around the early 1950's, they can be seen outside George Slaughter's shop in the high St.

Lovely photo John!
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We had a great range of shops then.

A nice picture of the High St. taken in the late 1950's showing Mrs.Bailey's Clothing and outfitters shop, now the Estate Agents, and next door is Mr. Wents cycle store.now the Book Shop. He was also a Radio agent.

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Fond Memories here.

The interior shot of the Wivenhoe Arts Club at Ballast Quay House,  located in the courtyard. it was opened in1966 by the Conservative leader Rt. Hon. Edward Heath.

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Courtesy of Lewis Footring.

I bet they served real ale.

The Shipwrights Arms ,situated in West St. after it had closed down, the closure date was 1954.

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I worked there on Saturday's delivering meat on a trade bike.

The Co-op Butchers on the junction with Brook St. and Black Buoy Hill, taken in the early 1960's.

Standing in the doorway is Terry Endean, Manager of the Butchery.

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That was a great little shop.

Mr and Mrs. Jack Mallet outside their shop in East St. What a great shop that was.
I remember Mr. Newman before Jack and before Mr. Newman there was a Mrs. Chick,where you could buy a stick of chalk for 1 halfpenny.

That shop was so amazing! It had that great little brick-made step that went up to the door. And you could by one brass washer for about 1p or something, rather than nowadays when you have to go to town and buy £5 of them in a massive bag. And also... they ran a DIY shop and their surname was Mallet. I just wish my grandparents had run a brewery, quite frankly!

Thanks to Helen Barrell.

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Plotlands

Another Plotlands. Set in the 1920's.

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I didn't get a part in the film.

Langton picture palace,alias Anchor Hill Wivenhoe. This was the set for a series called Plotlands which was filmed in Wivenhoe in 1996, staring Saskia Reeves and written by Jeremy Brock.
 It was also filmed in Cooks Yard.

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Lovers lane.

Lovers Lane Wivenhoe ,or as we know it Rectory Hill looking towards Wivenhoe.
The word camp refers to the WW1 camp on the Glebe field behind Glebe house.

This was probably our first public hall

The Forester's Hall opened in 1904,funded by the Ancient order of Foresters. The hall also possessed two small ante rooms on the side. it stands near the Co-op in the Avenue and has been converted into flats. Old locals can remember it at one time as being converted into a plastics factory.
 During W.W.2 Saturday evening dances were held here to raise money for the "Welcome Home" fund - at the end of the war the money was given to those who served in the forces during the war. The hall was also used as a cinema around this time. Thanks to Tony Forsgate for the last paragraph.

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Fresh bread to take on board the boat.

A slightly fuzzy picture showing the old bakery at the start of the folly,on the Quay at Wivenhoe.
The big chimney behind is the gas works.

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Not sure who they are?

Wivenhoe Carnival procession taken by Sue Murray in the early 1980's.

 Pulling the cart from L to R: Kevin O'Malley,Tom Reid, Lewis Footring, John Hutton. On the cart from L to R: Helen O'Malley, Wendy Green. Child in the back possibly is Siobhan O'Malley.

Thanks Marika.

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The last surviving piece of the hall.

The summer house in the grounds of Wivenhoe Hall in the High St. This photo. was taken when A.K. Barlow lived there. The hall burnt down in 1927. The summer house is now a private residence.

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What a good looking bunch we were?

My class photo taken in 1957 at Wivenhoe primary School Philip Road

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I am not on this one so don't ask.

Wivenhoe Primary school, taken in the orchard at Philip road, sometime in the late 1950's.  Not sure who the form teacher is.

 Think the teacher is Ruth Munson.Thanks to Dawn Bird.

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Check out other school photo's on the Philip Road link on the right hand side.

Have we still got St. John's A.B. in Wivenhoe.

Wivenhoe St. Johns Ambulance Brigade. I think it could be the late 1950's early 60's.

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It looked like this before they put all those horrible posts in the quay

Wivenhoe Quay in the 1950's before it was cluttered with stones and posts.

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