"Receiving
cheques from Mr M G Bailey, factory manager of Colchester Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
on their retirement are, Miss Mabel Hillyard (centre) and Mrs Olive Hubbard
(right). Miss Hillyard of Wivenhoe, has served 45 years in the machine room,
and Miss Hubbard of 20 London Road, Lexden has been office cleaner for 28
years."
I read in Nicholas
Butler's 'The Story of Wivenhoe' that the Colchester Manufacturing Company
Limited operated from 30 Alma Street from 1935 until after the second World War.
They employed about 25 Wivenhoe girls and made alpaca coats and sports
blazers.
Nick Sheen Western Australia.
I bought Mabel Hillyard's bungalow from her in 1974 and have lived there ever since, nice little old lady she was. The bungalow (8 Stanley Road), was built by her father George Hillyard and I have retained all the original features of the building, including the Bakelite light switches!
Text by antionette Stinson.
Hi Antoinette, Your bungalow was built by William Hillyard who is my great grandfather. He was a yachtsman and served on the YHS Britannia as a Steward to King George V. My mother has told me stories of how they walked from Colchester to Wivenhoe to visit William and his wife Ethel (nee Cook). They played cards and apparently it was taken very seriously. I can remember visiting them at 8 Stanley Road when I was very young (probably under 5). I can vaguely remember a maze of concrete paths in the back garden and gooseberry bushes. It's lovely to hear that you have kept the original features - Nick Sheen, Western Australia( Perth)
I bought Mabel Hillyard's bungalow from her in 1974 and have lived there ever since, nice little old lady she was. The bungalow (8 Stanley Road), was built by her father George Hillyard and I have retained all the original features of the building, including the Bakelite light switches!
Text by antionette Stinson.
Hi Antoinette, Your bungalow was built by William Hillyard who is my great grandfather. He was a yachtsman and served on the YHS Britannia as a Steward to King George V. My mother has told me stories of how they walked from Colchester to Wivenhoe to visit William and his wife Ethel (nee Cook). They played cards and apparently it was taken very seriously. I can remember visiting them at 8 Stanley Road when I was very young (probably under 5). I can vaguely remember a maze of concrete paths in the back garden and gooseberry bushes. It's lovely to hear that you have kept the original features - Nick Sheen, Western Australia( Perth)
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I bought Mabel Hillyard's bungalow from her in 1974 and have lived there ever since, nice little old lady she was. The bungalow (8 Stanley Road), was built by her father George Hillyard and I have retained all the original features of the building, including the Bakelite light switches!
Hi Antoinette, Your bungalow was built by William Hillyard who is my great grandfather. He was a yachtsman and served on the YHS Britannia as a Steward to King George V. My mother has told me stories of how they walked from Colchester to Wivenhoe to visit William and his wife Ethel (nee Cook). They played cards and apparently it was taken very seriously. I can remember visiting them at 8 Stanley Road when I was very young (probably under 5). I can vaguely remember a maze of concrete paths in the back garden and gooseberry bushes. It's lovely to hear that you have kept the original features - Nick Sheen
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