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Have a happy christmas everyone and a happy and healthy new year

From John Admin.

Dont they look young !!

Wivenhoe sailing club trophy presentation.
Left Phil Dann Middle back row Les Meadows Joyce Blackwood and Pat Ellis with trophy.

Lovely sprats and herrings

Unloading sprats on Brightlingsea hard 1930.

They make a good photo.

Old sailing craft at wivenhoe in the 1920's.

Grand old smackmen.

James (friday) Green at the back left with his son Sid seated in front of him.

This was a great little shop

This is Bartons in late 50s, early 60s. Can just see my mum Pat inside the shop.
Photo Linda Panton.

And we all thought it was a gate house.

A photo of the High Street showing Cedrics garage which was built by Gray's the builders ,the old house was the chauffers house for Wivenhoe Hall.

Nice place for a carnival.

Fancy dress - Wivenhoe Carnival? - about 1910. Gwyndoline Harvey second row, first from left, dressed as a "gypsy" (which was also her nickname due to skin colouring). Looks like Vine Farm.

Its now covered in blue render Agh!!!!

The Methodist chapel in the Avenue was opened in 1901.

Harvey Family

Left to right: Cyril Gwydir Harvey, Charles MacLachlan Harvey, Fred Harvey, Gwydoline Harvey. About 1905. Probably taken in their garden at Rutland Cottage, Park Road, Wivenhoe. Fred was the last son of Thomas Harvey who developed that area of Wivenhoe, born when his father was aged 62. 

Photo Chris Goddard