What a pretty picture

An early photo of Wivenhoe Station.

What a lovely site.

River colne at Wivenhoe at the start of the 1900's.
Left click on image for super size,

Now a Private residence.

Wivenhoe water tower c.1915.
courtesy of Mersea Museum.

Those sprating boats

CK 54 The Essex Girl part of the fleet of boats owned by the Canning Company at Wivenhoe.

Makes your mouth water

One of the many products canned at the North Sea Canning Company at Wivenhoe ,Essex

One of the many built at this yard

The JE Dewhurst one of James w Cook's boats built there in the 1960's.

Might have been a big bang.

Explosives factory for Wivenhoe 1909.i bet that went with a bang!!

Bet that put the fires out.

The after effects at the Gas works in St.Johns Road of the earthquake in 1884

Sailing barges at the Hythe.

Sailing barge LEOFLEDA waiting at the Hythe for the hufflers who will pole the barge up to Marriages Mill at East Bay.

Barclays bank.

When Wivenhoe had a Barclays Bank in the High Street. I think this was Rememberance Sunday.

For dave Sampson a picture of "Hufflers" who are poking the barge Mayland up to East Mill at Colchester.1949.
You can see her sails ,mast and rigging are dropped to get under Hythe and East Bay bridges and the only power were the long poles.