Victorian Wivenhoe.

A view along the Quay before the British Legion building, date c.1880's

love the old sailing barge

Wivenhoe by the old Ferry Hard, there was a fair depth of water by the Quay.

Wivenhoe was famous once!!

the filming of Plotlands at Cooks shipyard.

Steam always brings back great memories.

a Clacton train leaving Wivenhoe Station in 1956 when we still had the lovely old steam trains.

A great place to work.

Wivenhoe port in its heyday in the 1980's and Rowhedge port in the background, a great many locals were employed at the Port.

When Wivenhoe had a Maritime workforce

Wivenhoe shipbuilding at full capacity at Cook's shipyard at Wivenhoe in the 1980's

What a wonderful sight.

The lord Nelson Built at james.W. Cook ,Wivenhoe in 1984.  She was fitted out in theSouth of the country , she looks marvelous here in full sail.

Jam and jellies

A street party in Park Road to celebrate the end of W.W.2 , V.E. day 1947.  Standing in the road the Reverent Gosney. Back row third along John White and his mother

Any excuse to dress up and see your neighbours.

A Wivenhoe church parade in the High Street in 1913.

And their local crews would be out fishing for sprats and herrings

A nice view looking towards Wivenhoe with the old steam yachts in their winter berths.

The carefree days before the war.

An Edwardian lady sitting on the third style near Marriages Wood next to the Wivenhoe-Brightlingsea railway line.  The picture was taken around 1906

Those were the days my friend .

A view along the Quay side at Wivenhoe in the 1950's, it still looks the same today except there are bollards everywhere.

They were both brilliant at catching shrimps.

Wivenhoe fishermen Guy Downing left, and Bill Woodward Right on board the fishing boat Christine in the North sea Canners Quay. c.1960.

When a few made a living at sea.

On board the Golden Dawn fishing boat C.K.299 owned by the Green family of Wivenhoe .  Ken green had a fish business in West Street and his brother Peter Green had a fish shop in Eld Lane Colchester, only Ken Green is still trading.  Ernie Vince and Archie Gunn on deck,  Alec Green and Richie Jacobs in the wheelhouse

One of a pair.

The Crossness and her sister ship Hookness both salvage vessels used in the Thames and built at James.W.Cook shipyard at Wivenhoe

We could do with one now.

The old Colne Dredger doing a fine job at the Hythe, Colchester,  Now scrapped and the river is silting up.
Left click on all images to see them in super size.

Just having a peek. at the camera.

A fine Rudge Whitworth motorcycle belonging to Hector Barr ,sail maker on the Quay at the old granary c/w two nice dogs.

We have lost some valuable tradesmen now it has closed

Another fine vessel being fitted out at James.W.Cook's yard at Wivenhoe, this is one of many coasting boats they built ,as well as tugs and dredgers and cattle boats.

And for our next hymn.

The vicar and choir of St.Mary the virgin at Wivenhoe in 1928.

They were proper shipwrights.

Inside the shed of Colne Marine and Yacht Company on the Quay at Wivenhoe in the old Rosabelle yacht store, they only built Wooden yachts of quality, Guy Harding the owner did not like fibreglass.

Better than using sails.

PYEFLEET, the old steam oyster dredger for the Colne Oyster fisheries. C.K.28 was built at the Rowhedge Ironworks in 1895 and was srapped at Heybridge near Maldon in 1930. This boat was superseded in 1930 by PYEFLEET 11 C.K.23, an almost identical boat which was still going in 1945 when it was altered into a yacht. They both had twin cylinder steam engines built by Mumfords of Colchester and the boilers by Davey Paxman.
Both boats were built for the Colne Oyster Fisheries , Brightlingsea ,and the Harbour board of Colchester Borough Council.

There she goes.

Launching of another minesweeper from Wivenhoe Shipyard between 1941-1957.

The forerunner of all sea planes.

The Wyvenhoe Flier.  Built by Jack Humphries as a sea plane.  It was built in a shed on the Colchester Marshes opposite Rowhedge in around 1910-11.

If you crewed on the big yachts you got your deck shoes here

Philip Chamberlains boot and shoe shop in the High Street, on site next to the Barclay's Bank now the Post Office .  it is now a private house called Chamberlains.
Philip Chamberlain is center.

Look at the number of swans on the river

A winters scene at Wivenhoe in the 1980's.  This was before the tidal Barrier was built.  the amount of swans show how much feed there was around the Port.

If you can remember back to 1963?

It is not Wivenhoe ,but it is a nice photo and many locals will remember P.G. Page garage in Crouch street ,Colchester.

Nothing like a pint after work.

Two shipyard workers enjoying a pint in the Shipwrights Arms in West Street.

very patriotic.

Wivenhoe girl guides at the church parade in 1934-35

There are some faces on there most old timers will know.

Locals off for a jolly on Cedric coaches.

Looks like they are having a great time.

Alma Street Party for the Queens coronation of 1953.
l-r Richard Allen,??? Derek Chaney, David Tye???.
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A man of many talents.

Captain Albert Barr Turner of Wivenhoe with his wife Caroline.  Cpt. Turner was the master of the racing yacht Brittania and has a blue plaque on the house he lived in on the High Street.

Like the beard.

Mr. Peter Harris of Harris Bros. boat builders of Rowhedge.

Haul up the mainsails.

Captain Ennew Turner one of the many sea Captains that hailed from Wivenhoe.

They should have left it as it was.

The old Shipwrights Arms in West Street ,later used by Wivenhoe shipyard for offices.  The old landlord was George Hillyard.

Tilf senior and Junior outside the shop.

Tilf Glozier's shop in the High Street which sold tobacco,sweets and was also the village hairdressers.  i was on the site of the present Estate Agents.

Please don't smile.

School Children at the old British school in West Street, the building which is two story is still there but it is now private dwellings. it was once used by Ken Green as a fish store.

Look at the angle of that ladder, Health and safety!!

Wivenhoe High Street c.1906

Look's like they trained them young in those days

Boilermakers at Forrestt's yard at Wivenhoe around 1900.

They would be alright for water if it caught fire

Mr .King smoking herrings by the water tower at Wivenhoe Cross.

Don't forget to let go Master Radcliffe

Stan Cook ,boat builder launches another yacht from his premises on the Quay now called the storehouse.

I feel a bit dog tired.

A nice picture of an old Rudge Whitworth motorcycle on Wivenhoe Quay outside Hector Barr's sailmaking loft on the Quay at Wivenhoe .
Left click on image for super size.

Another branch line gone.

Demolition of the iron bridge at Alresford Creek ,part of the Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea Railway this picture was taken in 1967.

Regatta days

Rowhedge regatta in 1962 with Ron and Wendy Chaney.  Ron was landlord of the Station Hotel.

Not so much mud then as now.

A view along the Quay at Wivenhoe.

Bring out your chickens, i am off to the market

Mr. Robert Wyatt ,the Wivenhoe carrier who lived in Cup Tree Cottage at Wivenhoe Cross.

Blow the wind southerly

Sailing smacks in the Quay at Wivenhoe ,drying their nets which were of the cotton type.

Times gone by.

Mr. Micheal Buck with his greengrocery cart in Rectory Road Wivenhoe in the 1930's