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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He looks a jolly chap.

George Flux and family outside their shop in Alma Street ,later to become holy joes , picture about 1920-30.

Flux corner shop later Holy Joes.

George and Grace Flux who kept the corner shop in Alma Street .

He never took his hat off.

Mr. Ernie Turner inside his home in Alma St.  Ernie is well known as one of Wivenhoe's primitive painters and his work is well sought after, Ernie spent most of his life in the shipyard as a shipwright and when he retired in 1964 he took up painting ,self taught.

When i lived at 9 Alma St. i remember these ladies.

These are all Wivenhoe ladies who worked at the Colchester Manufacturing Company at 30 Alma Street Wivenhoe.. They made coats and sports blazers.

Jack's Mother was Emma Durrell a Wivenhoe Family who were here in the 1600's

Jack Durrell Green, son of James green  was born in Wivenhoe 1899.  Enlisted in the R.N. and served on board H.M.S. ARNO, as a telegraphist, service number  J/30016.
Jack died of dysentery on board ship September 1916 aged just 18years old.
Jack is buried at Capuccini naval cemetery Malta, and is also mentioned on the Hythe Roll of Honour
in Kent.

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They look to old for bob a job week.!

Wivenhoe scout troop which were founded in 1909,  their headquarters were at number 30 Alma Street.

Top row left is Tilford Glozier.

Seated left. Mrs. Vera Cracknell (wife of the late Peter Cracknell). Seated right. Mr Kettle - father of Bert Kettle and his sons were David and Michael Kettle..
Thanks to tony Forsgate for additional imformation.

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He once hit me over the head with his banner.

Alma Stores formerly the Live and Let Live public house. Paul St. John Johnstone had the stores for several years, but never made anything of it and it was eventually sold. When we were kids we never knew his real name so we called him!" Holy Joe" or "Wonk", i think his birth name was Hymy Goldstein from the East End of London.

• I went to get some Corona for my grandmother who lived in Hamilton Road, taking some empties back to get the 2d or whatever it was.  He refused to accept the empties and give a refund as he claimed that he had not sold her the original Corona!   How did he know from the bottle - he said that he always wrote the sign of the cross on the label.
• Second one was with us Gilberd School, Grammar School and Girls High school kids on a double decker bus in Colchester bus station waiting to go home from school.  He came along with one of his banners on the usual pole but holding it so high level with the windows on the upper deck of the bus!
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• Thanks to graham Wadley for this extract.

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jam and jellies.

I think this is V.E. day party in Alma st. as Dean's Antiques is not yet in the building at the head of Alma St.

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"Health and Safety would have a field day"

A turn of the century photo. looking up to Alma Street. the general store was run by George Flux and the Butchers by Mr. Dobson.

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You couldn't afford a car in them days.

This was Alma Street in the 50's when nobody owned a car,. at the top of the Street can be seen Margery Dean's antiques, which was originally the Swedenborg Chapel, and just below on the right hand side is the three story building which was the Colchester clothing factory, now flats.

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Happy days in 1953.

This is the 1953 street party in Alma street, in those days you could leave your front door open all day and not worry, it was a lovely place to live. I remember all those folk in the photograph.

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Those who go down to the sea in ships.

James (Friday) Green. Captain of the Smack Elise,and crewman on the giant J class yachts, Family relatives still live in Wivenhoe.. He was nicknamed Friday because he would not put to sea on a Friday, they were all superstitious.

Copyright  Peter Green.