New town Road.

PAGET HALT.

 During the lifetime of the Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea railway company they used the main line track and Station at Wivenhoe. This all belonged to the Great Eastern Railway who had their eye on the W.A.B.R.C. which they wished to take over, so in the 1880's they suddenly announced that the the trains of the Brightlingsea and Wivenhoe railway could no longer use the great eastern tracks and station so trains had to stop some 200 yards short of the Wivenhoe station to which passengers had to walk if they wished to catch a connecting train. Two temporary platforms were erected by the Paget Road crossing , one 110 feet long and the other 75 feet long. on the Paget Road side there was also a new road built called New town Road ( Hamilton Road) which was built at the junction with Brook Street to the new platform to carry freight from Brightlingsea. This inconvenience was to much for passengers and the freight business and the Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea Railway sold out to the Great Eastern Railway Company in 1893 for the grand sum of £31,000 . The old platforms eventually disappeared during the start of the depression years when the locals used the timber on the platforms for firewood.

lovely old locals i remember.

Wivenhoe Over 60's ready for one of their outings.  I remember a lot of those faces from my younger years, but can't put names to many of them.

Wivenhoe Memories collection.

it was all jelly and cake.

Paget Rd. Street party 1953, A young ken Green nearest the camera.Sally Green tells me it' her Dad Maurice green front on the left of pic. Thanks for the comment sally.

Wivenhoe memories collection.