What a lucky Man!!

Wivenhoe Coronation parade in Station road, 1937.
Left-right Mrs.Hammond, Mrs. Wray, Mrs. Bones, Mrs.Forsgate, Mrs. Parker. Driver Mr. Hammond.

 Yes, that definitely is "Mrs Wray". Or "Peg" she was better known. Born on 2 Aug 1898, she was the daughter of Edward (Ted) William Steward and Alberta Cecily Snood. Later in life she lived with her husband in Scarletts Road, Colchester (which is when I knew her!)

Thanks to Chris Goddard for this information. John Stewart.

Sorry - Mrs. Wray's name was Gertie. Her elder daughter was Peggy or Peg, her younger daughter was Eileen, now living with her husband Doug at West Mersea. Before moving to Colchester they lived in Clifton Terrace, Wivenhoe. Mr. Wray, Billy, worked in Colchester for the old LNER. Mrs. Wray and my mother Jessie Forsgate were cousins.
Thanks to Tony Forsgate for additional imformation.

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When we played this we called it horshoe pitching

Wivenhoe Station Rovers circa 1920-5.

L-R P Kemble, B. Eaton, Ocky Goodwin, H. Pullen, Tom Powell Licensee of the Station Hotel, Jim Gould, Albert Simons, Stan Cook, Roger Sparling, Ernie Hatch, S. Currell, William Annis.

Seated l-r. J. Munson, Charlie Cook.

Jim Gould was Tom Powell's son in law; Albert Simons was his Brother in law (Albert married Beatrice Cook), William Annis known as Rompy was a mariner, his Nephew Victor Annis Married Freda Gould, who was Jim Gould's Niece.

Many thanks to Mary Norris of West Sussex for additional information.

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Names courtesy of Dick Barton (Wivenhoe and its attractions.)

They were great characters

Station Pub 1980's, Mike Heard left and Peter Weston seated.

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Hope that young lad doesn't fall off that wall

Station Road built shortly after the Railway arrived at Wivenhoe in 1863. There were several reports of the state of the road in following years in the local newspapers.

Makes you feel thirsty

It was Christmas time at the station pub, i think in the 70's.Ron...... in foreground, Colin Andrews behind the bar,chap in blue jumper not sure.
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Hello John Martin Newell here. Only just seen this. I think that this shot was the late 70s. The chap in the foreground, whose name I've forgotten,has been around for years, but he's actually a Cornishman as I remember. Isn't that Colin Andrews, behind him, who took over the pub in erm '79-ish? This is the puzzling bit...I'd swear that the next figue was Vic Pilkington from the Rose and Crown (blue jumper) in the more distant background. But if it is, what's he doing in the Station? The pub was still two separate bars then. divided my a small corridor for the off-sales. In the back bar, 'the bogie bar' was a juke box which still gave you three songs for a shilling right up until the late 70s. It still had old 1960s Rolling Stones hits on it! on Makes you feel thirsty

We are not open yet.

An old photograph of the Station Hotel taken circa 1899-1903. I think the people in the picture are the Powell Family, they still have relatives in Wivenhoe and Australia.

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