The Avenue

This photo shows the Avenue before the building of Rosabelle Avenue , this could date it between 1946-7 the ground behind the picket fence are the orchards of Wivenhoe Hall.
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The Avenue.
I am sure that the orchard for Wivenhoe Hall did not run as far as Spring Lane. There is a house which used to be occupied by Roger Bacon which is just up from the last of the council houses which face onto the Avenue and called Orchard End - the clue is in the name of the house and that is below Harvey Road
Also my late parents house at 61 The Avenue - about 5 down from the surgery was not part of the orchard as far as we are aware. They moved into 61 in 1947 and Rosabelle Avenue was under construction. The rule was one council house had to be built alternately with a private development.
Hope that helps or confuses.
Graham Wadley

It looked nice until it was covered by plaster.

The new Methodist church in the Avenue opened on the 24th October 1901, they had one before which was the old Wesleyan church in Chapel Road ,now a potery workshop.

they loved processions in those days

A procession past the old Co-op building July 1929.

What a hardy lot we are in Wivenhoe

Waiting for the bus before we had bus shelters in 1981.

Picture from Antoinette Stinson.
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Photo. taken by Mark Dufton.

They still have their railings on the walls.

This photo shows the Avenue before the building of Rosabelle Avenue , this could date it between 1946-7 the ground behind the picket fence are the orchards of Wivenhoe hall which ran up to Spring Lane near the Doctors Surgery.
Left click on photo for Super size image.

The Avenue.

I am sure that the orchard for Wivenhoe Hall did not run as far as Spring Lane.  There is a house which used to be occupied by Roger Bacon which is just up from the last of the council houses which face onto the Avenue and called Orchard End - the clue is in the name of the house and that is below Harvey Road

Also my late parents house at 61 The Avenue - about 5 down from the surgery was not part of the orchard as far as we are aware. They moved into 61 in 1947 and Rosabelle Avenue was under construction.  The rule was one council house had to be built alternately with a private development.

Hope that helps or confuses.

Graham Wadley

Thanks Graham.

They filled up the Churchill tanks here in WW2.

The opening of Cedric's garage in the Avenue, opposite the Co-op.
The garage opened in July 1928 and by 1937 it was in the ownership of Arthur Cedric Peck and A.L. Gilbert, advertised as motor engineers.
Mr Peck can be seen 6th from the left.


Wivenhoe Memories collection.

Another fine turn of the century building.

The Wivenhoe Methodist Church in the Avenue. Opened 1901-02, before this they had the old Wesleyan chapel in Chapel Road now in the throws of being demolished. Why do we let our heritage
disappear?

Wivenhoe Memories collection.

One of the many Wivenhoe football teams.

St Mary's football team circa 1913, the photo.was taken on the green opposite Rosabelle Avenue , known to locals as Smith;s corner.
Back row  Jim Gould, Frank Payne, Roger Sparling, Jim Munson.
2nd. Row  Player from Rowhedge, William Salisbury,...Traylor, .......... George Carver.
front row.  Bill Cracknell, Jim Ham, Walter Ham.

William Salisbury was killed in W.W.1
Jim Gould bn. 1892, Married Dorothy Powell, Daughter of Tom Powell who kept the Station Hotel for many Years

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This was probably our first public hall

The Forester's Hall opened in 1904,funded by the Ancient order of Foresters. The hall also possessed two small ante rooms on the side. it stands near the Co-op in the Avenue and has been converted into flats. Old locals can remember it at one time as being converted into a plastics factory.
 During W.W.2 Saturday evening dances were held here to raise money for the "Welcome Home" fund - at the end of the war the money was given to those who served in the forces during the war. The hall was also used as a cinema around this time. Thanks to Tony Forsgate for the last paragraph.

Wivenhoe Memories collection.