What memories, but i am to young to remember them!!

Army surplace stores on the marshes behind Wivenhoe port estate site in the late 1940's  also the old ferry tolgate and house

I never new they built two planes.

Two Aircraft built at Wivenhoe 1908/10 by the British Aeroplanes Syndicate Ltd. Mr. jack Humphreys designer and pilot, in a shed on the Wivenhoe marshes near the Rowhedge Ferry.
in the foreground is a monoplane, and dismantled in the background is the Hydroplane  The Wivenhoe Flier.
The three men in the foreground L-R are Mr. Hammond (engineer) centre Mr. H.J. Chamberlain (shipwright) Mr. Pullen (shipwright).

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Who's going to flip the prop to start it?

The Wivenhoe Flier, built 1909 in a large white shed on the marshes near the Station at wivenhoe, it was powered by a single JAP engine. Due to the design of the floats it failed to take off and fly any distance.
Three local Men were employed in building the craft for Mr.. jack Humphreys.
It was described in one flight magazine as the forerunner of all Sea planes, so Mr. Humpherys put Wivenhoe on the global map as far as aviation goes..

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