Local men where probably crewing the Rannock.

S.Y. Rannock, The winter of 1947. Behind her can be seen the Fingringhoe ballast loading jetty, this was used to ballast sailing vessels going back to port empty. This was replaced during WW2 by a pill box which is still there.

What traditions will we leave behind.

This is a ship's Master certificate awarded to William Harvey in 1892 by the board of trade. The Harvey's were great seafarer's, and Ship builders, and master mariners, and they lived in Wivenhoe,
something else we should be proud of in this village.

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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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It's a shame they pulled the forge down

The Horse and Groom Pub,behind can be seen the Forge House and behind that the local Blacksmiths Forge.  On the other side of the road can be seen Lennox dairy farm buildings.

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Was there that many people living here then

A regatta scene at wivenhoe ,looking at the cars it will probably date from the 1940's.

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We have saved a heroe's resting place in Wivenhoe

This anonymous little headstone in Wivenhoe Churchyard relates to B.C.S, Benjamin Clover Snood who died in 1837.  Benjamin served aboard H.M.S. Swiftsure at the battle of Trafalgar With Admiral Lord nelson, he was an able seaman. The other initials on the headstone are his Wife's Elizabeth Snood.
This headstone has now been moved with the help of the Church Council and Wivenhoe Council to the Falcon wall side of the Churchyard, which i now call the Mariners wall. This was a project that myself and Brian Sinclair took on to save it from destruction,as it was laying flat near the chip shop.

Excellent! It's good to see him being recognised.Chris Goddard (webrarian)
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Wivenhoe Rovers

Wivenhoe Rovers football team 1923-4.

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