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Friday, November 11, 2016

I feel a bit dog tired.

A nice picture of an old Rudge Whitworth motorcycle on Wivenhoe Quay outside Hector Barr's sailmaking loft on the Quay at Wivenhoe .
Left click on image for super size.

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Another branch line gone.

Demolition of the iron bridge at Alresford Creek ,part of the Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea Railway this picture was taken in 1967.

Regatta days

Rowhedge regatta in 1962 with Ron and Wendy Chaney.  Ron was landlord of the Station Hotel.

Not so much mud then as now.

A view along the Quay at Wivenhoe.

Bring out your chickens, i am off to the market

Mr. Robert Wyatt ,the Wivenhoe carrier who lived in Cup Tree Cottage at Wivenhoe Cross.

Blow the wind southerly

Sailing smacks in the Quay at Wivenhoe ,drying their nets which were of the cotton type.

Times gone by.

Mr. Micheal Buck with his greengrocery cart in Rectory Road Wivenhoe in the 1930's