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Events - Miscellaneous

  • 50 Years of Playing the Organ at St Mary's

    50 Years of Playing the Organ at St Mary's

    The celebration of Graham Wadley's achievement as Organist and Choirmaster over 50 years - 25th April 2015
  • A Ghost at Wivenhoe!

    A Ghost at Wivenhoe!

    An 'unwelcome companion' on a cold winter night in February 1844.
  • About the Susannah Bradley Memorial Walk - October 2008

    About the Susannah Bradley Memorial Walk - October 2008

    A walk to raise money for St Helena Hospice in memory of Susannah Bradley who died in August 2008
  • Carols on the Quay - December 2015

    Carols on the Quay - December 2015

  • Empire Day 1916

    Empire Day 1916

    An Empire Day Certificate from 1916
  • Extensive Fire at Wivenhoe 1863

    Extensive Fire at Wivenhoe 1863

    At Vine Farm, Wivenhoe Cross
  • Fete on the Field - Summer 2016

    Fete on the Field - Summer 2016

    A fun family day organised by the Mayor and other Councillors
  • Fighting in Wivenhoe leaves 23 dead

    Fighting in Wivenhoe leaves 23 dead

    In 1648, how 16 Royalist soldiers and 7 Parliamentarians were killed in a bloody fight in Wivehoe
  • Fire destroys the Old Goods Shed Building in 2015

    Fire destroys the Old Goods Shed Building in 2015

    The cause of the fire in this empty Grade II listed building was not identified
  • Frinton Beach created with Wivenhoe Sand

    Frinton Beach created with Wivenhoe Sand

    26,000 tons of sand taken from Wivenhoe Quarry to Frinton beach in 1969
  • Fun and Games in the 19th Century

    Fun and Games in the 19th Century

    19th century entertainment
  • How Wivenhoe celebrated the 60th Anniversary of the end of WWII

    How Wivenhoe celebrated the 60th Anniversary of the end of WWII

    Saturday 20th August, 2005 - Wivenhoe celebrated the 60th Anniversary of VJ Day
  • How Wivenhoe on 11th November 2018 commemorated the ending of WW1 100 years ago

    How Wivenhoe on 11th November 2018 commemorated the ending of WW1 100 years ago

    Exactly 100 years after the guns fell silent.
  • Notes of Interest - Wivenhoe 1923 - 1929

    Notes of Interest - Wivenhoe 1923 - 1929

    Notes from Nicholas Butler's research
  • Opening of Cooks Jetty

    Opening of Cooks Jetty

    In May 2011, the jetty at Cooks Shipyard was re-opened after its rebuild by Taylor Wimpey
  • RMS Titanic Disaster and the Venetia

    RMS Titanic Disaster and the Venetia

    Captain and crew of the Venetia collecting money for this disaster
  • Suspension of Business and Supply of Coal due to Frost 1799

    Suspension of Business and Supply of Coal due to Frost 1799

    Saturday, 9 February 1799
  • The British Invasion of Essex - 1904

    The British Invasion of Essex - 1904

    Wivenhoe Quay
  • The Church Ale

    The Church Ale

    A specially brewed ale sold to raise money for the Church in 2011
  • The Coldest Winters

    The Coldest Winters

    Made our feet and fingers glow! in the big freezes of 1896 -1987
  • The first Wivenhoe Town and Gown Dinner on Friday 18th November, 2005

    The first Wivenhoe Town and Gown Dinner on Friday 18th November, 2005

    Organised by Dilly Meyer
  • The Man Who Would Have Flown

    The Man Who Would Have Flown

    By Chris Thompson, Chris Thompson, 2009, 34pp (Essex County Libraries E.WIV.3.629.13092)
  • The Relief of Mafeking Celebrations

    The Relief of Mafeking Celebrations

    Another excuse for a parade
  • The schooner Jane wrecked with loss of 6 Wivenhoe men - April 1877

    The schooner Jane wrecked with loss of 6 Wivenhoe men - April 1877

    The story of how the schooner Jane was wrecked off Yarmouth in a violent storm
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  • A Large Foreign Hog 1772
  • Cock Fight at the Falcon: 10 Guineas a Battle or 100 Guineas the Odd Battle 1727
  • Eleven Hundred Sick and Wounded Soldiers from the Continent to Arrive at Wivenhoe 1795
  • Queen Victoria's Jubilee 1887
  • Strange News from the Deep
  • Suspension of Business and Supply of Coal due to Frost 1799
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