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Second World War

  • An Interview with Dr Walter Radcliffe

    An Interview with Dr Walter Radcliffe

    Notes of an interview with Dr Walter Radcliffe made by Nicholas Butler in the mid 1980s
  • An Interview with Mrs Le Poer Power

    An Interview with Mrs Le Poer Power

    Notes of an interview with Mrs Le Poer Power made by Nicholas Butler in the mid 1980s
  • End of War Party on Queens Road

    End of War Party on Queens Road

    To celebrate the end of World War II
  • 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
  • James Husk & Son Ltd

    James Husk & Son Ltd

    A Wivenhoe family firm
  • Local Land Army Girls in 1942

    Local Land Army Girls in 1942

    They replaced the men in the fields who had gone off to fight in the War
  • Mariner receives the D.S.M

    Mariner receives the D.S.M

    Edward Robert Pitt.
  • Member of Husk's Shipyard family visits the Wivenhoe Memories Exhibition - April 2015

    Member of Husk's Shipyard family visits the Wivenhoe Memories Exhibition - April 2015

    Capt Richard Husk CBE, who left Wivenhoe as a teenager in 1947
  • Mulberry Harbours - Section types built at Wivenhoe for the D-Day landings

    Mulberry Harbours - Section types built at Wivenhoe for the D-Day landings

    Dorman and Long construction at Wivenhoe which started in December 1943
  • The building of parts of the WWII Mulberry Harbour in Wivenhoe

    The building of parts of the WWII Mulberry Harbour in Wivenhoe

    Built for the D-Day Normandy landings in 1944
  • Wivenhoe Shipyard Ltd (2)

    Wivenhoe Shipyard Ltd (2)

    Motor Minesweepers
  • Wivenhoe Station

    Wivenhoe Station

    Tank loading ramp built for WW2
  • Wivenhoe's Prefabs

    Wivenhoe's Prefabs

    In Stanley Road and Rectory Road
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