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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
  • Recalling 1940 at Wivenhoe Shipyard

    Recalling 1940 at Wivenhoe Shipyard

    Memories of Peter Simons, a Ship's Draughtsman
  • Street Party to Celebrate VE Day May 1945

    Street Party to Celebrate VE Day May 1945

    Held on Park Road
  • Sue Kerr – Memories of living in Wivenhoe during WW2

    Sue Kerr – Memories of living in Wivenhoe during WW2

  • 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 Branch RBL mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day at the War Memorial

    Wivenhoe Branch RBL mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day at the War Memorial

    On Thursday 6th June 2019, the 75th anniversary of D-Day on 6th June 1944, was marked by a simple but poignant ceremony at the Wivenhoe War Memorial
  • 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
Events
  • 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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