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'Calton' Dinner menus + Photo's by Alf Jefferies
Alf Jefferies worked in Wivenhoe Shipyard on HM Coastal Minesweeper ‘Calton' and was invited to the dinner to mark her launching
“Some Aspects of the History of Wivenhoe 1700 – 1900”
Written and researched by Roger Bacon, 1952
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 'rural' Park Road in 1969
Memories of Jane Cole of what Park Road was like in 1969
A Ceremony for Wm Oakley 100 years after his death
Wm Oakley's grave now marked with a headstone thanks to the US authorities
A Cross in St Mary's made from the Lime Tree which once stood in the Churchyard
This Lime Tree fell down in 1987 and Colin Oliver made a Cross from it
A family story about Hannah Harlow and The Greyhound - around 1875
She lived in what became known as Alice's Cottage
About 'Flo' Yates who just made it to her 100th birthday
Florence Annie Yates 21st August 1918 - 8th September 2018 who came to live with her daughter in Wivenhoe in 2009.
About Andrew Murray who died in 2013 aged 97
Andrew was married to local photographer Sue Murray for 59 years
About Arthur William Southgate (b.1863 - d.1929)
A yacht steward most of his life and eventually landlord of The Falcon in 1929
About Bill Ellis who died 5th October 2012
A Eulogy given by Peter Hill at Bill's funeral on 6th November 2012
About Brian Anderton (1938 - 2015)
Lived the last years of his life in Wivenhoe
About Daphne Meyers - A 'home help' in the 1970s
Daphne's story of the people she used to look after
About David McCaskey, a former lecturer at the Colchester Institute
David 'crossed the water in 1966 with an HNC in Hospitality, enjoyed a successful career in hotel management before becoming a lecturer at the Colchester Institute, retiring in 2007
About Don Hirst who died in 2015
A well-known character in several Wivenhoe organisations
About Dr Colin Phillips who died in 2018
As well as a lecturer at Essex University, he pioneered the Philosophy Breakfast at the Wivenhoe Bookshop
About Emily Jane Chidwick
A VAD Nurse during WW1
About Faith Ressmeyer who died in April 2015
Born in the USA but a Wivenhoe resident for many years. She was an inspirational, fun person; 300 people attended her Memorial Service after her death in April 2015.
About Ian Valentine (2nd March 1934 - 8th October 2019)
Ian researched over 320 people from Wivenhoe who fought in WW1 and who did a great deal more in his life
About Jan Richardson OBE (born 14th May 1948 – passed away on 29th October 2020)
A very lovely lady, liked and respected by everyone who had the privilege of knowing her.
About Jane Cole who passed away on 4th May 2020
Jane had lived in Wivenhoe since 1969 and achieved much during her life here
About Jean Harding who died in 2008 aged 85
Jean was co-founder of the Wivenhoe Bookshop
About John Forsdick
Born 15th June 1929 - and died 20th January 2016
About John Stewart who died February 2018
John Stewart collected a huge number of photographs and other Wivenhoe memorabilia known as the Wivenhoe Memories Collection

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People

Births, Marriages and Deaths in Wivenhoe
Essex People 1750-1900
Fun and Games in the 19th Century
Graves and their Transcriptions in Wivenhoe's New Cemetery
John Venstree of Wivenhoe 1591
Local Land Army Girls in 1942
Mary Ann Howling - an early resident of the Mary Ann Sanford almshouses
Mary Ann Turner, one of the first residents in the Sanford Almshouses
McEvers Bayard Brown
Member of Husk's Shipyard family visits the Wivenhoe Memories Exhibition - April 2015
Memories of the Village Bakery
Michael William Butt
Mr and Mrs Pawsey of Ballast Quay House
Mr Peter Green of Wivenhoe in his fishmonger's shop in Eld Lane, Colchester
Opening Ceremony of the Wivenhoe Almshouses
PC Sid Cox - Wivenhoe's policeman 1972 - 1997
People who have lived at Jonathan Feedham Court
People who have lived at the Mary Ann Sanford Almshouses
People who have worked for Wivenhoe Town Council
Phoebe Burrows story from about 1850 to the present day
Private Sid Ham Essex Regiment
Rear Admiral John Lee Barber's 90th Birthday Celebration - April 1995
Rear-Admiral John Lee Barber DSO CB (1905 - 1995)
Reflections on life at the Wivenhoe Girls and Infants School
Rennie, Ritchie & Newport Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
Residents of the Wivenhoe Almshouses
Rifleman Harold HARLOW (died 25th April 1917)
Samuel Gardiner Green [1839-1921]
Sarah Ann Eaton - an early resident of the Mary Ann Sanford Almshouses
Semprini lived in Wivenhoe
Shead Family - Early 1900s
Stanley Cook
Story of the Black Buoy Public House under Reg and Jean Blackwell
The Conways - Wivenhoe's Forgotten Family
The Funeral of Eccentric Millionaire Bayard Brown who died in April 1926
The Great Escape in 1870
The John Stewart 'Gone Fishing' Memorial Trophy
The Nick Butler Interviews
The Racing Yacht "Genesta"
The Sanford Family Legacy in the 1800s
The Three Avian Friends
The Watshams
The Will of John Potter - 1759
The Wivenhoe Doctors in the late 1800s
Thomas Cawton (1605-1659)
Thomas Corder Goodwin (6 October 1833 – 22 July 1900)
Thomas Tunmer - and a Forgotten Spa
Tony Forsgate's early memories growing up in Wivenhoe in the 30s and 40s
Victor Williamson
Visitors to Husk and Son's Boatyard
WAGA People
Who Lived in Wivenhoe in the 18th Century and What Did They Do?
Will of John Thomas, Yeoman, 1809 - 1813
Will of Kezia Hines 20 August 1880
Will of Mary Hester Slater Rebow 1777-1834
William Brummell (1777-1853)
Wivenhoe Families
Wivenhoe Football Club
Wivenhoe Footballers - 1907
Wivenhoe Open Gardens started in 1987
Wivenhoe People- Royal Navy
Wivenhoe Quarry, W.G. and Mr Bill Loveless
Wivenhoe Regatta - July 2016
Wivenhoe Sailing Club - 1925
Wivenhoe Town Council Mayors
Wivenhoe Urban District Council Chairmen
Wivenhoe Welslyan Brass Band 1911
Workers Education Association - Wivenhoe Branch
The Sanfords
The Gooch Family
The Havens Family
The Corsellis Family
People Interviewed for the Story of Wivenhoe
People who served in WW1
Other People
The de Veres
The Rebows and the Martins

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