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Sea-Change: Wivenhoe Remembered

This section contains details about the Community Oral History Project led by Prof Paul Thompson to record the memories of 190 people living in Wivenhoe that resulted in a book being published in 2006 called Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered and also a DVD being made.

  • After the Sea-Change Project

    After the Sea-Change Project

    Prof Paul Thompson continues his passion for recording people's memories
  • History of the 2006 Oral History Project & the book Sea-Change: Wivenhoe Remembered

    History of the 2006 Oral History Project & the book Sea-Change: Wivenhoe Remembered

    The Project really began in 2004 with a grant of £43,000; 190 people were then interviewed, leading to a book and a DVD.
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - About Farms and the Village

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - About Farms and the Village

    Contributions by Betty Govan, Alan Gren, Glendower Jackson, Ivy Knappett, John Bowes, Shirley Bowes, Rodney Bowes, Jimmy Dutton, David Craze, Annabel Gooch, and Brian Buckle
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - About Shops

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - About Shops

    Once upon a time Wivenhoe's small shops could satisfy the needs of residents
  • Sea-Change: Wivenhoe Remembered - About the Book and the Project which began in 2004

    Sea-Change: Wivenhoe Remembered - About the Book and the Project which began in 2004

    The Wivenhoe Oral Community History Project culminated in a book and a DVD being published in 2006
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Barges and the Port

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Barges and the Port

    Contributions by Freda Annis, Bill Webb and Peter Hill
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Boats with Stories

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Boats with Stories

    Sailing Boats - Boats with stories
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Ernie Vince and the River

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Ernie Vince and the River

    Ernie Vince's fascinating memories of a life on the water
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Factory Work in Wivenhoe

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Factory Work in Wivenhoe

    North Sea Canners, Alma Street Clothing Factory and others
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Ferries at Wivenhoe

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Ferries at Wivenhoe

    Stories about the early ferries through to the present summer ferry (2006)
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Fishing

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Fishing

    Changes in the lives of local fishermen
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Flooding of the River Colne

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Flooding of the River Colne

    Memories of the 1953 flood
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Rabbiting: Children’s fun and food

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Rabbiting: Children’s fun and food

    Contributions by Brian Green, Phil Faucheux, Alan Green, Charles Tayler, Don Smith and Dennis Sparling
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Sailing and Ecology

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Sailing and Ecology

    Sailing, seals and birds - views of various people
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Sailing on the River Colne

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Sailing on the River Colne

    People's memories of the river
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Shipyards

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Shipyards

    The Wivenhoe shipyards and people's lives working in them
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Social Attitudes

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Social Attitudes

    Contributions by Freda Annis, Hilda Barrell, Janita Lefevre, Ann Quarrie, Ken Plummer
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Social Hierarchy, Work and Poverty

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Social Hierarchy, Work and Poverty

    Contributions by Walter Wix, Ralph Moss, Annie Skilton, Dave Weatherall, Halcyon Palmer, Joyce Blackwood, Bill Ellis, Marjorie Goldstraw, Ivy Knappett, Tony Forsgate and John Barton
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - The Barrier on the River Colne

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - The Barrier on the River Colne

    From 1988 rumours to its construction
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - The Nottage Maritime Institute

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - The Nottage Maritime Institute

    The founding of the 'Nottage' through to present day activities as place to learn traditional boat-building and sailing skills as well as a nautical museum.
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - The Wivenhoe One Design [WOD]

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - The Wivenhoe One Design [WOD]

    About the Wivenhoe One Design
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - The Wivenhoe Sand and Gravel Pit

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - The Wivenhoe Sand and Gravel Pit

    The Sand and Gravel Pit - About 'WG' and the men who worked at the Pit.
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Tradesmen and Shops

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Tradesmen and Shops

    Tradesmen - Memories of different people in trades here
  • Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Unemployment

    Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Unemployment

    Contributions by Minnie Scott, Don Smith, Marjorie Goldstraw, Ivy Knappett and Charles Tayler
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