People who have worked for Wivenhoe Town Council

LtoR: Johnny Turner, Colin Oliver, Cyril Rainbow and Arthur Illsley with Antoinette's dog Jubal taken in 1976 in the Council yard with our lovely old Massey Ferguson tractor.

Colin Oliver with all the bird, owl and bat boxes he made to go into the Old Cemetery in 1994

1978 - A different tractor, the Czech Zeta. The young lad is Colin Oliver's son Martin, who helped with the grass cutting that year.

In 1996 Colin Oliver made a Cross from the timber saved from the Lime Tree which once stood in the Churchyard but which fell down during the gales of 1987. He presented it to St Mary's Church. He is seen here with Rev David Thomas, then Rector of St Mary's Church, Wivenhoe.

LtoR: Christine Pettitt (part-time Receptionist), back - Jim Young and Andy Hearn (groundsmen), front - Nicky Edwards - part-time Receptionist, Toni Stinson - Town Clerk, Ray Smith - Street cleaner

WTC's non-office team in 2001. Left to right: Les Fitch (Caretaker), Jim Young (Snr Groundsman), Ray Smith

WTC outdoor work force in the summer of 2001. LtoR: Brian Skeet, Melvyn Skeet, Len Parker (Street cleaner) and Jim Young

Susannah Bradley, Assistant Town Clerk with Toni Stinson, Town Clerk, on the steps of WTC offices in 1998

Philip Baines who was Wivenhoe's Town Clerk from 1985 until he retired in 1991

Melvyn Skeet's last day working for Wivenhoe Town Council in 2001 after several years of very good service. In the picture, left to right: Melvin's son, Brian Skeet; Melvin Skeet; Toni Stinson; and Jim Young.

Jim Young and Andy Hearn

Colin Oliver and Melvin Skeet with a new mechanical digger purchased by the Council to help with grave-digging. Previously graves were dug by hand.

Colin Oliver and Melvyn Skeet in Wivenhoe's New Cemetery in 1992

James Eborn who took litter-picking responsibility from Ray Smith in 2011

Ray Smith, Wivenhoe's litter-picker for many years who retired in 2011.

Xiaomei-Li and Maureen who both worked for the Council for several years who shared the role of Receptionists in the early 2000s

Susannah Bradley who worked at Wivenhoe Town Council initially as Receptionist and later became Assistant Town Clerk.

Wivenhoe Town Council - Staff and Councillors in 1983 at a celebration to mark Cllr Bill Sparrow's retirement from the Council. From LtoR: John Potts (newly appointed Town Clerk), Peter Lang (outgoing Town Clerk), Antoinette Illsley (Secretary), Colin Oliver (at the rear) and Arthur Illsley (both Groundsmen), Cllr Stan Croucher, Cllr William Sparrow. Cllr Val Last (Town Mayor - seated), Cllr Glyn Davies, Cllr Derek Wilkinson, Cllr Mike Roots (standing at the back), Cllr Maurice Britton, Cllr Austin Baines, and Cllr Margaret Dunne.

Mick Wells - Caretaker of the William Loveless Hall who has been helping to ensure that the Hall is always neat and tidy ready for its next user since he was first appointed to the role in in 2002