WAGA People

There have been many characters at the Allotments. Here are some pictures of just a few of them. These are some of the people who have helped to make WAGA (Wivenhoe Allotment and Gardens Association) the thriving organisation it is today.

To read about the origins of the Wivenhoe Allotment & Gardens Association, read Phil Faucheux’s account. Click here

The people who had cultivated an allotment the longest in 2005. Standing left to right: John Binks, Derek Evans, Fred Purdey, Charles Sansom, Sid Cox, Sid Hadler Seated left to right: Brian Blake, Les Dykes, June Dykes, George Bulmer, Tony Krysinski, Phil Faucheux

Photo by Toni Stinson

Aerial view of the Allotments in about 2004

Picture taken by Johnathon Grose

Phil Faucheux in 2004. A long time Committee member.

Photo: Peter Hill

Pat Green and her grandchildren with George Atkinson, Chairman of WAGA, at the presentation of a bench in memory of Maurice Green.

Photo by Peter Hill

Di Duffield, Secretary of WAGA, at the Tendring Show in 2003

Photo by Peter Hill

Peter Duffield, WAGA Trading Hut Manager for many years.

Photo by Peter Hill

Roy Hemstedt and his wife on his retirement as Treasurer of WAGA for a very long time (nearly 30 years?)

Photo by Peter Hill

Phil Faucheux, Roy Hemstedt, and Ralph Moss in one of the huts

Photo by Peter Hill

Cllr Bob Richardson, former Wivenhoe Town Mayor and a former Chairman of WAGA with Cllr Jan Richardson, Town Mayor of Wivenhoe in 1997 / 98

Photo by Peter Hill

Don Hirst, a keen and long time allotment holder.19th Feb 1927 - 7th Jan 2015

Photo by Peter Hill

Jane Cole and Chris Hirst at the official unveiling of the bench in memoriam to Don Hirst, a long time allotment holder with members of the WAGA Committee: Sandy James, Margaret Medler, Angela Daisley, Jez Gladwin, Peter Watkinson, Alan Thomas, Trazar Astley Reid and Peter Hill.

Picture taken October 2015

Rose Bailey

Picture by Peter Hill (taken 2014)

Jan Sheldon who was the Show Registrar for the Wivenhoe Show for 5 years retiring from this position after the 2018 Show.

Photo by Peter Hill (taken in 2016)

Charles Samson (better known as Sam)

Photograph by his daughter Toni Stinson

L to R: Charles 'Sam' Sansom with Don Taylor and George Bulmer

Celia O'Donnell, responsible for allotment administration for many years.

Picture Peter Hill (2005)

Ron Williams. Born in 1943 and who died 31st August 2019 who became an allotment holder around 2014 and who led on many projects around the Allotments.

Charley Williams