Dovercourt, Essex
Dovercourt photos
Displaying 1 of 20 old photos of Dovercourt. View all Dovercourt photos
Dovercourt maps
Historic maps of Dovercourt and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Dovercourt maps
Dovercourt books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Dovercourt and the local area. View all Dovercourt books
2 Dovercourt photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Dovercourt
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I was born in Dovercourt in 1946, and lived there until 1957. My father, too, worked on Parkeston Quay, but moved to New England depot in Peterborough in 1956 - mother and I followed once I had taken my 11-Plus exam. My mother was from Waddesdon Road, opposite the old school which had by then become the library. My father met... [more]
Shared on 20 May 2009
My father was inducted as the new vicar on 31st December 1949 at All Saints Church. I was just nine at the time but I retain some dim memories of a packed church! My dad stayed at Dovercourt until his retirement in 1976. I have many memories of Dovercourt for that period. I loved the West beach where I often used... [more]
Shared on 16 March 2009
I was brought up in a Convent in Orwell Road between the years 1947 and 1954. The Convent was vacated in the summer of 1954 and moved to Hastings a year after the sea wall broke which demolished the old school in Harwich.
When I visited the convent again in 1980 it was still there, only standing derelict. I wondered... [more]
Shared on 22 September 2008
I have been trying to remember the exact dates when we lived in Dovercourt but I think it was something like 1953-57, while my father worked for the railway at Parkeston Quay. We first rented a place in Shaftesbury Avenue and then bought a house in Main Road. I was interested to see Martin Johnson's post because I was... [more]
Shared on 02 May 2009
Essex memories
Little Oakley (The Dolly Houses)
Just before I left school in July 1948 I with my mother, cousin Isabel, and aunt Hannah travelled down from Gateshead to visit my aunt Susie and uncle Don who lived in the dolly houses in Little Oakley. I recall there were a number of prefab houses nearby. I haven't been back since however several years ago I wrote about this... [more]
Shared on 30 July 2009
Born in Harwich in 1940, I have many fond memories of Church Street both as a schoolchild and as a teenager. The car parked on the left of the picture is an Alvis estate car which had the exceptionally nice wooden side panelling. It is parked outside David Wills, the baker, and did in fact belong to Mr Thomas Wills, who... [more]
Shared on 01 October 2007
My father's family moved to Harwich in the early 1900's to cottages below Upper Dovercourt Church and lived there for many years. I was born in 1950 when my parents lived in Ramsey then we moved to Valley Road. I still have family in the Harwich/Dovercourt area. I come down to the area for holidays and stay at one of the... [more]
Shared on 15 August 2006
I was brought up in Una Rd in the 1960's and 70's. My mother still lives in the same house after more than 50 years. One thing that always strikes me now when I visit are the number of cars. I can still name the people who owned a car and the type of car it was in Una Rd when... [more]
Shared on 19 February 2007
Extracts From Dovercourt & Essex books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Dovercourt, inspired by Frith photos.
Dovercourt is the seaside neighbour of Harwich, and for many years now has been its shopping centre; Dovercourt was mentioned in Domesday, but Harwich not until the 12th century.The development of the town owes much to John Bagshaw, MP, who died bankrupt in 1800. This bustling view, with Woolworth's on the left, looks towards Kingsway.
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John Bagshaw, an East India merchant and, from 1847, MP for Harwich, saw the potential of Dovercourt as a resort. His plans initially centred on a spa house, which opened in 1854 but did not last. There are least three signs for Hovis in this picture. Opposite the Co-op (which displays two of them) is George Smith's shop, 'growers of flowers... [more]
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Essex - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
The pinnacle belongs to the Dovercourt & Harwich Co-operative Society. Built in 1902, it housed their store, as well as a billiards room, a reading room, and a concert hall. Nearer to the camera is the gas showroom (with its 'Mr Therm' logo on the fascia), and level with the four-legged litter-bin is Doris Fryatt's sweet-shop.
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