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Earls Colne, Essex
Earls Colne maps
Historic maps of Earls Colne and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Earls Colne maps
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Earls Colne books
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Harlow Town and City Memories
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Saffron Walden Town and City Memories
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Clacton-on-Sea Town and City Memories
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Memories of Earls Colne
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I attended the grammar school 1936-9. Whilst waiting for buses home I used to talk to the local blacksmith. I said to him ,"My granddad uised to be a smith"
When I told him my surname was `King` he asked "Was he Tom King ?" I did not know as my relative had died when I was two but asked "Why?"... [more]
Shared on 05 February 2008
Essex memories
During the 1960s I was a representative for a world known vermouth manufacturer and remember calling regularly on this large pub on the main road to Colchester and the Essex coast. The licensee John, and his wife, Marion, became good friends and I spent many happy hours just talking and joking away the hours. The coaches rolled in and were accommodated... [more]
Shared on 23 April 2009
My dad and mum owned the Threeways Cafe in Bures for a while in the late 1950s, they where Eddie and Margaret Morris. If anyone remembers them I would like to see their memories.
Mary
Shared on 03 August 2009
I have little information, other than my paternal Grandmother was the eldest of 16 children born in Bradwell approximately at this time, or much earlier, possibly 1875 onwards. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Cook. A cousin of mine says we should have a lot of relatives in Bradwell! Unfortunately we have no record of them. My... [more]
Shared on 09 August 2009
I lived most of my life in Sible Hedingham, as a family we moved there from London in 1962. I was just 2 years old at the time. My father Robert Farren, "Bob" as he was best known and my mother Ivy, took over the licence of The White Lion, Church Street. Growing up I never imagined that I would ever... [more]
Shared on 09 September 2007
The Ransons move to Castle Hedingham
We arrived in Castle Hedingham around the turn of the year 1964/5, Mum, Dad, my three little brothers and myself. Our newly built house was just out of shot to the left of this photo of Pye Corner. Mum & Dad's friend Tony owned the white Alvis car parked on the green. We were very excited be in our big house.... [more]
Shared on 01 January 2009
I lived in Cressing Road, went to Chapel Hill Primary School and then to Braintree County High School. I left there in 1952 when my father was transferred by Crittall Metal Windows, to Dunedin, New Zealand. I remember the 750th Anniversary celebrations in 1949 and had always said I would like to return for the 800th Anniversary, but I couldn't make... [more]
Shared on 07 July 2009
I own a picture of the students of BCHS taken in 1947. Such a view has many many names and connections. There is the headmaster Dr. Cordingly [he of the famous stick]. Here is the vicar Hartley Brook's daughter. My old girl friend Shirley, and members of my class including Billy Cranfield, Ron Whittaker, David Woodward, Valerie O'Neill and a crowd... [more]
Shared on 15 September 2006
Extracts From Earls Colne & Essex books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Earls Colne, inspired by Frith photos.
The village takes its name from the river that flows through the valley and from the earls of the de Vere family. This photograph is typical of the type of rural scene to be found in Essex. The church of St Andrew dominates the gently rising land. Although much of the building was rebuilt in Victorian times, the tower dates from... [more]
This is an extract from Essex Living Memories.
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Essex - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
Earls Colne is a large industrial village on the A604: silk-winding, brick-making, seed-growing, and iron-founding have all taken place here. The Lion is a 16th-century building that may have once been a market house - facing, as it does, onto the market place. Note the proliferation of television aerials in this scene.
This is an extract from Essex - A Second Selection Photographic Memories.
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Braintree Town and City Memories
Prior to 1935, all that would have been seen from in front of the church would have been the top of the church spire. In the foreground would have been a collection of dilapidated shops, and a large wooden maltings out of shot to the right. In 1935 the buildings, including the maltings, were demolished as part of a road improvement scheme.
This is an extract from Braintree Town and City Memories.
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