Tollesbury, Composite c.1960
Photo ref: T117056ST
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This image is a coloured postcard: These coloured postcards were produced by the Frith company in the 1950s and 60s, in the earliest days of coloured postcard production, and were printed using a process called collo-colour. Although the results look quite basic to modern eyes, used to the wonders of the modern printing process, these postcards have a certain period charm as delightfully nostalgic ephemera items from the not-so-distant past.

A Selection of Memories from Tollesbury

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Tollesbury

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My mother and father moved into The Kings Head when I was four, just after my nan and grandad bought it. It's a lovely pub and they still own it to this day. It's one hundred percent haunted as there are too many stories for it not to be. I don't exactly know how old The Kings Head is but I've been told that King Henry the eighth used to stay there. Also, if you go up onto the third floor you can see ...see more
I didn't live in Tollesbury but my in-laws' ancestors were the Rose family, James and Charlotte, born 1807 and 1809. He was an agricultural labourer and his children were Ann, Mehetebel, George, Susan, Thomas, maybe Isaac who married Kezia Woods. If anyone knows of any descendants or anything about the family I would be very interested. Vicki Manning