Wickham Bishops, Blue Mill c.1960
Photo ref:
W196015
Photo ref:
W196015
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This delightful mill is to be found on the River Blackwater. Few can pass over the hump-backed bridge without pausing to get a better view. In rural areas, mills like this were vital for farmers who needed their wheat ground; both water and windmills were used in Essex.
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A Selection of Memories from Wickham Bishops
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 Wickham Bishops
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In 1950 I was born on a cold winter's night to my mother Rosemary Jesse, at 'The Black Houses', Kelvedon Road, Wickham Bishops, built by architect, designer and socio-economic theorist Arthur Heygate Macmurdo. I had an older brother Neil and a sister, Christine. My mother had lived her childhood at Goldhanger, another delightfully unique part of Essex, bringing forth many joyful memories of ...see more
My parents moved to Wickham Bishops in 1948 to help friends run the village Post Office Stores which sold everything - stamps, paraffin (you brought your own can and it was filled from a barrel at the back), vinegar (as for the parafin, it came from a barrel out back), cheese portions cut from huge cheeses wrapped in linen, and loose flour and pulses which even as a five year old I was allowed to put ...see more
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