PAGE 1 of 3 The following pictures are taken from old postcards and some photographs. They have been scanned from originals. We can provide high quality scanned images if required.
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....and don't miss some early views here.
Or try to identify the Groups here.
1 - 400 High Street looking
west postally unused but probably
c1905. 2 High Street looking west giving a
view of the wonderful St Nicholas Church in the High Street,
later demolished. 10255 postally unused 3 - 584 High Street looking
east Valentines postally unused 4 High Street looking
west JV postmarked Nov 1916, Mrs S Pearce,
Bideford 5 High Street looking
east Poysers Series postmarked Sep 1906, Mrs Maudsley,
Twyford 6 - 450 High Street looking
east 50684 JV undated but probably c1905, sent to
Denmark 7 - 420 High Street looking
east A971/713 postally unused 8 - 1735 High Street looking east with St
Nicholas Church and All Saints Church beyond Friths Series postmarked Sep 1903, Mrs Morgan,
London 9 - 420 High Street looking
west postally unused 10 - 405 High Street view from
Jumbo Kingsway postally unused 11 - 565 With another view of St Nicholas
Church in the High Street 12 - 150 From a photo by Gill posted May 1920, Miss Gladys
Hopwood, Eltham, from 25 Crowhurst Road,
Colchester 13 - 420 With another view of St Nicholas
Church in the High Street. 14 - 325 posted Dec 1903, Mrs Tyrell,
Bournemoth Frith's Series 15 - 220483.JV Valentines Valentines 16 - 345 Postally Unused 17 - 380 1060 10 8091 S Dated Jan 1911, To Miss Cole of
Wisbech, from Lizzie 18 - 1378 A View from Jumbo postally unused - note the
tram 19 - 460 W7148 Postally unused,
c1913 20 - 460 21500 Postally
unused 21 - 585 V310-3 Dated May 1907, To Miss Ash
in Leamington from Becks 22 - 145 Postmarked Sep 1958, to Miss
Gladwell, Guildford, from Win and John 23 - 350 High Street in the 1950's, postally
unused, National Series 24 - 210 High Street in the 1960's, postally
unused, Harvey Barton, showing Woolworths in the High Street
before it burned down. 25 - 169 Posted September 1914 to mr
Stoneman, Colebrooke, Devon 84342 26 - 260 Unused, printed by
F W Pawsey and Son, Ipswich 27 posted July 1942 to Miss Sybil West
of Greenford With another view of St Nicholas
Church in the High Street. 28 D F and Co, York. posted
October 1903 to Miss Jones of Putney 29 - 220482 JV, No 17 Postally unused, Valentines series,
1920's? 30 - 577 220462 JV, No 3 Posted 19 July 1938 from Phyllis to
Miss Hannah Platt of Shoreham by Sea. 31 - 499 8177 21 Postally unused. Looking
east. With another view of St Nicholas
Church in the High Street. 32 - 380 A postcard of superb photographic
clarity, posted in July 1934, it shows the Red Lion Hotel
(Trust House), J Sainsburys, Kendall and Sons with the Red
Umbrella sign, Lawrences outfitters, market stalls and St
Nicholas church spire. Sent to Mr and Mrs (Annie) G Gardner
of Gateshead by an unnamed person of 1 Essex Hall Road,
Colchester. 33 - Postally unused. Tram in view. W
and K No 4 34 - 310 Posted Sep 1904 to Miss Ada Smith
of Ipswich. 35 - 399 Photochrom V2299, posted 4 Oct 1956
to Mrs C R Watts of Bexhill on Sea. 36 - 338 Unused 1950's card. M and L
National Series 37 - 338 Unused 1950's card. M and L
National Series. With another view of St Nicholas
Church in the High Street. 38 - 942 This is a Valentines Series card,
unfranked or stamped but sent to Miss F E Hudson
of Whalley Range, Manchester by Nell. 39 - 470 Unused card, Photocrom Co Ltd
74099 40 - 828 Unused card, Valentines, All Saints
Church on left, tram centre, building on right was
demolished when war memorial was built. 41 - Another 1950's view of the High
Street. Unused card, Photocrom Co Ltd 74099 42 - 21437, unused 43 - 475 The British Mirror Series 24/17
257. Posted to Miss A Boyes of Hawick, Scotland in July
1905. Without a doubt, the most
attractive (if not beautiful) church in Colchester was St
Nicholas Church in the High Street. It was a grand Gothic
revival building, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, but
declared redundant by the church commissioners and
demolished in 1956. We didn't learn from this either.
The powers that be have since gone on to destroy many more
of our heritage buildings since then. May history judge
them! Go here
for details. 44 - 335 Another view of St Nicholas
Church. 45 - 191 Unused, Valentines Series, G6833,
c1930 46 - 191 Unused, Valentines Series, 220483,
c1930 47 - 235 Exclusive Grano Series, , The
Photocrom Co, posted to Mrs Carter of Woodford Green in July
1931 by Phyllis Crane 48 - 194 published by Valentines, 67343,
posted 1913 to Mrs C Osborn of Grays, Essex 49 - sent May 1904 to Miss Kathleen
Gooding of Hamilton Road, Felixstowe 50 - 677 21501, sent to Miss Rofe? of
Kensington on 18th September 1935 51 - 66566 Photochrom, sent September
1930 to Mr J G Hickman of Clapham Road,
London 52 - 651 Postally unused but pencil note
date July 1905 53 - 1130 The Grand Theatre. Postally unused.
W8527 54 - 280 RA Series, posted August 1917
to Miss Mary Allen of Westcliffe on Sea by
Lily 55 - 149 Valentines 57343?, postedSep 1922
to W D Lewis of Crouch End, London
56 - This is a photograph, not a postcard. It is dated from the 1939 to 45 period. We assume that it was taken by an American serviceman, as it came from the US. It is a high quality picture and shows protective barriers and screens aoutside the Town Hall, as well as a sign on the nearest lampost stating, 'Salute the Soldier - LET YOUR SAVINGS - Present Arms'. There is a tremendous amount of detail shown of the Cups Hotel (demolished in the 60's), shop signs, bus stop destinations, seamed stockings, etc.
57 - 129 Photochrom Ltd, 51690,
unused 58 - 695 JWS 1262 unused card 59 - 774 This is not an actual postcard but
what appears to be a master for a postcard, with the No
10114, Poulton's Series marked on it, the Sea Horse pub on
the left. 60 - 169 An interesting view of the imposing
Three Cups Hotel, before it was demolished in the
1960's. 61- kb01 S6740, unused 62 - kb03 52, M & L National Series,
posted Jul 1959 63 - 225 Sent to Mrs Lynch of Balham around
1930 (stamp unclear) 64 - 484 1-40-01-01 3248c by J Salmon Ltd.
Sent Jly 1967 to Mr M Frayer? of Swanley. Note the
Woolworths building on the left, burned down in the
1970's. 65 - 1438 Card by Jackson and Son (Gy) Ltd of
Grimsby and Bradford. Sent September 1921 to Mrs B May of
Bond Street, Cromer, from JB. At that time W Hunt and Sons
were having their summer clearance sale. 66 - 159 High Street looking east. Unused
card by M and L National Series. 67 - 400 The War memorial. Unused card by
Lilywhite Ltd. c1920.
1 - 230 The Castle Valentines postally unused 2 Castle Park looking
south postally unused 3 - 100 Outside the north wall, looking
west 4 - 250 Dated Sep 1918, To Miss Florrie
Cole of Gateshead from Hill? 5 - 250 41149, Valentines Dated 1911?, To Miss Impey? from
R J 6 - 375 The Bandstand, postally
unused 7 - 193 posted 1909? to Miss E Press
of Poringland 8 - 950 postally unused, Valentines Series
no 26099, circa 1924 9 - A series of cards published by the
Corporation of Colchester before the roof was put on. What
date? postally unused, 4 Interior looking
north 10 - A series of cards published by the
Corporation of Colchester before the roof was put on. What
date? postally unused, 9 East
Side 11 - A series of cards published by the
Corporation of Colchester before the roof was put on. What
date? postally unused, 7 Interior looking
north east 12 - A series of cards published by the
Corporation of Colchester before the roof was put on. What
date? postally unused, 10 north west
tower showing the original entrance 13 - A series of cards published by the
Corporation of Colchester before the roof was put on. What
date? postally unused, 8 south east tower
and chapel apse 14 - A series of cards published by the
Corporation of Colchester before the roof was put on. What
date? postally unused, 6 the great
staircase 15 - A series of cards published by the
Corporation of Colchester before the roof was put on. What
date? postally unused, 3 Main
Entrance 16 - A series of cards published by the
Corporation of Colchester before the roof was put on. What
date? postally unused, 5 door of the
county jail 17 - 185 S and S C, postally
unused 18 - 760 Published by J Howe, General
Stores, 34 North Hill, Colchester, 5902...294, postally
unused 19 - 1550 A superb quality photograph showing
a view from All Saints church of the war memorial surrounded
by hundreds of people, with the castle in the background.
The card is unused and possibly records the dedication
ceremony on completion of the memorial in the
1920's. 20 - 400 The Cricket Pavilion in view from
across the lower Castle Park. Unused card M &
R C 21 - 405 Roman Excavations and Bandstand.
The Photocrom Co Ltd, ref 51689, postally
unused. 22 - 191 Castle Gardens Unused, Valentines Series, 220469,
c1930 23 - 191 Castle Park Unused, Valentines Series, 220470,
c1930 24 - 191 Colchester Castle Unused, Valentines Series, 220472,
c1930 25 - 191 War Memorial and
Castle Unused, Valentines Series, 220475,
c1930 26 - 360 sent July 5th 1907 to Mrs Cordley
c/o Mrs Fenner of Maldon Road, Colchester, by
CWC
1 - 250 Officers Mess, Hyderabad
Barracks 76386 J V postmarked 1916? (George V) Miss
Lawrence, Kettering, E Haylock, North
Walsham 2 - 275 Presenting War
Medals H G R C from photo
by Gill postally unused but pencil note
to Charles Cock of Badcock Farm,
Abberton from Herbert 3 - 894 Royal Field
Artillery 201 H G R C from
photo by Gill dated March 1911, Leytonstone,
faint pencil 4 - Goojerat Barracks, No 107, postally
unused 5 - SOLD Cavalry Barracks, postally unused,
Signal series 6 - 415 Garrison Church, Military Road,
posted May 1908 to A Young of Middx. from
Allan 7 - 1075 The Abbey Field, postally
unused 8 - 282 Sobraon Barracks, posted November
1907, to Mrs Robinson in Gt Yarmouth 9 - SOLD Abbey Fields Posted August 1906 to
H J Edwards of Palmers Green from Hugh Rooney, the
IXL Series 10 - 569 Posted November 1909 to Mr
A H Childs of Paddington from his brother George,
published by E J Mercer of
Colchester 11 - 856 52nd Gordons, Colchester, March
1919 postally unused 12 - 359 Postally unused, Goojerat Barracks,
7172 The Wyndham Series Bob
Westfield is looking
for other pictures of this barracks, especially nearer to to
1955 to 1957 when he served there (040106). 13 - 600 Royal Field Artillery, by Gill,
posted 2 Sep 1914? to Mrs S Gladwell of
Woodbridge. 14 - 780 Essex I Y Camp,
Colchester 1903 15 - 480 Hyderabad Barracks, Valentines
Series, No 75385?, postmarked, 1918, to Miss D Lea
Sellaur?, Newhaven Surrey, from F. In black and white and
available but not shown. 15c - 169 Valentine Series 75385 JV. Postally
unused. In colour as shown. 16 - "B" Co., 10th Royal Fusiliers, Reed
Hall Camp, Colchester Cullingfords and Co Colchester,
postally unused. 10th Stockbrokers
Battalion. 17 - 454 Meeanee Barracks, posted 10th July
1919 to Mrs H Thomas of Rainham, Kent, from Frank. Published
by Chas. Clark, Stationer and Tobacconist, Headgate,
Colchester. 18 - 379 Posted 11th Dec 19?. George V
stamp. To Mrs Gilbert of Northampton from Alf (first left).
This is our mob just come home
from footballing on Sunday and got our tea with us on Photo
Bread and cheese and onions for Sunday's tea that's a luxury
for us We don't half live. Tell Percy if he......
Alf 19 - 328 Gill and Son, Colchester. Postally
unused. 20 - 901 Officers Mess, Artillery Barracks.
Valentines Series 31194. Postally unused. 21 - 835 Artillery Barracks. The Wyndham
Series. Posted 4 Jan 1923? to Mrs Capon of
Abergavenny. 22 - 1035 (22a -
437) Distributing the South African War
Medals, Colchester Camp, Photo Deacon, Colchester. Postally
unused. We have a second copy of this card that gives the
date as 12th June 1903. 23 - 225 Cavalry Barracks. Postally unused.
Moore and Roberts, Colchester. 24 - 425 The Abbey Field. Postally unused. M
and R Series 25 - 630 Posted 24 Sep 1914, George V stamp,
with a note of Fusiliers. Sent to somebody in Scotland by
John. Cannot read. 26 - 630 Posted 25 Sep 1914, George V stamp,
to Percy Ford of 53 Trentham Street, Southfields, London,
from Will. 27 - 280 Artillery Barrack entrance.
Postally used Sep 1946, sent to Mrs Sleath? in Little
Clacton by her niece. 28 - 584 Meeanee Barrack Entrance, off
Mersea Road. Postally unused. 29 - 529 The Abbey Fields, Army Cadets,
c1910, postally unused. Valentine Series ref
41143. 30 - 614 Meeanee Barracks, posted 7th Feb
1911 to Miss F R Scott, Chelsea 32 - 419 The Military Hospital - Valentines
Series 80205, postally unused. 33 - 1774 205 HGRC, 16th Lancers, Colchester.
Sent October 6th, 1905 to Miss E Blake of Botesdale by Jim.
Card by Gill. 34 - 801 The 4th Hussars, Cavalry Barracks,
posted to Miss E M Tullett? of Fareham, Hants in
1905 35 - 135 Goojerat Barracks
c1915 unused, published by
E J Mercer, Military Road 36 - 899 unused, Corporal Jones, Mobile
Vets, Colchester, dated 5th May 1917 37 - Sobraon Barracks unused, Valentines
76584 38 - 280 Artillery Barracks unused, Raphael Tuck No
2050 39 - 801 unused, real photographic postcard
of a group of Officers & NCO's serving with the Army
Ordnance Department together with civilian staff at the
Colchester Ordnance Depot. 40 - x The Military
Hospital donated image 41 - 469 A large group of NCO's of the Royal
Engineers, taken at Colchester, with many arm and sleeve
badges on display including a Sergeant Farrier. Unposted.
(Photographer's stamp, J E STUTTER of 11 Errington
Road, Colchester) 42 - 325 A fun card of the Old Duff Section
(Northants Regiment?), with a tin of Fray Bentos meat on top
of a football. Posted March 10th 1910 to Miss Laura Sharpe
of 21 Field Street Avenue, Kettering, by George. E Denison
Binns, 44 Mersea Road, Colchester stamp. 43 - 292 unused 44 - 242 sent August 1913 to Miss Clarke of
Stanstead 45 - 342 Sobraon Barracks. Sent to Mrs J
Brown of Riding Mill, Northumberland, George V postmark, by
her son. He failed examination for infantry but passed into
Army Veterinary Corps, getting 3d a day in England and 4d a
day abroad. 46 - 309 The Garrison Church.
unused 47 - 1700 Aerial View of Colchester Showing
Camp Church and Weslyan Chapel. (1275) Photochrom and Co
Ltd. Postally unused. 48 - 601 Postally unused but notes on the
back say 'May 1916. Colchester Camp. D Company with Derby
Recruits. ' Also a separate note saying Territorials,
Manchesters. A high quality photograph with clear
details. 49 - Soldiers of the Essex Yeomanry.
Postmarked Colchester 1912? Sent by E E Minns at 2 Campion
Road, Colchester to W Butcher of Longlands Park Road,
Sidcup. 1194 L/Cpl E E Minns, Essex Yeomanry. The writer
mentions that the Old Theatre Royal being completely burnt
out the previous week. 50 - 420 Sobraon Barracks, unused,
R A Series 51 - 514 Meeanee Barracks, Moore and
Roberts, sent to Mrs Diggins of Oxford Road, Clacton-on-Sea
on Nov 2nd 1906. 52 - 319 M and RC unused card, Garrison
Gymnasium 53 - 525 C and D Companies 8th Battalion,
Royal Sussex Regiment, Colchester No 30. Real photograph
card unposted. Card produced by Foster and Harwood of
Brighton. 54 - kb20 unused but a pencil date of 1947.
Ricky Photo Service, Clacton-on-Sea,
W F Rickman 55 - kb21 unused 56 - 3407 206 HGRC by Gill - 16th Lancers,
posted Oct 1905 to Mr E Buckett of Hightown, Manchester by
Walt. 57 - 1013 Soldiers Home, with pencil note
stating 'opened Queen Street in 1879 replacing one 2 Osborne
Street, demolished 1940 for New Police Station. Published by
the Southgate Studio, Short Wyre Street, k43301. Posted to
Mrs Lunnis? of Ypres Road, Colchester in
1927. 58 - 1337 Interior of the Military Hospital.
Sent Nov 1907 to Miss Milley Williams of Torpoint by
Nellie? 59 - 939 The Time Gun on Abbey Field. With
written message in French. Sent Sep 1905 to Mlle Poussin c/o
Notariat de Corneilles, France. Published by HGRC, photo by
Gill 60 - 901 Real photographic postcard of a
group of NCO's and men serving with a rifle regiment. They
are regulars and wear full dress. The facings, we think, are
KRRC [Kings Royal Rifle Corps ] - though may be
Rifle Brigade. They are seated with a trophy, and we imagine
are in barracks at Colchester. Photo by E. Dennison Binns,
44 Mersea Rd, Colchester. Postcard in very good overall
condition for age, though light staining to edges. Unused.
Does anybody recognise the trophy - or the
men? 61 - 1150 Peace with Victory. 1918? Unused
card by Oscar Way, Royal Studio, Colchester.
Please note that there are other, earlier pictures of the garrison on the 'early' page.
1 - 370 Colchester Town Hall Dainty Series postmarked Sep 1905, Lizzie to Miss
M Whymark, Ipswich 2 Colchester Town Hall postally unused 3 Valentines postally unused 4 Inside the Moot Hall postmarked Aug 1906, Miss M
Forward, Cardiff 5 - 610 The Oyster Feast, Moore and
Roberts postally unused, date
unknown 6 - Posted December 1905, to Miss
Cottle? in Rivenhall End, from Eliza 7 - 165 Posted June 1903 to Mrs C Stedman
of Clacton on Sea 8 - 592 Starting the Trams, Colchester,
July 28th 1904 Photo by Gill, postally
unused 'The Colchester Tramway
opened in the year 1904, with a fleet of 16 trams, to
provide modern transport through a town which dated back to
Roman times. The trams, supplied by Dick
Kerr & Company, had bodies made by the British Electric
Wagon & Carriage Co. Ltd at Preston, mounted on Brill
21E trucks. These had two 35hp motors. In 1906 two further
trams were added to the fleet, identical to the others
except that they had direct instead of reverse staircases.
For the inaugural run on
28th. July 1904 the Lady Mayoress, Mrs E.H. Barritt drove
tram no.13 to Lexden. The fleet was decommissioned in 1928,
and the trams sold to Mr Moss, a builder, for use as site
huts. In Colchester, the trams
operated out of a depot in Magdalen Street in the centre of
town, where they were also cleaned and maintained.
Trams were quiet, economical
on fuel, and pollution free. The only disadvantage was the
overhead wires and the rails - the latter could produce a
problem like that so vividly depicted in the film Genevieve,
when the veteran car's wheels stuck in the tram rails and it
was guided the wrong way like a railway wagon! The trams
were a significant feature of the town scene, both before
and after the First World War, until they were replaced with
motor buses.' Quote from eBay 9 - 338 unused 1950's card. M and L
National Series 10 - 280 9830, posted 1908 to Miss L E
Cadman of The Glebe House, Lexden 11 - sent August 1904 to Mrs Win?
Causer? of Southend by her daughter Flora. 12 - 1679 Colchester Oyster Feast 1905 with
Frank Cant advertisement. Sent Aug 1905 to Mrs E Paul of
Mortimer, Reading.
More pictures will be added in due course, together with comments. Can any of you identify any particular vehicle, tram, individual, etc?
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