1 The Albert roundabout looking south with the old Albert pub in the middle ground 9158 RAP Co Ltd postally unused
	2 - 1153 M & RC, postally unused, looking south.

NORTH VIEW

	1 From the Castle Park looking north. Middle Mill has since disappeared and the view today would not be possible due to the trees that now exist to make the Castle Park the jewel in our crown. postally unused
	2 - 225 The Headgate Series, Castle Park, Colchester, 50716 posted Jan 1905, Miss Leggett, St Pauls Rd, Colchester from Kit
	3 - 552 Dated July 1908, To Miss Fannie Neal of Langley Mill, from Aunty
	4 - Dated 1905, To Miss Spencer, Manningtree

SCHEREGATE

	1 - 375 Posted July 1910 to Mrs Diggins of Shotley, Valentines
	2 - Posted July 1925 to Mrs Knaster of Harrow on the Hill, published by Poyser
	3 - 1676 Scheregate House, now a hotel. Unused.

SIEGE HOUSE

	1 - 420 A971/713 postally unused
	2 - Postally unused, R A Series.
	3 - Postally unused. W and K No 9
	4 - 192 Unused, Valentines Series, 220486, c1930
	5 - 174 S.8057 Kingsway Real Photo Series, posted 13th October 1933 to Miss Ward, 26 Bond Street, Norwich.

ST BOTOLPHS

	1 St Botolphs Priory Chas Clark message on back from Stanley to his father and dated 1916
	2 - 717 St Botolphs Street looking north M and R Series postally unused
	3 - 633 Short Wyre Street looking east towards St Botolph's Street s6743, George v stamp, 1924?, Miss E J (Lizzie) Brazier, Cambridge
	4 - 552 Postally Unused
	5 - sold 8184, Postally Unused but believed to be approx. 1912
	6 - 549 Posted June 1914 to Mr and Mrs Micklethwaite of Rochdale, from 32 Gladstone Road, No 2152
	7 - 290 Posted 1912? (George V) stamp, to Miss E Smith of Whitchurch
	8 - 250 The Third Bastion in Priory Street Postally unused A nostalgic view of the bastion built onto the Roman wall, now sadly decaying.
	8 - 856 Postally unused but pencil comment 'Vaudeville' picture palace on right and address, Walter F Dowsett, 4 Brookside, Pathfinder Village, Exeter. The picture is incorrectly annotated as it shows the Norman perimeter wall of St John's Abbey, not Roman! Progress has swept away both abbey and cinema.
	9 - 1100 Plough Corner looking east along Magdalen Street, with the Colchester Meat Co shop. M and R C. Postally used but date illegible. Two halfpenny stamps of George V. Sent to Mrs Crowe? of Lowestoft from Ken. 1876 Map. The camera was sited outside the Woolpack Hotel. The whole area was swallowed up in the 1960's by the location of St Botolph's roundabout. What was then the Fountain Inn and is now Molly Malones, is shown in the picture.
	10 - 260 Postally used dated 5th Oct 1945 to Mrs G Hill of Waddingham, Gainsbro, LIncs, from GH
	11 - 385 S6749, unused
	12 - 191 Unused, Valentines Series, 220464, c1930
	13 - 6744 St Botolph's Station, M and R Series, postage stamp removed so date unknown. Sent to Miss S Cobbold of Cliff Hotel, Felixstowe by Olive.
	14 - 515 Posted 10th August 1910 to Miss Maud Simpson of 52 Cambridge Road, Clacton on Sea, from Mabel at 32 St Botolphs Street. 10 80914
	15 - 780 Published by Moore and Roberts, sent 1905 to Mr Sennitt of Streatham by Bump?
	16 - 592 380 M Series, unused. Wm Cheshires China, Blomfield and Co. with kettle overhead, on right. The Woolpack on the left.
	17 - 1938 J Valentine card ref 44840. Postally unused. With Tram 6 headed for the Hythe, outside Blomfields shop on the right. On the left is the Wool Pack Hotel. Some interesting characters and activities. View looks north from Plough Corner.
	18 - kb08 posted May 1906
	19 - kb09 unused, modern reproduction, Bygone Picture Palaces Series, shows the Vaudeville Theatre that one stood on Mersea Road.
	20 - 245 unused, by S & SC. Stead and Simpson on the right, haircutting and shaving at No 43 on the left. W M Roddy, J Bird, further along on left. The public bar, on the left, at No 39, would have been the Greyhound.

ST GILES

	1 - 250 St Giles Church at St Johns. Postally unused, 1/111, S & S.C.

ST JAMES THE GREAT

	1 - 450 East Hill and St James Church, W7153, The Wyndham Series, unused
	2- 300 St James' Church on East Hill. Unused card, published by Poyser and Co, Colchester. Photo by W Gill.
	3 - St James Church interior, HCRC Photo by Gill, posted 1904 to Miss Stow or Boxford.

ST JOHNS

	1 St Johns Abbey gateway 220466 Valentines postmarked Oct 1949, Mrs G Barnes, Liverpool
	2 - 325 Posted 30 Dec 1902 to Miss Isa Glass of Durham. Note the missing sections of the gate, later rebuilt in the Victorian period. This picture dates from around 1890 we think.
	3 - 191 Unused, Valentines Series, 220466, c1930
	4 - 199 Sent 24 Sep 1905 to Miss Barber of The Old House Wimbledon from 25 Wellesley Road, Colchester, sender unknown.
	5 - 129 St John's Street looking west, c1950, Frith CCR7, unused card.
	6 - 189 Another interesting view of the Abbey gate, with the 3rd pinnacle missing! Unused card by M and L National Series.

ST LEONARDS

	1 - 290 Postally unused

ST MARTINS

	1 - 660 Posted 1903 to Miss Diaper of Winchmore Hill, Middx., from Daisy
	2 - 200 The porch unused, the Cambria series, W A Call, Monmouth

ST MARY AT THE WALLS

	1 - 420 A971/713 postally unused
	2 - 520 Balkerne Lane with St Mary at the Walls Church, before the houses were demolished in the 1960's
	3 - 695 Postmarked April 1908, to Miss D Bond, Coltishall, from Ida, The Rapid Photo Printing C.Ltd., London No.PS.279-3
	4 - 260 Postally unused
	5 - 320 postally unused, Memorial Chapel, St Mary's Church
	6 - 205 Posted 26th July 1904 to Miss E Winter? of Walsall
	7 - 399 real photo 1138, posted 7th October 1908 to Miss J W Reeve of Bury St Edmunds, from Daisy.
	8 - 380 Kingsway S 8059, unused

ST MARY MAGDALEN

1 - 249 HGRC by Gill, postally unused This church demolished in the 1980's and the graves destroyed to enable housing! COMMENT - email 231205 I was born in Magdalen Street Colchester in 1930 and all of the sites of the photos are familiar to me. The postcard of St Mary Magdalen Church is interesting because it shows the spire, which disappeared before I was born and was never rebuilt. This was my parish church, and I always was given to understand that the spire was demolished in the great earthquake of 1884 referred to in the Lion Walk Church postcard on your site. Here is proof of the story! [not so as the postcard is probably of the 1920's - jj] The church had fallen into disuse and was later vandalised long before the demolition to make way for flats. Best Regards, Michael Ryder.

2 - 275 card by HGRC, photo by Gill, sent to Mrs G Wicks of Hibernia Road, Hounslow, George V postmark, presumably by her son who refers to getting married here.

ST RUNWALD

	1 - St Runwald Church and Middle Row. Postally unused, No 310 by HGRC

STOCKWELL

	1 - 1311 West Stockwell Street looking north S & S C postally unused
	2 West Stockwell Street looking north Judges 14929 postally unused
	3 - 706 Postally unused
	4 - 599 The Stockwell Arms - Judges 29316
	5 - kb06 Poyser's Series, posted Aug 1907
	6 - kb07 1156, unused
	7 - 425 29116 by Judges. unused

WIMPOLE ROAD

	1 - 700 unused, H G R C by Gill
	2 - 2900 Colchester Tram Terminus at New Town. Unused card by Rapid Photo Printing Co. Ref V310-7. The picture shows the Recreation Hotel, owned by Nichol and Co, landlord T Ivory. With several children and a tram approaching. Approx. date 1910.

GENERAL

	1 - sold Dated July 1911, To Mr H Tyler of Yoxford from E B 'Our Coronation car with nearly 500 lamps'.
	2 - 434 The Royal Grammar School in Lexden Road, posted May 1905, HGRC by Gill
	3 - 651 Colchester Carnival preparations, postally unused but pencil date June 28, 1934
	4 - Colchester Technical College, posted August 1920 to Mrs Holliday of Bradford from Elsie.
	5 - Bourne Pond, Colchester, Posted to Demark in 1907, Valentines Series no.57085
	6 - 429 Postmarked August 1912, sent to W W Judd, Esq, 49 Wimpole Road Colchester High School for Boys, all boys under the personal care of Principals. French and German taught orally with pictures by F E Grone, etc.....
	7 - 529 Group of school class, believed to be a Colchester school. There is another similar picture. Can anybody recognise it. Postally unused. In November 2006 we were delighted to receive a reply as follows: Greetings, The lad 5th from the right in the back row, wearing dark suit and cap? – my brother and I believe to be our father. His name is Augustus(Gus) Pitts, born 31st July 1903 in North Hill Colchester. We believe the family lived in Northgate Street initially and subsequently moved to Bourne Road. I have tried from the list of Colchester Primary Schools on the web to pin point which school it might be, but living in Australia makes a decision extremely difficult! I estimate the photo would have been taken 1910-11 as the family set sail for Australia March 1912. Ruth Skinner Melbourne, Australia Thanks Ruth.
	8 - 274 Bourne Pond, postally unused. 84444
	9 - 850 Red Lion Yard, postally unused, Home Counties Public House Trust
	10 - An north looking aerial view from an aircraft. Postally unused. 1277 by Photocrom Ltd
	11 - 1135 Swimming Baths, posted 26 Jun 1936 to Mrs Roach and Tom of Westerby, from June.
	12 - 1135 Berechurch Hall. Posted 22 Dec 1904 to Mrs Crosbie of Warwick
	11 - 259 Royal Grammar School, Vitae Corona Fides, posted 10 July 1908 to Mrs Plummer of Stowmarket. Photographic Tourist Association.
	14 - 883 Interior of Christ Church. Postally unused. S and S C. 1/106.
	15 - 525 Bourne Mill. Posted April 1905. Moore and Roberts, Colchester. To Mrs E J Parsons of Wombwell
	16 - sold Barrack Street School, Class 1. Postally unused but note of Joan age 6 and a half.
	17 - 216 This unused postcard is entitled 'St Alban's Guest House, Colchester'.
	18 - 965 Long Wyre Street around 1910, looking north. Unused card , M Series No 386
	19 - 1128 Pie Shop the collecting dog for the Royal Ancient Order of Buffaloes Orphanage, 589 Grosvenor Hotel, Colchester. 1912 STB.
	20 - 629 The Eccentric Sisters Annas of Colchester. Postally unused.
	21 - 569 Winsley Square, Old Heath, postally unused, E J Mercer, 81 Military Road, Colchester, real photo.
	22 - 780 Maldon Road, 2608, posted 26th November 1906 to Miss May Yuell? of Broadwater, Worthing by a friend.
	23 - 389 An aerial view taken from the Town Hall, looking south west and showing the old library and, beyond that, Butt Road. Judging by the cars in the car park the date would be 1956 to 1960. M and L National Series no 54, postally unused.
	24 - 2451 A superb quality card from 1919, showing an outing of men (on the top) and women (on the bottom) with a motor omnibus. The vehicle carries advertisements of H L Griffin of Colchester and Moore's of Colchester. The gentlemen on the top appear to be proudly displaying wicker clad stoneware containing, no doubt, some sort of alcoholic beverage. The quality is so good that faces are clearly distinguishable. The card is unused but there is a printed line stating, FRED FITCH PHOTOGRAPHER, MARKS TEY. The Essex County Standard of 10th October 2008 reported feedback from David Ricks and Andrew Waters. The picture is shown in Bryan Everitt's book about the Moores brothers of Kelvedon. The picture was taken in May 1919 at Copford Green. The bus had been purchased, second hand, from the Colchester bus firm, A W Berry. The driver, resting on the running board is George Mayhew. At that time the bus was not repainted but the Berry name was replaced with Moores and the number 6 telephone number was squeezed in. The picture was taken on the occasion of an outing of the Copford darts and quoits team.  Can anybody give us a clue as to who the rest of the folk were?
	25 - 2000 Sainsbury
	26 - 589 Paxman
	27 - kb10 The Swimming Pool, by Photochrom, 74098, unused
	28 - kb15 Colchester Station, 2161, posted Aug 1906
	29 - kb18 The Recreation Ground, 2615, unused, by S & SC
	30 - kb11 The Red Lion Coffee Room and Kingpost, R A Series, Trust Series No 61, unused.
	31 - 907 sent Aug 1908 to Mr L Warnes of Tottenham by ? of 3 Castle Road, Colchester
	32 - 279 unused, Published by Aerofilms
	33 - 570 The Colchester Co-operative Society's Drapery, Boot, Clothing, Hardware and Confectionery Departments, opened in 1905. Photograph by Gill, sent c1905 (Edward VII stamp) by MW to Miss Ida B Williamson of Langham, Rutland.

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