The following pictures are copies of old postcards and photographs, with a few sketches and paintings thrown in. They all have a Colchester and local area theme.
We have broken up the collection according to streets, areas and themes.
HIGH STREET (117) CASTLE (77) MILITARY (167) TOWN HALL (25) 1 - 187 images
ALL SAINTS BALKERNE CROUCH STREET EAST HILL ELD LANE GREYFRIARS HARWICH ROAD HEADGATE HOLY TRINITY HOSPITAL HYTHE 2 - 132 images
IPSWICH ROAD LEXDEN LION WALK MIDDLEBORO MIDDLE MILL NORTH BRIDGE NORTH HILL NORTH STATION RD NORTH 3 - 121 images
SCHEREGATE SIEGE HOUSE ST BOTOLPHS ST GILES ST JOHNS ST LEONARDS ST MARTINS ST MARY AT THE WALL ST MARY MAGDALEN STOCKWELL ST RUNWALD WIMPOLE ROAD 4 - 180 images
BREWERIES CARNIVAL CEMETERY COMMERCIAL GRYMES DYKE INDUSTRY MAYORALTY PEOPLE PUBS RAILWAY SCHOOLS STREETS THEATRES TRANSPORT TYMPERLEYS
CHURCHES (5 - 138) PAGEANT (6 - 41) LOCALITY (7 - 90) GENERAL - (8 - 62)
EARLY PICTURES (51) MISCELLANY (9 - 37)
THE END (10) 1425 images
More pictures will be added in due course, together with comments.
Can any of you offer additional information about any of these pictures?
Many of the postcards that appear on this web site, were used to compile a book of Colchester Postcards and which can be purchased at local bookshops.
www.amberley-books.com/colchester-the-postcard-collection.html
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