GENERAL

MULTI-VIEW CARDS

	A409-440 Unposted. W and K.
	A410-275 Card by Harvey Barton. Sent June 1967 to Mrs M of Bristol by Maud
	A418-395 Smith of North Hill. Not posted but sent to Mother by Jack.
	A451-199 Posted July 1968
	A452-598 Sent to Miss Smith of Dulwich around 1902. This is the earliest multi-view card in the collection with a single undivided back and no message
	A381-429 Greetings from Colchester. A much faded compilation card of the Bell Series. Posted 24th December 1908 to Miss Florence Godfrey of 144 Military Road, Colchester by Eva.
	A532 Sent to the Misses Mabbett of Southampton by M and J Packer on 16th August 1913.
	A506-521 Card by Charles Clark, unposted. Pencil note on front, 1st Gordon Highlanders.

 PANORAMIC

	10 - An north looking aerial view from an aircraft. Postally unused. 1277 by Photocrom Ltd
	A317-599 Aerial View of Colchester looking down High Street (1276). Unused card by Photochrom Co Ltd London and Tunbridge Wells and by arrangement with the Aircraft Manufacturing Co Ltd. also, A474-700
	12 - 1135 Berechurch Hall. Posted 22 Dec 1904 to Mrs Crosbie of Warwick 'Lord Audley entertained Henry VIII at Berechurch in the 1530s and enclosed a park there c. 1540. The manor house was damaged during the Civil War when it was the home of the royalist Sir Henry Audley, but had presumably been repaired by 1662 when it had 20 hearths. That was probably the house depicted standing in a courtyard south-west of the church in 1717. James Smyth rebuilt the house and Sir Robert Smyth (d. 1802) employed Samuel Wyatt to improve it. Most of the Georgian house, which had a parapet front of 11 bays with central pediment and porch, was demolished in 1882. A new house of c. 80 rooms was built on the same foundations in red brick with stone dressings in 'domestic French Gothic' style to the designs of E. C. Lee. The dining room and saloon of the Georgian house were retained. The house, having its own generator in 1882, was one of the earliest to be lit by electricity. A stable block for 30 horses was built west of the house, and new staff houses were built on the estate. After 1921 the house was unoccupied until the War Department requisitioned it during the Second World War. It was demolished in 1952. The park was extended northward in the late 18 th century, enclosing the church and diverting Berechurch Hall Road farther from the house. Sir G. H. Smyth (d. 1852) planted Charlotte's wood and Lethe grove, where he made a bathing pool and grotto for his daughter Charlotte. '
	17 - 216 This unused postcard is entitled 'St Alban's Guest House, Colchester'.   also,   A276-553 St Albans, Oxford Road, single back card posted December 1902 to Miss H Knight of Halstead, by Margaret who slept in the room with a dot on it.
	19 - 1128 Pie Shop the collecting dog for the Royal Ancient Order of Buffaloes Orphanage, 589 Grosvenor Hotel, Colchester. 1912 STB.
	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.
	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
	36 - Ramparts 01 Ramparts. Presumably somewhere on the Iron Age earthworks that Colchester has. H G R C Photo by Gill. Unused.   also   A366 posted 3rd December 1906 to Miss Mabel Reeve of Ipswich by Edith.
	37 - Sheepen 01 Sheepen Bridge. H G R C Photo by Gill. Sent to D at 77 Beresford Road, Lowestoft by Alice in July 1906.
	38 - River Colne 01 River Colne, Colchester. 87 H G R C Photo by Gill. Precise location unknown. Sent to Mrs Lester of Hove by M. No stamp or date.
	39 - View 01 By-gone Colchester from painting by Turner. 303 H G R C Photo by Gill. Unused.
	A175-1389 Wellesley Road. Colville House Schoolgirls and Kindergarten. Card by Winch Brothers, sent to Miss Winnie Taylor of Tooting, by Ethel in September 1908.   ...and a modern day view (2012).
	A192-800 A medieval bastion on our Roman wall. Not a Roman bastion. An unposted card.
	D006 An used card marked 864. Pencil note on rear saying this was in George Street, next to Wicks premises, presumably in the yard of the George Hotel. The cart has the name Wicks on it.
	A539-1304 Colchester Oyster Fishery, State Opening by the Mayor. Photo by Gill. Unused.   see also here.
	A557-370 Sent to Monsieur Etienne Octobon of High Street, Clapham by Juliette. Edward VII, date unclear.
	A565-520 Sent to Mrs Laine? of 21 Shrub End Road, Colchester, in June 1910.

GENERAL - Swimming Baths

	11 - 1135 Swimming Baths, posted 26 Jun 1936 to Mrs Roach and Tom of Westerby, from June.
	27 - kb10 The Swimming Pool, by Photochrom, 74098, unused   also,   D029 unused   also,   D031 unused
	A295-1207 Unused card of the swimming pool. The RAP Co Ltd.   also D028
	D030
	D032 Sent 5th August 1908 to Mrs Beaumont of Maldon by CCR. Top-Hat, Night-Shirt and Umbrella Race. Published by ??? 11 Errington Road, Colchester.
	D033 Royal Studio, Colchester, unused.
	D034 unused
	D035 Unused. Photographic Artist, J E Stutter, 11 Errington Road, Colchester

GENERAL - New By-Pass

	D010 The Avenue of Remembrance 13813 Sent to Mrss Blackwell of Kelvedon on 10th August 1930 by Bill.
	D011 The RAP Company. Unused. View of the river from the bypass.
	D012 74100 Unused card by Photochrom   also,   D014 74100 the same card but black and white. Unused.

GENERAL - Essex Hall

	D007 Essex Hall. Unused.
	D008 Unused card by Lofthouse, Crosbie and Co, Hampton, Middx.
	D009 Multiview card sent Oct 1909 (stamp defaced) to Miss Daisy Mullins of Ipswich. Sowing, at the swings, main building, at cricket, the gardeners, Peckover Schools and Harvesting. Copyright by W L Hughes.

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