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Heybridge Basin (Cannibal
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Severe
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A series of pictures showing
the local conditions around the village area during some of the
coldest winters of the 1960's - 1990's period |
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The Canal
area |
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The
Village |
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The Waterfront |
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(above) Lockside when
George Clark was the Lock Keeper. |
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(above) Lockside when the landlord of 'The Old Ship' was
Mick Green. |
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(above) the cottages and 'top yard'. |
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(above) view along the
Basin side with the 'Red Shed' far left. The 'Edith May' alongside
where 'Dilbury' Clark was working on her. |
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(above) The Basin and canal frozen over |
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(above) the canal frozen
over with footprints in the snow on the ice. |
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(above) the old gateway in the 'Daisy Meadow' fence. |
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(above) Roger Hardy's
smack 'Victory' against the bank with Eddie Caswell's smack 'Maud'
alongside her. |
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(above) looking back
towards the old gateway. |
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(above) view from opposite car-park. The large cabin boat
owned by 'Kiwi'. |
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(above
and below) from inside to out ....
'Priscilla', 'Maud', 'Conabor'. |
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(above) two smacks |
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(above) an early 60's
picture of ice on the canal. |
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(above) ice on the canal |
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(above
& below) ice in the Basin |
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