Forum, A big thank you to Guild member Celia Dodd and her husband who have identified my pool as Marine Lake, Maldon, Essex with St.Mary's Church behind. Rod At 16:32 09/03/2017, Rod Clayburn wrote: >Forum, > >Anyone know Chelmsford Essex? > >I have some old film of my great aunt in the early 1930s. She was born in >Chelmsford R.D. in 1931 and the film shows her and her brother in a pool >just off a river. In the background is a church. > >This is the problem, I looked at Essex churches and it has the resemblance >of St James the Great, Colchester. Was there a lido (not fancy) on the >banks of the River Colne in Colchester or am I barking up the wrong tree. >I have a photo clipped from the film to send to anyone who may be able to >assist. > >Many thanks > >Rod

Maldon was a popular destination for Sunday School trips in the 1950s and 60s, I recall that it took forever to get there from Vange, rattling along country lanes and of course the swimming lane was one of the attractions for many who went there. Too cold for me! Bob ________________________________ From: GOONS <goons-bounces+bobbritnell=hotmail.com@rootsweb.com> on behalf of Rod Clayburn <rod.clayburn@one-name.org> Sent: 10 March 2017 07:24:15 To: goons@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [G] Anyone know Chelmsford Essex? Forum, A big thank you to Guild member Celia Dodd and her husband who have identified my pool as Marine Lake, Maldon, Essex with St.Mary's Church behind. Rod At 16:32 09/03/2017, Rod Clayburn wrote: >Forum, > >Anyone know Chelmsford Essex? > >I have some old film of my great aunt in the early 1930s. She was born in >Chelmsford R.D. in 1931 and the film shows her and her brother in a pool >just off a river. In the background is a church. > >This is the problem, I looked at Essex churches and it has the resemblance >of St James the Great, Colchester. Was there a lido (not fancy) on the >banks of the River Colne in Colchester or am I barking up the wrong tree. >I have a photo clipped from the film to send to anyone who may be able to >assist. > >Many thanks > >Rod _____________________________________________ RootsWeb Surname List - are your interests there? http://rsl.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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