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Beside the Seaside Festival
Dovercourt Beside the Seaside Festival offers a fun day for all! Situated along Dovercourt Bay Seafront there will be activities for all including: Live Music, Secret Beach Huts, Donkey Rides,…
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Writing the History on the walls
In 1970 the Harwich Society first devised the idea of plaques on buildings and sites which commemorate some historic association. There are now more than twenty of them spread all…
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Ladies club celebrates its 70th anniversary
Ladies club celebrates its 70th anniversary in Harwich The Over 20’s Club, originally called Parkeston Over 20’s Club when it was set up in the summer of 1949, was created…
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Foresters 200 Club draw
The second Two Hundred Club draw of 2019 took place at Foresters during the Secret Gardens Weekend, on the afternoon of Saturday 6th July. As in previous years, Foresters opened…
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Over 100 members attend Harwich Society AGM
115 Harwich Society members packed out the Navigator in Barrack Lane Harwich on Friday 26th April as the Harwich Society held its AGM. The members heard the Society’s chairman, Colin…
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Harwich Standards going back to 1880 taken on by Harwich Society
Harwich Standard editions going back to 1880 taken on by Harwich Society ARCHIVED copies of the Harwich and Manningtree Standard dating back to 1880 have been taken on by a…
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Photo Archive
The Harwich Society holds a large collection of photographs, documents and original Maps. A small number of photographs are now available to view on line. These can now be viewed by…
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50th Birthday
2019 is a very important year for the Society being its 50th birthday year. I am sure the original founders of the Society would be pleased and proud to know…
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Listening Bench
The Harwich listening bench is situated on St Helen’s Green, located near the flower bed and looking towards the Treadwheel Crane. Here you can listen to clips on the bench,…