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Busy week for Society as cruise ship passengers flock to Historic Harwich
It was all hands on deck for the Harwich Society volunteers as cruise ship passengers flocked to visit Historic Harwich over three days when their cruises were in port. Everyone…
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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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Society to run music quiz for Harwich Food Bank
If you enjoy being driven mad by not being able to remember who sang the song you are listening to then you will love a Harwich Society Music Quiz! The…
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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,…
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Sound Archive
Essex Records Office sound archive have uploaded a collection of oral history interviews conducted by The Harwich Society between 2009 and 2014 (Catalogue Reference SA 49/1/2). These twenty-four interviews are…
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Society Gardening Group helps plant fruit trees in Cliff Park
Supported by the Harwich Society Gardening Group, Tendring District Council have planted several varieties of fruit trees including apple, pear, mulberry and medlar in Cliff Park in a bid to…
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World War II submariner to speak at Harwich Society Monthly meeting
The Winter Programme of monthly guest speakers is, for many Harwich Society members, the highlight of the Harwich Society calendar and the February meeting will be particularly interesting as the…