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OUT AND ABOUT IN MERSEA
photos from 2009 when this website began




Off for the
Tuesday
evening
sail

Dominic Cirne and Harry Ager
coming in 2nd in their Handicap Class
Dabchicks Cadet Week 2008

Punt Racing
from Ted Woolf's
Oyster Sheds
Cobmarsh Marathon
day 2009

Merses Island
Young Players
Prize winning
float - Carnival 2009

Mersea Brownies
Carnival 2009

Mersea Carnival 2008
Sea Cadet Band

Carnival 2008
Eric leads the parade

Mersea Carnival 2008
a good way to travel

Mersea Carnival
Moulin Rouge






Mersea school children gathering seeds for the trees of tomorrow in Raymead Field



Tree planting in Willoughby Carpark






Volunteers from BTCV (British Trust of Conservation Volunteers) helping with the reed cutting on St Peters Well Meadow


The annual New Year Hockey Match 2008
played on the School Field between two local teams
This field can only be saved by
designating it as "Village Green"
Will the Council win this battle?
Watch this space!

"Mersea Lights Up" evening 2007
Helping out
Father Christmas
Elf and Panto Characters
(alias Dave Smith
Eric Straughan
Marion Jarvis and
Wendy Wetherill)


The Big Plunge
Councillor Steven Vince (and sister Karen)
taking part in the annual Boxing Day Sponsored Swim
This well attended event
a revival (by Steve Travis) of an old Mersea tradition
took place on the Monkey Beach on a bright
Boxing Day morning. Sixty one entrants braved
freezing waters to raise money for RNLI funds
Councillor cum Toastmaster Mervyn Rutter
in charge of proceedings

Steven Heath
grabs the flag
to win the
greasy pole
contest


Round the Island Race
2008
gathering at
the Strood

Round the Island Race
2008
West Mersea Town Council
10 Melrose Road
West Mersea
Colchester
Essex, CO5 8JD
Telephone and Fax 01206 382128
E-mail: westmerseatc@aol.com


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