Historic fair that led to Colchester's Oyster Feast

The Colchester town clerk proclaims the St Dennis Fair for the last time in 1931.

10:00am Thursday 13th October 2011

Historian Andrew Phillips celebrates the return to Colchester of a historic institution at a modern institution

The might of Colchester's Castle Museum

Birthday celebrations – staff at Colchester Castle mark its 150 years of being a museum

9:00am Thursday 7th October 2010

Historian Andrew Phillips celebrates the 150th anniversary of Colchester Castle Museum with a look back at the building’s long history

An 'ancient' tradition born in the 1960s

Tasty: Henry Spyvee tasting the first oyster last year – a tradition born in 1913.

11:34am Friday 13th August 2010

With the historic Opening of the Oyster Fishery in the spotlight, ANDREW PHILLIPS dredges the past to track down a tradition.

A century of guiding lights

A century of guiding lights

4:00pm Friday 6th August 2010

Historian Andrew Phillips reviews the rise and rise in popularity of the Girl Guide Movement

How the elections used to be fought

A cartoon, by James Gilray, showing Essex voters as calves ‘sold to the best bidder’. The successful candidate, with a stick, is Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey, who commanded The Fighting Temeraire at the Battle of Trafalgar.

4:37pm Monday 17th May 2010

Colchester elections are not what they used to be. No riots, no punch-ups, no free beer.






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