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28/01/2025

Members of the Colchester Caledonian Society celebrating
Burns Night at the Embassy Suite, Colchester in January 1975.
Photograph by staff photographer Adrian Rushton.
From the archives of The Colchester Express managed by Adrian Rushton
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27/01/2025

Members of the cast of 'Light Up The Fire' a drama production at The Colchester Institute, January 1975.
Photograph by staff photographer Dave Barker
From the archives of The Colchester Express managed by Adrian Rushton
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21/01/2025

Accordion band members with a certificate presentation at Hazelmere School, January 1975.
Who remembers the days of the Piano Accordian Bands in Colchester? I believe there were two separate bands in the town.
Photograph by staff photographer Dave Barker
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15/01/2025

Video from last Sundays Santa Fun Run 2024 in Colchester Castle Park. The run organised by the Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity was cancelled in December due to bad weather.
Video Copyright Tom Rushton
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14/01/2025

Plough Sunday at St John the Baptist, Layer de la Haye in 1975

Plough Sunday is a traditional celebration of the beginning of the agricultural year. I photographed this event fifty years ago.
The tradition is that a ploughshare is brought into the church where prayers and a blessing for the land take place.
Photograph by Adrian Rushton
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12/01/2025

Colchester Santa Run 2024
The 2024 Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity Santa Run was postponed in December last year due to bad weather. It finally took place on Sunday in Colchester Castle Park, the Christmas music played, courtesy of Colchester Hospital Radio and even the weather provided a cold and frosty morning to give a seasonal setting. Hopefully the 2025 Santa Run will be back later this year just before Christmas.
Photographs copyright Adrian Rushton
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11/01/2025

Wivenhoe Oak Trees.
A group of hardy residents and friends gathered in freezing temperatures to show their support in trying to save three Wivenhoe trees which are due to be felled on Monday. One of the trees, an oak, has been growing undisturbed for over one hundred and fifty years, and is loved by the community who are outraged by the decision to change the landscape forever.
They hope that felling can be postponed due to not enough notice being given.
Organiser Katherine Scott of 'Save Wivenhoe Old King George Oak Tree' invited people to celebrate the trees by wearing yellow. The trees were adorned with yellow ribbons and a human chain to link the three trees was formed. Activities were provided for children including drawing, colouring, bubbles and a story-time reading of Julia Donaldson's book 'The Oak Tree' which reminds us of the wonders of oak trees and what we stand to lose!
Pictures: Adrian & Carolyn Rushton
Words: Carolyn Rushton
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08/01/2025

Colchester Castle Park 1974
These photographs I have just scanned from the original negatives were for a feature spread about Colchester Castle Park that I shot between Christmas and New Year, 1974.
The pictures show, the children's playground, a view over the fish-pond towards Holly Trees museum, the back of the castle and children walking across the drained boating lake and a park gardener pruning plants in the grounds. As well as these very usual views there is also a picture in the greenhouse where they grew the plants for the park display gardens. The final picture shows rowing boats on the river bank behind the cricket pavilion ready for the summer when they rented out on the river itself.
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07/01/2025

Colchester Santa Run. New Date: Sunday 12th January 2025

For those of you who were disappointed that the annual Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity Santa Run was postponed in December last year due to bad weather, the charity have announced a new date.
The Santa Run will take place in Colchester Castle Park this Sunday 12th January. Registration opens at 8.30am and the run starts at 10am. 5km and 3km routes available (3km is the accessible route)
All ages welcome, under 5s go free! Under 16's must be accompanied by a participating adult.
People can still sign up on the day so the more the merrier.
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05/01/2025

Tractor run 2025.
This morning 26 tractors took part in a round trip starting at St Mary's church Bures following a route through Chappel then Fordham and ending back at the Thatchers Arms Bures.

Video copyright Tom Rushton.
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02/01/2025

The 1975 presentation of the Amos Cup to the winning team of the soccer competition.
These photographs taken by myself Adrian Rushton appeared in the Colchester Express dated the 2nd January 1975, fifty years ago. Unfortunately further details and names are unavailable to me at the moment, if anyone can add details it would be appreciated all I can remember is that I took the photographs at the Colchester Gas Board ground possibly Boxing Day 1974.
Also if anybody knows the location of the Amos Cup I would be pleased to hear as I am in contact with members of the Blake-Amos family who originally donated it.
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31/12/2024

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30/12/2024

Then and Now, views of North Station Roundabout in Colchester. Top Picture - Work on building a new roundabout for the Inner Relief Road.
Middle Picture - How it looks today.
Bottom Picture - The Colcchester Arms PH which stood on the junction with Bergholt Road, Mile End Road and North Station Road. Click on picture to see all three images.
Photographs copyright Adrian Rushton and Colchester Express Archives.
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23/12/2024

A few Weeks ago I posted a picture of Christmas lights being erected in Crouch Street, Colchester from the archives of the Colchester Express that I manage. Some of my followers namely, Sharon Hughes and Rosemary Winters remembered travelling on double decker buses seemingly within touching distance of the lights.
I have found this picture in the archives taken in December 1970 by staff photographer Dave Higgleton from the Butt Road junction looking out of town towards the cinema. The red and white trails are from vehicles travelling in both directions as they did then, on the right of the picture are lights from a double decker bus.
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22/12/2024

Wonderfull 'Christmas Bah Humbug' window painting by Juliet Townsend at Owen Aves Opticians in Crouch Street Colchester.
Copyright Photograph Adrian Rushton/Artwork Juliet Townsend
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20/12/2024

These three colourfull characters brought some festive cheer to High Street, Colchester on Friday with their music, while collecting donations for charity.
Photograph by Adrian Rushton
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13/12/2024

Festive Music.
Colchester shoppers in the Culver Square were entertained this week with a selection of festive music performed by the Colchester Royal Grammar School Brass Group and guest musicians from St Benedict's College. Funds were being raised for Save The Children Fund.
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Video from last Sundays Santa Fun Run 2024 in Colchester Castle Park. The run organised by the Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity was cancelled in December due to bad weather. Video Copyright Tom Rushton www.facebook.com/colchesterlifeinphotographs http://www.colchesteripswichcharity.org.uk/.../santa-fun... Visit Colchester Colchester City Council Colchester Civic Society Friends Of Castle Park #SantaRun2024

Tractor run 2025. This morning 26 tractors took part in a round trip starting at St Mary's church Bures following a route through Chappel then Fordham and ending back at the Thatchers Arms Bures. Video copyright Tom Rushton. Colchester Life in Photographs #tractorrun #chappelviaduct #bures

Festive music performed by the Colchester Royal Grammar School Brass Group and guest musicians from St Benedict's College. Copyright Video by Adrian Rushton

Festive Music. Colchester shoppers in the Culver Square were entertained this week with a selection of festive music performed by the Colchester Royal Grammar School Brass Group and guest musicians from St Benedict's College. Funds were being raised for Save The Children Fund. Copyright Video by Adrian Rushton Colchester Life in Photographs Culver Square #colchesterroyalgrammarschool #StBenedictsCollege

Stag beetles at large.

Stag Beetles sometimes known as "Pinching Bugs," are active at the moment emerging from underground areas of rotting wood in May. These two males were sighted in a Colchester garden in the last couple of days. The beetles despite their fearsome looks are not classed as pests so please don't kill them if you spot any. They do fly although very clumsily and can make quite a bang if they come into contact with solid surfaces like windows. Stag beetles are now a protected species and classified as nationally scarce. Video copyright Adrian Rushton. Colchester Life in Photographs Visit Colchester, Stag Beetle Conservation Society (no trading) BBC Springwatch