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Thursday, February 11, 2016

What a story!!!

An Acccident at Wivenhoe.
Thank you for getting back to me, I think you are right about it being hush hush at wivenhoe (and half of what happened in ww2), If you are interested in the history side of it then I will be happy to share any information with you that I have about an incident at wivenhoe during the construction of the mulburry harbours.
A general overview of the story is that two guys go trapped within one of the floating sections whist working, they never got out, if my memory serves me right they where from Ireland.
The general story is that during construction they either swapped shifts or there was a tea break where two guys carried on working inside of one of the sections, whilst a swap in shifts or tea break, a crane came along and closed the only exit to the section, I was told that the section was welded shut and then only after it was discovered that two guys were stuck inside.
At the time, it was decided that the section was to remain welded shut because by the time they got in there it would be too late and any use of an acetylene torch would suck any remaining oxygen out and they would not make it anyway, there is a possibility that the official secrets act could have been used to gag everyone involved and whom witnessed it, my granddad had been silenced by the secrets act either before or after for another incident.

Edwin Green of fish shop fame, East St.


Elsie and Edwin Green.
Stephen Green shared a post to Wivenhoe Memories's Timeline.

What a lovely Photo.

Christine Durrell , she lived in Maltings Yard, Wivenhoe