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Welcome to our Jane's Walk Colchester blog
Writing, commentary and images on our local walking world
in support of our Jane's Walk festival
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Walk Colchester
- May 15, 2021
- 1 min
'A misguided tour around town' with artist Charles Debenham
SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2021 - A Jane's Walk 2021 event In Charles' words: "This misguided tour departs, as tradition has it, from the Golden...
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Walk Colchester
- Apr 11, 2021
- 2 min
Night Drawings and Hythe Paintings: a virtual walk and talk around town with artist Nicola Burrell
MONDAY, MAY 3rd, 2021 - A Jane's Walk 2021 event Nicola Burrell takes us on a walk around Colchester's Hythe, and around Colchester town...
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Walk Colchester
- Dec 2, 2020
- 1 min
So why does the Minories Folly point the wrong way?
Max Fox reveals the true history of the Minories Folly that was actually built for the house next door and takes you along what was a...
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Steve Shaw
- May 8, 2020
- 16 min
There’ll always be an England - How Colchester supported WW2
VE-Day (Victory in Europe) was a very significant day during World War 2 (WW2), marking the end of the war in Europe.
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dorian
- Apr 30, 2020
- 1 min
My Name is John Ball
"The History of Colchester in Eleven Acts" (Jane's Walk 2020) was going to include a performance at Firstsite of songs & poems...
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dorian
- Apr 21, 2020
- 1 min
Some short (virtual) Jane's Walks for a lockdown afternoon...
The title of my walk was going to be "The Astonishing History of Colchester in Eleven Acts". As the world knows, it's not going to happen..
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maxfox61
- Apr 13, 2020
- 13 min
Some unique features and amazing links - what I love about Colchester...
By Max Fox We are here because Claudius needed a conquest to save himself after the brutal assassination of Caligula in AD 41.Caligula...
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Alex Clare
- Apr 12, 2020
- 2 min
Inspired in Colchester
Every story starts somewhere. Characters need a setting to play out their activities and, sometimes, the place becomes an integral part...
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Walk Colchester
- Apr 10, 2020
- 3 min
Researching a walk? Some maps of Colchester you might not have thought about...
Digital mapping has been around a fair while now and few towns have missed the rich data collection and search opportunities they offer.
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Walk Colchester
- Apr 9, 2020
- 1 min
Philip Crummy's Tudor Colchester walk
A walk led by Philip Crummy, Director of Colchester Archaeological Trust, back in 2010, of Tudor Colchester (returning via Riverside)
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Some images from Walk Colchester across the years
(2011-2018)
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