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66433 DS with 66424 DS Pass through IPSWICH running 78 early on 3S60 08.34 STOWMARKET D.G.L - STOWMARKET D.G.L RHTT via Witham, Shenfield , Southend Victoria , Clacton-on-Sea ,Colchester Goods Loop , Monday 24th OCTOBER 2016
1N12 0817 London Liverpool Street to Clacton-on-Sea service seen departing Colchester station seen at 0919
[From the cliffs, Clacton-on-Sea, England]
[between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].
1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.
Notes:
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J--foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905.
Print no. "10256".
Forms part of: Views of the British Isles, in the Photochrom print collection.
Subjects:
England--Clacton-on-Sea.
Format: Photochrom prints--Color--1890-1900.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on reproduction.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Views of the British Isles (DLC) 2002696059
More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.08187
Call Number: LOT 13415, no. 209 [item]
A few shots taken in Clacton-on-Sea on a very warm and sunny second Saturday in August 2025 which capture some members of the Konectbus fleet at work in the town.
This time, Konectbus Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 type number 602 - SN10 CFF is caught on Station Road as it arrives in from Jaywick with the above service 4 journey. It will next turn right onto Pier Avenue where this journey terminates. Note that the driver has already reset the destination display for his next run
This vehicle was new to Konect in March 2010 and I last caught up with it at Acle back on 3rd February 2017.
Having reached the northern extremity of our planned trip, it was time to head south and in this shot, taken looking into the light, Hedingham Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 type number 266 is captured at Harwich Town railway station as it arrives in to operate the above journey on their newly introduced service 3. This vehicle, which was recently transferred to Hedingham from Oxford based Go Ahead subsidiary Carousel Buses for use on the new Clacton area services, was originally new to Thames Travel.
Operation of service 3 passed to Hedingham as from 29th July 2018 following the closure of First’s Clacton depot.
Some shots from a day trip by Bus, Ferry and Foot along parts of the Essex Coast from the River Colne to the estuary of the Rivers Stour and Orwell.
The County of Essex
These latest collection of images have been photographed over a long period of time. The greater part has been taken when I have visited a church in that town or village. Some of the villages are so small that apart from a few houses which I won’t post, have no significant features to them that I could find, apart from the village signs. Some of the larger towns have had the greater share of visits, because of their churches and to my book buying travels.
As usual with my stuff, please enjoy.
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service Scania P270 Water Tender, seen driving through Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.
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Volvo B10M-62 - Jonckheere Deauville C53F
New to Clarke , Lower Sydenham , London , during May-1996 . I am unsure when it joined this fleet
MLZ4286 is at Clacton-on-Sea , Essex .
From my purchased print collection , exact date of shot unknown
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Clacton-on-Sea is the largest town in the Tendring peninsula and district in Essex, eastern England, and was founded as an urban district in 1871. It is a seaside resort that saw a peak of tourists in the summer months between the 1950s and 1970s.
The town's economy continues to rely significantly on entertainment and day-trip facilities and it is strong in the service sector, with a large retired population. The north-west part of the town has two business/industrial parks. In the wider district, agriculture and occupations connected to the Port of Harwich provide further employment.
For more information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clacton-on-Sea
The County of Essex
These latest collection of images have been photographed over a long period of time. The greater part has been taken when I have visited a church in that town or village. Some of the villages are so small that apart from a few houses which I won’t post, have no significant features to them that I could find, apart from the village signs. Some of the larger towns have had the greater share of visits, because of their churches and to my book buying travels.
As usual with my stuff, please enjoy.
Panther Travel Alexander Dennis Mini Pointer Dart type DC56 PAN - "Stanley" is captured on Pier Avenue in Clacton-on-Sea prior to departing with the above Mistley bound journey on their newly introduced service 2. This bus was also late running due to road resurfacing work delaying the inward journey, but some time had been regained by the time we alighted at Manningtree.
Operation of service 2 passed to Panther Travel as from 30th July 2018 following the closure of First’s Clacton depot.
Some shots from a day trip by Bus, Ferry and Foot along parts of the Essex Coast from the River Colne to the estuary of the Rivers Stour and Orwell.
The Postcard
A postcard published by the Rapid Photo Printing Co. Ltd. of London. The image is a glossy real photograph, and the card was printed in England.
The card was posted in Clacton-on-Sea on Sunday the 1st. August 1909 to:
Miss Ethel Waring,
c/o Mrs. B. Holden,
Staverton,
Near Daventry,
Northamptonshire.
The pencilled message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Dear Ethel,
We received your card.
All safe.
You will see by the card
we are at Clacton-on-Sea
and are going to stay 'til
next Sunday.
The address where we
are staying is:
c/o Mrs. Garnham,
24 Dudley Road,
Clacton-on-Sea.
Write to me at this
address.
Ivy is paddling in the
water".
The Middlesex Hospital Convalescent Home
The Middlesex Hospital Convalescent Home in Holland Road was converted to military use immediately after the declaration of war in 1914.
During the Great War, the hospital treated a total of 9,242 wounded and sick soldiers, including 4,622 cases of gunshot wounds, 415 cases of trench foot, and 110 cases of shell shock.
Clacton-on-Sea
Clacton-on-Sea is the largest town in the Tendring peninsula in Essex, England, and was founded as an urban district in the year 1871. It is a seaside resort that saw a peak of tourists in the summer months between the 1950's and the 1970's.
The town's economy continues to rely significantly on entertainment and day-trip facilities, and it is strong in the service sector, with a large retired population.
In 1936, Billy Butlin bought and refurbished the West Clacton Estate, an amusement park to the west of the town. He opened a new amusement park on the site in 1937, and then, a year later on the 11th. June 1938, opened the second of his holiday camps.
This location remained open until 1983 when, due to changing holiday tastes, Butlins decided to close the facility. It was then purchased by former managers of the camp who reopened it as a short-lived theme park, called Atlas Park. The land was then sold and redeveloped with housing.
The Semana Tragica
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Well, on the 1st. August 1909, the 'Semana Tragica' or 'Tragic Week' ended as the Spanish government restored order in Barcelona and other areas of Catalonia.
In seven days that began on the 26th. July with anti-war protests and a strike in Barcelona, hundreds of people were killed in fighting.
Jane Carr
The day also marked the birth in Whitley Bay Northumberland of the English stage and film actress Jane Carr.
She was born Dorothy Henrietta Brunstrom and educated at Harrogate Ladies College. Her first husband was James Bickley, a civil engineer, the eldest son of a farmer and wheelwright, to whom she was married on the 14th. September 1931 at the Register Office, Marylebone, London.
According to The Times dated 2nd. December 1936, Jane was engaged to Major A. J. S. Fetherstonhaugh, D.S.O., M.C., the only son of Colonel and Mrs. Fetherstonhaugh of The Hermitage, Powick, Worcester. However she subsequently married John Donaldson-Hudson, the grandson of Charles Donaldson-Hudson, from Cheswardine Hall, Shropshire on the 7th. January 1943 at the Registry Office, Westminster.
John Donaldson-Hudson was one of the partners in John Logie Baird Ltd., and Jane Carr's face appeared as one of the first images to be shown as a BBC television image on the 15th. November 1932, using apparatus designed by John Logie Baird.
Carr began to work in the theatre in 1928, and in September 1932 she joined Harry S. Pepper, Stanley Holloway, Doris Arnold, Joe Morley, and C. Denier Warren to revive the White Coons Concert Party show of the Edwardian era for BBC Radio.
She went on to appear in one of the earliest BBC television broadcasts on 15 November 1932, and was cast in a number of films through the 1930's, 1940's and early 1950's. One of her early films, The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) is available on the Internet.
Before divorcing from John Donaldson-Hudson, Jane and John had a daughter, Charlotte Donaldson-Hudson, who relates the details of Noël Coward visiting her mother's flat in London at about the time of the preparations for the Festival of Britain in 1950. She said:
"Noel Coward was a frequent visitor to
our flat in South Audley Street, Mayfair,
where my mother, a well known actress
at the time, Jane Carr lived.
We had two Bluthner grand pianos in
our drawing room. Noel wrote the song
'Festival of Britain' there, and my mother,
who at the time was a pianist and singer
at Quaglino's and The Savoy, sang it
regularly.
It may have been frivolous, but it was in
my opinion immensely amusing, starting
with a stanza I can't quite entirely
remember. I only learnt it sitting on his
knee 60 years ago!"
In the Spring of 1955 Jane Carr married Henry J. Robert Stent, the managing director of Trust House hotels.
The Death of Jane Carr
Less than two months after her 48th. birthday, Jane died of cancer on the 29th. September 1958 at London's Middlesex Hospital, and is buried in an unmarked grave at Mendham, Suffolk.
Notable Films of Jane Carr
Let Me Explain, Dear (1932)
Love Me, Love My Dog (1932)
Up for the Derby (1933)
Keep It Quiet (1933)
Orders Is Orders (1933)
Dick Turpin (1933)
Taxi to Paradise (1933)
Those Were the Days (1934)
On the Air (1934)
The Outcast (1934)
Intermezzo (1934)
Murder at the Inn (1934)
Oh No Doctor! (1934)
The Night Club Queen (1934)
The Church Mouse (1934)
Lord Edgware Dies (1934)
Youthful Folly (1934)
Keep It Quiet (1934)
The Lad (1935)
The Ace of Spades (1935)
Get Off My Foot (1935)
Annie, Leave the Room! (1935)
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
Night Mail (1935)
Hello, Sweetheart (1935)
The Interrupted Honeymoon (1936)
It's You I Want (1936)
Millions (1936)
Little Miss Somebody (1937)
The Lilac Domino (1937)
Captain's Orders (1937)
Melody and Romance (1937)
The Seventh Survivor (1941)
Alibi (1942)
Sabotage at Sea (1942)
Lady from Lisbon (1942)
It's Not Cricket (1949)
A Night with the Stars (1950)
Stop the Merry-Go-Round (1952)
The Saint's Return (1953)
Terror Street (1953)
26th February 2008. The Saxby & Farmer 1888 duplex lever frame in Clacton-on-Sea signal box which has been reduced from 69 to 57 levers.
With the Sunny Spring weather we are experiencing in the Home Counties . It is time for the Open-Top Buses to make an appearance.
AEC Regent 661 - ECW O56R
New to Tillings , Brighton , Sussex during July-1932 with a Tillings H52O body . Subsequently rebuilt with an ECW H56R body in August-1943 with its then Owners Brighton , Hove & District .
Subsequently rebuilt again to Open Top and acquired by Eastern National Omnibus Company , Essex.
GW6296 is at Jackson Road Bus Station Clacton-on-Sea , Essex .
From my purchased print collection exact date of shot Unknown m.
Tates of Markyate own this rare Neoplan Euroliner N316SHD model, new in 2003 as YR52ZHY. Tates acquired the coach in 2008 where it quickly became T888TES. It is seen parked at the Martello Coach Park, Clacton-on-Sea in May 2016.
Close-up shot of Clacton Unit (Class 309) cabs at Clacton-on-Sea station, in 1976.
One unit still has the original wrap-around front windows, and the other has the replacement (and less attractive) flat 'safety' windows.
Today, two ex-departmental units have been preserved.
These snaps are from a photo album belonging once to Gwendoline Dean and John Allen who married in 1945 and had a daughter Margaret in 1947. I bought the album at a car boot sale otherwise things that don't sell there are usually destined for the tip.
Pencilled in like secret writing is the location of Clacton on Sea. You could only see this when holding the album at an angle against the light !
Alesha Jamaican Model in White Lemon Swimsuit and Pure White Robe On Location Photoshoot Clacton-on-Sea Seaside Town and Resort Essex
Having had film in my Diana F for over a year, I finally finished it on a few sunny jaunts and was horrified to discover it was a black and white film! Not only had I wasted some sunny days, it costs a fortune to process. Oh well, there's always next summer.
1N12 0817 London Liverpool Street to Clacton-on-Sea service departing Colchester station seen at 0927
Clacton-On-Sea, Essex. UK
Camera: Canon 5D Mark II
Lens: 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM
Post Process: Photomatix
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Clacton-on-Sea is the largest town in the Tendring peninsula and district in Essex, eastern England, and was founded as an urban district in 1871. It is a seaside resort that saw a peak of tourists in the summer months between the 1950s and 1970s.
The town's economy continues to rely significantly on entertainment and day-trip facilities and it is strong in the service sector, with a large retired population. The north-west part of the town has two business/industrial parks. In the wider district, agriculture and occupations connected to the Port of Harwich provide further employment.
For more information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clacton-on-Sea
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Clacton-on-Sea is the largest town in the Tendring peninsula and district in Essex, eastern England, and was founded as an urban district in 1871. It is a seaside resort that saw a peak of tourists in the summer months between the 1950s and 1970s.
The town's economy continues to rely significantly on entertainment and day-trip facilities and it is strong in the service sector, with a large retired population. The north-west part of the town has two business/industrial parks. In the wider district, agriculture and occupations connected to the Port of Harwich provide further employment.
For more information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clacton-on-Sea
Memories of a mis-spent youth
A posing shot of me and my great friend Llew getting up close and personal to Clacton unit 309601 at Clacton-on-Sea after we had a fast ride from Liverpool Street.
The unit is still blue/grey, before the arrival of 'Jaffa-cake' livery. We were bashing these fine units before their demise. It was hard work bashing in the 80s, trying to clear locos for haulage, get all the lines in, and the beer :)
Photo courtesy of my other bashing friend [https://www.flickr.com/photos/107203574@N07] :)
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