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Clacton-On-Sea based North Essex Travel KX03 HZP on rail replacement duty for Greater Anglia. Seen here parked outside of Witham Station. This elderly Dennis Dart has a 3900cc engine and I've read a top speed of about 50 mph. It has also been registered as T666 BFX.
The Postcard
A postcard bearing no publisher's name that was posted in Clacton-on-Sea on Friday the 21st. August 1925 to:
Mrs. Russ,
c/o Messrs. Howards,
468 Brixton Road,
London S.W.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Dear Polly,
I am glad to say I am
feeling much better.
Trusting you are quite
well.
Yours,
E. Jeffreys".
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.
Honor Blackman
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Not a lot, but the following day, the 22nd. August 1925, the actress Honor Blackman was born in Plaistow.
The most popular role of Honor's career was 'Pussy Galore' In the classic James Bond movie 'Goldfinger' (1964). Blackman went toe to toe with Sean Connery's womanising '007' and created major sparks on screen, managing to outclass her character's name.
Honor died in Lewes on the 5th. April 2020.
Final Thoughts From Honor Blackman
"I'm told leather drives men up
the wall. I like wearing it because
it because it feels nice."
"I'm very fond of Norfolk. My husband
came from there and the kids love it.
Devon is beautiful, too."
"I'm the slowest reader in the world,
because I perform it all in my head."
"There have been plenty of very
bare hotels with couples humping
next door. I don't stay in very grand
hotels."
"South Africa is the most beautiful
country I have been to. Canada is
also hugely underrated."
"Apart from anything else, I find boots
are too hot except in wintry weather.
At home I usually wear a sweater, shirt
and slacks."
"No More Avengers! There's nothing new
to get out of it - I want to go forward, not
backward."
"I hate everything about airports from
getting there to taking off."
"My father was in the civil service. I can
remember standing in a bus shelter in the
pouring rain, and that we were allowed
candy floss at the end of the holiday if we
had behaved."
"I've travelled around the UK a lot recently,
and have discovered that I really like trains.
If you're in the quiet carriage, nobody can
get hold of you and you can relax."
Saw this at our local recycling centre in Clacton-on-sea, Essex. I promised to upload these photo's for the lovely team who run the yard. Thank you for being so helpful & thank you for encouraging me to get some shots. Lynn
Saw this at our local recycling centre in Clacton-on-sea, Essex. I promised to upload these photo's for the lovely team who run the yard. Thank you for being so helpful & thank you for encouraging me to get some shots. Lynn
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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
Clacton On Sea Delivery Office Penny Black House, Clacton On Sea Delivery Office, Oxford Road, Clacton-On-Sea, Essex, CO15 3ER
A trip on the Panther bus to Clacton Railway Station.
BIG7596, Panther Travel. www.abarhamgroup.co.uk
A day out with Colne Estuary Preserved Buses, Clacton Bus Rally at Clacton Factory Outlet.
Sunday, 2nd June 2013, Clacton, Essex.
A preserved Platform Bench from Clacton on Sea Station in the warehouse at the National Railway Museum In York (UK).
This bench was made by the Great Eastern Railway sometime between 1862 and 1922.
Photograph by fellow enthusiast David and posted here with very kind permission.
This former Travelstar/Star Tours VDL Bova Futura is now with Masons Minibus & Coach Hire of Long Marston, Tring.
YJ11ANU is seen at the Martello Coach Park, Clacton-on-Sea in May 2016.
Alesha Jamaican Model On Location Photoshoot Clacton Pier Clacton-on-Sea Essex Seaside Town and Resort on an overcast day
Day 1 of a 5 day bank holiday weekend and Dad and myself head to the Essex coast for the 24th Annual air show.
Martello Tower F is set within a dry moat and situated at the junction of Marine Parade West and Tower Road, overlooking the promenade and seafront to the west of Clacton Pier. Tower F is the only remaining moated example on the Essex coast, the others at Beacon Hill, St Osyth (B), Holland Haven (G) and Walton Cliffs (J) were demolished or destroyed by coastal erosion during the 19th century. Tower F has seen some significant alterations, particularly in the 20th century, but the structure remains substantially unchanged and still retains many details dating from the period of construction. The first floor entrance, to the north west, is still approached by the original cast iron footbridge which spans the ditch on three pairs of stilt-like legs. The section nearest the tower is designed as a drawbridge, capable of being raised to seal the entrance. One of the chains on the first-floor bridge remains in place, together with the slots and iron pulleys set into the head of the entrance passage. All four of the windows to this floor were framed and glazed during the 1960’s, although the apertures still retain some of the iron bars dating from 1818.
Built from vari-coloured brick, made at Grays in Essex, a stone parapet, rusticated stone dressings to 4 windows and a door at half height. Unlike the other Clacton Defence Towers this one had a moat, glacis and outer battery. The brick lined moat still survives, the wall being approximately 22ft 11in tall and the moat base 26ft 2in wide. Taking 4 years and built at a cost of approximately £5,000 the situation was considered too unhealthy and the garrison was stationed at Weeley. Erosion by sea has claimed the battery.
A timber-clad observation room, formally a coastguard lookout, stands above the forward gun embrasure, resting on a metal gantry with legs set into concrete blocks on the tower's roof. The ground floor of the tower is accessible via a modern passageway cut through the rear wall of a storage alcove on the south-west side. All the other alcoves and casemates remain largely unaltered and the lamp passage to the main magazine (on the seaward side) is particularly well preserved.
The east coast Martello Towers were built between 1808 and 1812, there were 29 built from St Osyth in Essex north-eastwards to Aldeburgh in Suffolk, and are named by Historic England in the same order from A to Z then AA to CC, so this is the sixth tower along. Just to confuse the issue the Ordnance Survey refer to this one as Tower No.6 on all their old mapping, but it's shown as No.8 on the latest Open Street Mapping. During World War One Tower F was commandeered as a Piquet Station for G Company of the 8th Battalion Essex Regiment. In the inter-war years the tower came into the hands of the local authority, and in 1931 the interior was opened as a museum. The museum was short lived as the tower was returned to military control during World War Two and thereafter leased to the Ministry of Defence. The interior remained in use by the Royal Naval Auxilliary Service (RNAS) until 1990. A children's' zoo was established around the tower in the 1970’s but closed in the late 1980's.
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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
I colored in more of the details in this photograph, the original was nice, but now it pops more!
Loads of travel, archaeology images and more on the Archaeology/Travel Collage CD!
This image is one of my fave's of all time, so seaside vintage!
I have many travel, old color, archaeology and historical images on my archaeology collage cd!
Alesha Jamaican Model in White Lemon Swimsuit and Pure White Robe On Location Photoshoot Clacton-on-Sea Seaside Town and Resort Essex
Martello Tower F is set within a dry moat and situated at the junction of Marine Parade West and Tower Road, overlooking the promenade and seafront to the west of Clacton Pier. Tower F is the only remaining moated example on the Essex coast, the others at Beacon Hill, St Osyth (B), Holland Haven (G) and Walton Cliffs (J) were demolished or destroyed by coastal erosion during the 19th century. Tower F has seen some significant alterations, particularly in the 20th century, but the structure remains substantially unchanged and still retains many details dating from the period of construction. The first floor entrance, to the north west, is still approached by the original cast iron footbridge which spans the ditch on three pairs of stilt-like legs. The section nearest the tower is designed as a drawbridge, capable of being raised to seal the entrance. One of the chains on the first-floor bridge remains in place, together with the slots and iron pulleys set into the head of the entrance passage. All four of the windows to this floor were framed and glazed during the 1960’s, although the apertures still retain some of the iron bars dating from 1818.
Built from vari-coloured brick, made at Grays in Essex, a stone parapet, rusticated stone dressings to 4 windows and a door at half height. Unlike the other Clacton Defence Towers this one had a moat, glacis and outer battery. The brick lined moat still survives, the wall being approximately 22ft 11in tall and the moat base 26ft 2in wide. Taking 4 years and built at a cost of approximately £5,000 the situation was considered too unhealthy and the garrison was stationed at Weeley. Erosion by sea has claimed the battery.
A timber-clad observation room, formally a coastguard lookout, stands above the forward gun embrasure, resting on a metal gantry with legs set into concrete blocks on the tower's roof. The ground floor of the tower is accessible via a modern passageway cut through the rear wall of a storage alcove on the south-west side. All the other alcoves and casemates remain largely unaltered and the lamp passage to the main magazine (on the seaward side) is particularly well preserved.
The east coast Martello Towers were built between 1808 and 1812, there were 29 built from St Osyth in Essex north-eastwards to Aldeburgh in Suffolk, and are named by Historic England in the same order from A to Z then AA to CC, so this is the sixth tower along. Just to confuse the issue the Ordnance Survey refer to this one as Tower No.6 on all their old mapping, but it's shown as No.8 on the latest Open Street Mapping. During World War One Tower F was commandeered as a Piquet Station for G Company of the 8th Battalion Essex Regiment. In the inter-war years the tower came into the hands of the local authority, and in 1931 the interior was opened as a museum. The museum was short lived as the tower was returned to military control during World War Two and thereafter leased to the Ministry of Defence. The interior remained in use by the Royal Naval Auxilliary Service (RNAS) until 1990. A children's' zoo was established around the tower in the 1970’s but closed in the late 1980's.
The Postcard
A postcard bearing no publisher's name with an image that is a glossy real photograph. The card was posted in Clacton-on-Sea using a 2d. stamp on Monday the 21st. July 1952. It was sent to:
Mrs. L. Glaisher,
12, Eliot Vale,
Blackheath,
London SE.
The pencilled message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Dear Mistress,
I am having a fine holiday
and I feel a good bit better
for it.
I hope you are better.
Love to Miss W. and Mrs. N.,
also Mrs. Cyril and Mrs.
Arthur.
I shall be seeing you soon
now.
My family sends best wishes
to all.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Hirchley."
The War Memorial
The Imperial War Museum's War Memorials Register contains the following information relating to the Clacton memorial:
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Second World War - civilians
Charles Hartnell (Architect)
The memorial is located near to Pier Gap, Clacton-on-Sea Garden of Remembrance, Marine Parade West.
A two-stepped base surmounted by double plinth and bronze winged figure of Victory. Victory holds a wreath in one hand and a branch in the other. Dedicatory inscription carved onto the 6 o'clock face of the plinth in black lettering.
Names in relief on bronze plaques on two sides of the plinth.
First World War: 216 names
Second World War: 165 names
Second World War Civilians: 21 names.
The memorial is Grade II Listed.
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 11 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.
An Earthquake in California
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Well, on the 21st. July 1952, the Kern County earthquake struck California's southern Central Valley with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 12 and injuring hundreds.
Jane Rogers (Novelist)
The day also marked the birth in London of Jane Rogers.
Jane is a British novelist, editor, scriptwriter, lecturer, and teacher. She is best known for her novels Mr. Wroe's Virgins and The Voyage Home.
In 1994 Rogers was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Jane was educated at Oxford High School, a private girls school in Oxford before attending New Hall, Cambridge to study English. She graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1974, and went on to complete a Postgraduate Certificate in Education at the University of Leicester in 1976.
She now lives in Banbury.
Jane's novel The Testament of Jessie Lamb was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and won the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
In November 2015, her adaptation of Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle was broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
Jane Rogers' Bibliography
-- Separate Tracks (1983)
-- Her Living Image (1984)
-- The Ice is Singing (1987)
-- Mr. Wroe's Virgins (1991)
-- Promised Lands (1995)
-- Island (1999)
-- The Voyage Home (2004)
-- The Testament of Jessie Lamb (2011)
-- Conrad and Eleanor (2016)
Jane Rogers' Prizes and Honours
-- 1985 -- Somerset Maugham Award (for Her Living Image).
-- 1994 -- Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
-- 2011 -- Longlisted for The Man Booker Prize for Fiction (for The Testament of Jessie Lamb).
-- 2011 – Arthur C. Clarke Award (for The Testament of Jessie Lamb).