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The 0 course car - a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo.X
Corbeau Seats Rally Tendring & Clacton 2018
Set-up and Scrutineering day 21st April
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BG58 OLO Mercedes-Benz Tourismo, new to Lodge's, High Easter, seen in Clacton-on-Sea on 14th June 2013.
The Postcard
A Valentine's Series postcard which was posted in Clacton-on-Sea on the 6th. September 1918 to:
Mrs. H. Green,
Gore Pit,
Feering,
Kelvedon,
Essex.
The message on the back of the card was as follows:
"Dear N,
We are having a nice time
by the sea today.
Hope you are well.
Love from Daisy".
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.
Operator: Greater Anglia
Livery: Greater Anglia
No: 720139
Service: 1N56 1918 London Liverpool Street to Clacton-on-Sea
Location: Wivenhoe
Needs saving, fantastic look out point on top of the Martello Tower beside Clacton Diagnostics Hospital overlooking the sea front. There is a second one on the sand along the beach where Butlins was, see Aerial Album for images of the holiday camp c1960'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
A view of a quiet Clacton Depot with most units out working. This depot building was opened in early July 1981 and yours truly would have been one of the first to bunk it. A week after the opening my family had a weeks holiday at Butlins Clacton and on the Sunday I disappeared to do a full East Anglia trip with this depot being first on the list. 6.00am and not a soul in sight so in I went.
Regards
Pete
Driver/Co-Driver: Kevin Jarvis / Robert Pomphrett
Car: Ford Sierra Sapphire RS Cosworth
Corbeau Seats Rally Tendring & Clacton 2019
Race Day 28nd April
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Day 1 of a 5 day bank holiday weekend and Dad and myself head to the Essex coast for the 24th Annual air show.
18/10/2023. Clacton-On-Sea, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits Clacton-on-Sea to see projects connected to the governments long term plan for towns. Picture by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street
18/10/2023. Clacton-On-Sea, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits Clacton-on-Sea to see projects connected to the governments long term plan for towns. Picture by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street
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Driver/Co-Driver: Richard Weaver / James Pink
Car: Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
Corbeau Seats Rally Tendring & Clacton 2019
Set-up and Scrutineering day 27th April
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The Postcard
A postcard bearing no publisher's name that was posted in Clacton-on-Sea using a ½d. stamp on Monday the 25th. July 1910. It was sent to:
Miss J. Jennett,
Post House,
Dorchester,
Nr. Wallingford,
Berks.
The pencilled message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"23, Hayes Road,
Clacton-on-Sea.
25/7/10.
Dear Jan,
I expect you have heard
I am at Clacton, and
having a very nice time.
We have had plenty of
showers here - strong
ones too, but they soon
clear up.
Give my love to all,
Your affectionate cousin
Annie."
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.
Monday, Monday
Monday would seem to be the most popular day for posting postcards. An analysis of the posting days for cards on this photostream reveals the following:
Monday 1,701
Tuesday 1,208
Wednesday 1,227
Thursday 1,081
Friday 1,227
Saturday 1,285
Sunday 1,271
Drownings in Hungary
So what else happened on the day that Annie posted the card to Jan?
Well, on the 25th. July 1910, a sudden downpour in the Hungarian town of Diósd caused flash flooding of the Danube River, drowning at least 25 people.
North Middlesex University Hospital
Also on the 25th. July 1910, the North Middlesex University Hospital opened.
North Middlesex University Hospital, known locally as North Mid, is a district general hospital in Edmonton in the London Borough of Enfield.
-- History of the Hospital
The hospital was originally established as the infirmary for the workhouse at Langhedge Field. When it opened it was separated from the workhouse itself by an iron fence, although the two shared a common gate, which still stands today.
In 1915 the complex was handed over to the military for use as a military hospital, when it became known as Edmonton Military Hospital.
Following its transfer back into civilian hands in 1920, the hospital became the North Middlesex Hospital.
In 1934 the hospital was the first British hospital to appoint a radiotherapist (Margaret Bromhall) to lead a radiotherapy department.
In 1938 the workhouse closed, with inmates being transferred to Chase Farm, and its buildings were made available to the hospital.
During the Second World War, six high explosive bombs fell on the site, damaging several buildings. Upon the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948, Southgate Isolation Hospital became an annexe of the North Middlesex, and was renamed Greentrees Hospital.
The accident and emergency department opened in 1955, having been built on the bombed section of the site. A new outpatients' department was officially opened by Princess Margaret in April 1960.
Part of the hospital site was cleared to make way for the expansion of the North Circular Road in 1973, with the Watermill Lane site being added to the hospital grounds to compensate. Construction of the buildings there was completed the following year.
Additions in the 1980's included new pathology laboratories in 1982, a new car park, boilerhouse and estates offices in 1987, and the Pymmes Building (housing four elderly care wards) in 1988.
Temporary operating theatres (Theatres 3 and 4) were constructed in 1991 and 1992, respectively.
In the late 1990's, parts of the hospital site were sold off for development in order to raise funds for the refurbishment of the remaining facilities. As a result, the accident and emergency department was refitted in 1999. In 2000, an NHS Walk-in centre was added.
The hospital became the North Middlesex University Hospital in 2001.
New facilities, including a new diagnostic centre, inpatient wards, operating theatres, an outpatients' department and an Accident & Emergency department, were procured under a Private Finance Initiative to replace the aging facilities in October 2007.
A new women's and children's unit was established under the Procure 21 Plus initiative; it was built by Kier Group at a cost of £80 million, and opened in November 2013.
-- The Hospital's Performance
The Trust did poorly in the cancer patient experience survey of 2015/6, and agreed to pair up with Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, which did very well. The pairing was intended to spread and accelerate innovative practice via peer to peer support and learning”.
Eleven trainee anaesthetists were withdrawn from the trust by Health Education England in September 2015 because they were not receiving adequate supervision. The General Medical Council had been raising concerns since 2009.
In the last quarter of 2015 the hospital had one of the worst performances of any hospital in England against the four-hour waiting target, and in January it was the worst, seeing just 66.4% of A&E patients within 4 hours.
The hospital was ordered by the Care Quality Commission in June 2016 to improve the performance of its Accident and Emergency Department. The inspectors found:
"There are delays in the initial assessment of
patients, in their assessment by a doctor, and
in moving them to specialist wards.
There are also insufficient middle grade
doctors and consultants.”
In February 2020 the Care Quality Commission praised the continuing improvements in the Accident and Emergency department at North Middlesex University Hospital in an inspection report. England's Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Professor Ted Baker, said:
"Care provided at the North Middlesex
University Hospital emergency department
has continued to improve, and I am pleased
to see it".
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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