Great Holland memories
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Happy Memories
The house in the photo is where my mother, Ruby Bugg was born, it was later knocked down & new houses built there, we moved into one of the houses in 1959. My sister, friends & I would play & make daisy chains on the rectory meadow, & go bluebelling in the woods behind the church. Great childhood memories. I now live in Australia & have been here 30 years, but when I think of "home", its Great Holland I think of.
Bareham Family
My Great grandfather Thomas Bareham lived at the Veldt Cottage which was next door to the Red Lion pub.He was also church warden at Great Holland Parish Church where he was well liked and respected. Although I live in Ipswich, I visit Great Holland and Clacton quite often.
My Great Uncles House
This photograph looks as though it was taken from the gate way of the house where my great uncle lived and as indeed I did, untill 1949. There were if I remember, four semi detached houses that joined up with the old Post Office going towards Clacton. The view from my uncles house gate looks down towards Pork Lane and it is there that my Great greatgrandfather lived in Plantation Cottages and where he died in 1923. Sadley all the houses and the Post Office have now been demolished not sure when but they were there about mid sixties.
Next door to great uncles house the other way towards Kirby Cross, there was a typical black Essex large shed and a smaller one. The house next to these and the owner of the sheds, I remember to this day, had a large enmal sign advertising "Colman's Mustard" covering what would have been covering no doubt, many holes in his missing tiles!
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Memories of Essex
Ice Cream on The Way to The Beach in The Early 1960s
My grandparents moved to Frinton-On-Sea in 1959 and for the whole of my childhood I spent a week or so of every school summer holiday with them in their bungalow.
I clearly remember walking down Connaught Avenue with my brother and grandfather on the way to the beach. The picture shows the end of the avenue closest to the sea. The two sets of similar canopies on the building facing the camera on the left of the picture belonged to The Grafton, a restaurant, and on the right The Galleon, a cafe and ice cream shop.
Because there were no refreshment kiosks on the beach (and I believe this is still the case) my grandfather would buy us both an ice cream from The Galleon which we would eat while sitting in the pretty triangle of gardens in the foreground of the photo. From there we would walk to the beach located behind the photographer.
Walking to Walton in The Early 1960s
My grandparents lived in Frinton-on-Sea from 1959 and as a child I would regularly stay with them in their bungalow for a week or so each school summer holiday. Every holiday my brother and I looked forward to a visit to Walton Pier for the penny arcade and the thrill rides. (Fifty years later we still happily recall the smells, noises and atmosphere of the pier!) Being a keen walker my grandfather would lead us on the hike from Frinton to Walton along the "front". It can be seen from the photograph that there is no promenade at this section of the walk - the Frinton promenade ends well to the right, out of shot, and the Walton section commences just beyond the headland shown. It can also be seen that the cliff has suffered terrible errosion which has eaten its way back near the breakwater. At low tide we walked along the beach but otherwise the only way was along the "greensward" and the cliff path which... Read more
One of The Nicest Places in The World
In 1998 I travelled to a beautiful town in England called Frinton- on-Sea.
A very unique and special place - where everyone is very friendly, clean and helpful.
I would say Frinton is like no other town in England - some of the shops have not changed decor since the 1950's 60's or 70's --- the pawns shops are the best for gifts and notions.
Frinton- on- Sea is a jewel of a town - a little bit of ol' England.
OMG Such Memories!
I have just read an amusing story about the Walls ices girls and how pretty they were - I was one of those girls - I can't quite believe someone has written about us! What fun we had. We all worked in the school holidays in the beach cafes, hard work sometimes but such good times.The beaches were packed and we sold lots of Walls ices! The cliffs on this photograph were the source of much competition as we all tried to climb the concrete face from the bottom to the top. More fun, however, in the winter when there was ice on it....so daring!! Yes the cafe in the picture was washed away and a new one was built but it never had the same atmosphere as the original.
The Start of Good Times.
My first holiday with my future wife and her family. We sat on the sands by the cafe as we didn't know how to hire a beach hut. That was the start of an association with Holland-on-Sea for me that is still going strong. I can't get down as much as I used to, but my daughter has a caravan on Valley Farm now so when my health lets me I do go down with her.
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