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Donkey & Buskins public house, Layer-de-la-Hay
I was the licensee of the above for an all too brief time and had some regular customers who arrived every week-day evening at opening time and were called "The Club". Among them I remember a Ken & Penny Upton and a retired local Headmaster who was known as "Casey".
Time erodes memory, especially re: names, but I hope someone reads this and contacts me with any information regarding these very happy days.
A memory of Colchester contributed by Ken Cramer
So sad
This picture of High Street is very dear to me because it is how I remembered it when I was a boy in the 1940s & 50s. In 1955 I was called up to do my national sevice and was posted abroard, when I returned, to my horror, the church in the foreground had been demolished.
A memory of Colchester contributed by roger reynolds
Happy Summer Days at the Pool
This photo' reminded me of those carefree summer days when we would cycle from Myland to the pool, leave our bikes, unlocked, in a heap outside, pay our 6d and go to the dank, cold, changing room under the bridge.
The girls had to cross the end of the pool by a boardwalk to their changing room on the other side.
There were high diving boards so the pool was about ten feet deep at the deep end. We discovered that there was a hole in the underwater wire netting beneath the boardwalk where we could dive down to come up under the boardwalk to bang on the boards as the girls walked over,
We spent many hours sunbathing and swimming, ...read more here
A memory of Colchester contributed by First Name Last Name
Colchester 1960s
Lived Colchester late 1950s to late 1960s. Fond memories of picnics in the castle grounds with my young sister and baby brother. Boats on the lake. Military tattoo. Returned after years away and though there was change, much remained the same - thank goodness.
A memory of Colchester contributed by Haze Perrott
Extracts From Fingringhoe & Essex books
For a number of years the five acre site stood in
splendid isolation with magnificent views of the sea
across open fields which had formerly been Clacton’s
first golf course and was later to become the Gardens
area. The home had cost £30,000 to build and was
designed to accommodate 26 men, 17 women and
12 children. An annexe for consumptive patients
was subsequently added. The home’s most notable
role however was to accommodate wounded soldiers
throughout the First World War. Shortly after the
Second World War the home was transferred to
the Kensington and Chelsea Health Authority and
it was closed by them in 1977. It was subsequently
taken over by the North East Essex Health Authority
and was used to accommodate up to 70 mentally
handicapped patients and as a small day care unit. It
was finally closed in 1985 and the site was acquired
by Wimpey Homes. The building still stands and is
given over to private dwellings.
Eventually Page’s Estate, Bruff’s Estate, together
with other estates around Clacton such as Round’s
Estate and Burrsville, linked up with the ancient
villages of Great Clacton and Magdalen Green as well
as the outlying areas of Jaywick and Little Holland, to
form what we know today as Clacton-on-Sea.
Maybe its glory days of the 1920s and 1930s are
gone, but with its several miles of golden sand, its
gardens and its entertainments and amusements
Clacton-on-Sea still has much to offer to the
holidaymaker and resident alike.
An extract from from"Clacton-on-Sea Town and City Memories".
To the right of christ church is the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Light. The architect was F W Tasker and the church was opened on 15 October 1903. It is cruciform in plan and consists of a nave of five bays with transepts to the north and south.
An extract from from"Clacton-on-Sea Town and City Memories".
The passmore Edwards Convalesent Home stood at the far end of the Promenade. It was concieved by John Passmore Edwards as a holiday home for deprived children. The foundation ston was laid by Sir H H Fowler MP on 19 May 1898 and the building officially opened on 23 June 1899. It eventually became a convalescent home and medical rehabilitation center for the North East Metropolitan Region and was closed and demolished in 1986.
An extract from from"Clacton-on-Sea Town and City Memories".
To the right, behind the flagpole is the Life Boat House, designed by Charles H Cooke and opened in 1878. The building was enclosed by a fence to protect it from damage by cattle. The round dormer window at the top admitted light to the roof space which housed two large hook for raising and lowering the boat on to its carriage. A winding staircase led up the tower to the left where a warning bell was hung to summon the crew when needed. The boat was then drawn down to the beach by horses and launched from the beach.
An extract from from"Clacton-on-Sea Town and City Memories".
The building on the right was built in 1899. Part of it was
a pumping station used to pump sea water to standpipes
dotted around the town for Council workmen to draw off
water to wash down the dusty streets. Residents could also
buy a key to enable them to bring relief to their tired feet.
An extract from from"Clacton-on-Sea Town and City Memories".