Motor Racing For The Young at Southend On Sea.
I remember this little track so well, it's just at the foot of the pier and has been there for as long as I can remember. My parents often took me to Southend for a day's outing, we had family friends at Thorpe Bay and quite often my dad and uncle and I would leave my mum and auntie to catch up on their gossip and chatter and we'd head off to Southend. After a time at the Kersaal with all its side-shows and dodge'em cars, we always went to the little race track last before heading back for tea. I can recall the smell of those little engines, the rubber tires and slipery wooden covered track. Every time a smell like that wafts past my nose, even today, I think of the track at foot of Southend Pier. It was still there in 1955 so the photo.
postscript: It's 2008 now and I understand the track is still there, albeit updated. I can't go back there now, it's too far, I live in Canada. Happy days they were!
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RE: RE: Motor Racing For The Young at Southend On Sea.
Like you I enjoyed the little race track which when I rode cost 2/6d, I think for three rounds.
I lived in Southend during the last year of the war in Cheltenham Road and had many memories playing with my friends living in that road.
Peter Pans Playground has completely changed since those days.
I remember walking along the sea front during April when the beaches first opened when we were approached by a press photographer to take a photo of us playing on the beach, this was reproduced in two local papers. We lost this photo and would be interested if any one has a copy.
It is good that we can place our memories on the site and revive our memories.
Comment from ALAN Summers on Thursday, 26th May 2011.
RE: RE: Motor Racing For The Young at Southend On Sea.
ALAN. Hello from Canada, Thank you so much for commenting on my original post about the Little Race Track at the foot of the Southend Pier. Like you I remember the beautiful wide gardens along the front and the beaches especially in the summer. Good luck Alan. Please add any more memories you may have to any of the places I wrote about. Good Luck Denman
Comment from Denman Lalonde on Thursday, 26th May 2011.