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My Great Uncle and Great Aunt (Joe and Rose) both passed away recently, so I decided to share their memory here. I am their Great Niece's daughter.

As far as I am aware, they met about aged  17 or 18 on a "Beano" on Southend beach one year, about 60 years ago during the summer. Joe fell for Rose immediately, and wrote with a stick into the sand, "Joe loves Rose". They stayed together for the rest of their lives and had children and grand-children. Rose was ill and died a couple of years ago. Joe fell ill also and he passed away and met her again up there almost exactly a year later. I am sad they are not here anymore, but I'm glad they are together again. I hope they appreciate me sharing their memory.

We lived in Rainham, but then moved near Southend about 15 years ago and so much has changed since.

Written by Clare Jones. To send Clare Jones a private message, click here.

A memory of Southend-On-Sea in Essex shared on Friday, 26th January 2007.

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