Clacton On Sea, Donkey Rides c.1960
Photo ref:
C107066
Photo ref:
C107066
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Memories of Clacton-on-Sea, Donkey Rides c1960
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Yes name was Norah Cleghorn, and we lived next to her mother in Burrs Road in the early 1950s. Nora was well known for bringing the Donkies along West Road from Jaywick for their daily ride home by the now Martello Restaurant. The children used to run along with the donkies every day, and some helping with the rides. Nora died a few years ago.
We lived in St Vincent Road, went bottling collecting bottles left on the beach and got the deposits back from the kiosks on the beach front, the some, the mean buggers only gave us half when they realised we were making a few bob, however we beat them by taking all the Macphersons bottles back to the plant in St Andrew Road, they paid full price and sometimes you got a couple of part ...see more
My grandad, Christopher Jeffrey had the donkeys on the Greensward by Clacton Bowling Club and I remember in 1951 when I was nine years old being given a ride on his donkeys.This postcard brings back happy memories of that long ago visit to my fathers parents. My grandfather had quite a few brothers and sisters, and my dad Ted Jeffrey, often told me stories about them .
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