St Clements Leigh On Sea

A Memory of Leigh-on-Sea.

I remember walking along the cinder path from Leigh station where the 21 bus dropped us off, buying cockles and Leigh shrimps for tea. We always had a plate of cockles while we waited for the shrimps to be weighed up. Lots of vinegar and plenty of pepper, lovely! We then walked up all the steps to St Clements, through the churchyard where my Dad showed us the stone that the pirates, more likely the fishermen, were said to use to sharpen their knives. We then walked back along the Broadway to the Grand Hotel and caught the bus back home.