Motor Racing For The Young At Southend On Sea.

A Memory of 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!