Southend On Sea, Old World Gardens c.1960
Photo ref: S155143
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Photo ref: S155143
Photo of Southend On Sea, Old World Gardens c.1960

Memories of Southend-on-Sea, Old World Gardens c1960

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Southend On Sea, Old World Gardens c.1960

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This is the walled garden in Priory Park. There was a notice at the bottom of the flight of steps saying 'No unaccompanied children' which made it doubly exciting. You could enter from the museum and cloisters, always the smell of clipped lavender, a fig tree on the wall and goldfish in the channel that led to the pond. As children we used to jump over the channel which was probably not more than two feet across ...see more