Southend On Sea, The Boating Beach c.1950
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Southend The Boating Beach

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Memories of Southend-on-Sea, the Boating Beach c1950

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In the foreground is the SMNCo.'s TSMV "New Prince Of Wales I" [a 75ft vessel built by Hayward's Boatyard, Burdett Road, at the back of the Kursaal] normally berthed at that Jetty. I think by the mid-1950's, my family's Company, the SMNCo. had begun to paint the "New Prince of Wales 1" a mid-Blue colour. . Behind our "New Prince Of ...see more
This twin screw motor vessel at the Jetty belonged to our family company, the Southend Motor Navigation Co. Ltd. She was built for the company in the 1920's by the local Hayward's Boatyard, Beach Road, Southend and was commandeered by the Royal Navy for the Dunkirk Evacuation Operation Dynamo in May, 1940. She served through the rest of the War as an inshore minesweeper, and ...see more