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Frinton On Sea, Beach And Huts 1921
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Frinton developed in a quieter manner than Clacton or Walton, and it has always had a rather genteel air. In 1885 the Marine & General Company purchased land here, and began building Frinton Haven, which was to have a market, a pier, a tidal basin, and pleasure gardens. Several of these ideas, such as the pier, were later abandoned. A group of children pose around a rock pool, with varying degrees of stiffness. The panama hats and high stockings are typical of the early 1920s.

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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. Here are some from Frinton-On-Sea

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Probably Strangely Out Of Place At Hawthorns.

It was 1952 or '53. I was one of a few young boys boarded at Hawthorns in those Post-War days. I was sequestered there while my parents toured the United States for a year. I didn't remember them when they returned. My grandmother taught at Hawthorns in those days, which is probably how I ended up there after some horrible experiences in London schools. Her name was Francis B. Ball ...see more
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Fourth Avenue
not so much a memory but query? we had family living at glamis (lodge?) around 1900 is the house still there??
Frinton-on-Sea, Connaught Avenue and Free Church c1955
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I used to be a boarder at the best school at Hawthorn School for girls in Second ave have great memories of my time there was sad when we had to leave and move to bishop stortford does anyone else remember the School
Frinton-on-Sea, Connaught Avenue and Free Church c1955
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Drapers Shop Connaught Avenue
My great great grandmother, Eliza Hone, ran a Drapers Shop in Station Rd (later Connaught Avenue), after she was widowed from the late 1800's and she was included on 1901 & 1911Census's. My grandmother, Edith Victoria Adelaide Howe, was born there in 1897. I don't have any photos and only found out what I know from using Ancestry sites. I don't know what brought her to Frinton or when she left. Does anyone have any info please? Diane
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