Ice Cream On The Way To The Beach In The Early 1960s

A Memory of Frinton-On-Sea.

My grandparents moved to Frinton-On-Sea in 1959 and for the whole of my childhood I spent a week or so of every school summer holiday with them in their bungalow.

I clearly remember walking down Connaught Avenue with my brother and grandfather on the way to the beach. The picture shows the end of the avenue closest to the sea. The two sets of similar canopies on the building facing the camera on the left of the picture belonged to The Grafton, a restaurant, and on the right The Galleon, a cafe and ice cream shop.

Because there were no refreshment kiosks on the beach (and I believe this is still the case) my grandfather would buy us both an ice cream from The Galleon which we would eat while sitting in the pretty triangle of gardens in the foreground of the photo. From there we would walk to the beach located behind the photographer.