Jaywick, The Sands c.1955

Photo ref: J4038

My grandparents owned a beachfront bungalow and every summer from the year I was born, 1960, to when they sold it in 1970, we spend summers there. Does anyone remember the trampoline compound, where you could also hire boats? It was on the beach virtually in front of our bungalow and run by husband and wife, Harold and Vi. I remember every morning walking to Dots with my grandad to buy rolls and a ...see more

I myself live in Battersea London , I was about six or seven at that time, and I had never seen the sea befor. Their was a neighbour who had a girl called yvonne and her brother malcombe and they asked my mother whether they could take me on holiday with them. The journey seem to take for ever not being the roads as they are today , I remember the four wheel bikes that you could hire, and the lorry ...see more

me and my brother,mum and nan always went to Jaywick for our holidays, and stayed in a bungalow near gorse green, my brother and I used to go to the top of our road and ride the double bikes with the canopies for about 6 old pence, then go to the arcade ,buy some lovely hot chips, and go to the clubhouse at night , walk along the beach with our mum and nan ,it was the most happiest times ever and ...see more

I first discovered Jaywick when I was just ten years old in 1954. I was taken there by my parents in a 1936 Bedford Van to stay with my uncle Bill, aunt Flo and cousin Bill who was 6 months younger than me. This would be my first holiday and the first time I spent time away from my parents. We stayed in a tiny chalet just across the way from the Casino amusement arcade and skating rink. What fun we ...see more