Nostalgic memories of Westcliff-on-Sea's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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I had an Great Aunt who used to rent out a house right on the front called 'Beau Site', Undercliffe Gardens,Westcliff-on-Sea. I have a postcard sent by her to my great grandmother 'The Front, Looking East, Westcliff-on-Sea'. 1915 Does anyone know if the house is still there?
I was 9, my brother about 12, and my sister was 6, and we lived with our parents in a huge maisonette in Hamlet Court Road. That winter ('63) it snowed and snowed and was freezing for weeks. Our dad and his friend, who lived opposite with his family (we would wave across the road to each other from our balconies!) built a huge sledge that carried about four (or possibly all!)of us at once! (they had two ...see more