Our nearest Seaside resort...

So there you have it folks... a little tour around our nearest and most favourite Seaside resort in England... but I can't leave without posting a pic of our favourite lunch at the Peter boat...Shellfish and smoked haddock chowder... :p


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precisely Gardenlover, IMO it's a living history. Photography is my hobby, I'm not great at it, but it's my passion, I've got a few photos in albums here too, click on my name to view my albums.. ... thank you for enjoying them .

I often look back at my pictures and I'm astonished at the things I'd forgotten or how things have changed insidiously so you might not notice, and there it is in full colour and detail staring you in the face...fabulous!! :D

Thank you all for the likes... I'm pleased you enjoyed the pics... it makes it worthwhile taking the time to upload them :love:
 

Holly your smashing pics and comments and ensueing posts from others is heartwarming. I need to browse all the pics closely and will take much pleasure in doing so...and bring a tear to my eyes with great memories since a small child.

Toffee...pleased to meet you annd interesting you know it all so well too. I will take time and feast my eyes on Holly's pics. I grew up with Southend and Leigh on Sea in my blood and could write a book on it all.
 
Westcliff on Sea next to Southend is another lovely place and such beautiful gardens and views. Hamlet Court Road with its good shops I recall so well and the old theatre that as far ad I know is still open
 
hollydolly said:
yes the Palace theatre at Westcliffe is still open as is the Pavilion at Southend (y)
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Been to both theatres many times. There was a time when the Palace was going to close it's doors but thankfully recued. The old fenicular is still running and I remember the shell fish shops called Goings under the pier head and my family tucking into tasty shellfish.

Rossi! ☺Always had their well known ice cream and miss them. Baileys fish and chip shop near the Kursaal selling traditional fish and chips that were yummy.

The old gas works pier head that eventually was demolished...

Im on a roller in here..and again thanks to Holly for bringing back such lovely memories.
 
I've got vague memories of Clacton, Walton on the Naze and Southend and its Pier.
As I recall, there was a railway the length of the pier, but you only paid in one direction. I can't remember whether you paid going to the end, or walking back.

So, here's a pic from my old stomping ground on the south coast - Southsea. It's an area steeped in naval history.

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Going back to my childhood - the beach at Girvan, W Scotland.
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And where I live now..

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yes Capt, there's always been a railway at Southend (except when it burned down)... I know Southsea very well I lived very close to there when my daughter was little and we lived in Naval Married quarters.

Girvan beach , along with Saltcoats, Ardrossan and Largs beaches were where my granny took me for days out when I was a child.. fond memories .

My favourite beaches are at my old home town, on the Isle of Arran...

..and your closest beach now is ideal for quiet and beauty away from the crowds, thanks for the pictures and the memories..
 
Hollydolly, did you ever have an ice cream from Nardini's? Back in the day, when I was working in Greenock, I would stay in Largs, but Nardini's was closed at that time. It wasn't till I moved back north that I went back to Largs and it had reopened. The harbour and ferry had been updated too.

Another pic from my life in Hampshire.. Across the road from the IBM plant where I worked(?) was the 'Royal Oak' pub at Langstone harbour. This was one of the most photographed and painted pubs in Hampshire. We would sometimes go there for a drink on Friday lunchtimes. Sometimes people would park on the foreshore, and if the tide came in, their cars could get rather wet!

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Oh yes I suspect so, Nardini's were so well known Capt, but I'd be lying to say definitely for sure, I was just a child ,a nd ice-cream was ice-cream ... , but I remember it was a big one on the corner .
 
A covered area at the rear of Ye Olde Smack pub ... old cosy back door covered nook, ideal for winter time (which is when I took this pic) or wet weekends, I think it was initially an area for smokers.. This photos is about 10 years old.. I haven\t been inside the Smack for years.

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Marlene said:
I love these pictures. My dream is to get to England one day before I'm too old to totter around :p Pictures like these make it even more exciting to think about.
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I hope you do manage to get here, there are so many beautiful places in England...as well as the whole of the UK, and much prettier places than those I've shown here too....

If you click on my name and then on albums, I have many albums of photos uploaded.. .. here's just an album of where I live I took last spring... 9 months ago...

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Marlene, I do hope that you get to the UK some day. It's such a diverse country with areas of great beauty. (OK, it has bad areas too, but I expect that all countries do)
Anyway, here is a pic from the north of England. If you know of Harry Potter, this is a part of Alnwick castle and was used as the setting for Hogwarts school in the films.

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Ruth n Jersey said:
Beautiful,Holly,I love the flowers. That area must be very popular from the looks of the crowds. The photo with the black railing and steps looks like a giant wave coming in.
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Thank you Ruth,🌹 yes it's extremely popular as a seaside resort. It's the closest one to London, so it gets a lot of visitors, and it has a lot to do there compared to many other resorts... of which we have Many being an Island nation..☀
 
hollydolly said:
I hope you do manage to get here, there are so many beautiful places in England...as well as the whole of the UK, and much prettier places than those I've shown here too....

If you click on my name and then on albums, I have many albums of photos uploaded.. .. here's just where I live last spring... 9 months ago...

https://www.seniorforums.com/media/albums/spring-around-our-place.577/
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How beautiful. I have a penpal who lives near Endon in Stoke-on-Trent. I'm fascinated by all the pictures he sends. I was lucky enough to get to Ireland a couple of years ago (my first choice would have been England, but I went with a friend who didn't want to see England). I've been in love with all things English since I was a little girl of around 8 or 9 and discovered Agatha Christie. Your pics are so beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
 
You're so welcome.. Ireland is beautiful in parts too, and my own home country Scotland is stunningly beautiful but it rains a lot in both places.. .. :LOL:, you need to come to the south east for sun we get the least rain of the whole country and we have great beaches , the west for glorious scenery and to North Yorkshire, for beauty... also parts of Devon and Cornwall for beautiful rugged coastlines and quaint cottages ( although it rains down there a lot too ) but that what makes everything green.. 🥰..
 
Marlene, I can't resist a small 'plug' for my current home, Aberdeenshire. Quite a few of the scenes are in Aberdeen city, but several are from near to where I live. The Glen Garioch (pronounced Geary) distillery is fairly close and some of the shots of the coastal village towards the end are from not far from my village.

 

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