Southend on Sea

[dlx1]

This bad time to happy at any time but not now !!

Southend seafront illuminations and free fireworks show every Saturday eve from 8pm. 1st Oct - 5th Nov

 

[Dirty Martini]

Fear of abominable summer seasons- the Grumbleweeds, Dustin Gee's picked carcass and that youngish one from Hi De Hi in a musical rewrite of the Caretaker.

Chrome art-deco pastiche, stand-up comedy from London and a Gordon Ramsay bistro at the end. Somewhere in Norfolk

 

[john x]

He's got a dodgy leg

One word. Douglas Bader!

john x

 

[chooch]

Chrome art-deco pastiche, stand-up comedy from London and a Gordon Ramsay bistro at the end. Somewhere in Norfolk

Fuck yes. Pavilion style entrance ('like sails against the churning sea', mixed retail/leisure development (wooden educational toys, an art gallery selling driftwood sculptures, a floaty dress shop and a coffee house). A really shit name like the jetty (all lower case).

 

[pk]

Gutted, my grandfather built the trains on that pier (though they have been replaced since the 50's I believe).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/4327304.stm

 

[hipipol]

Not a lucky place

When it aint on fire, ships, including the one time Radio Caroline, are ramming it
Dont fancy spending me summer hols there like

 

[Wolfie]

you're losing your touch pk - I've merged this with the existing thread

actually that's done weird merge, keeping pk's thread title but crediting it to Stobart

 

[J77]

I hope they don't let it fall into a complete state of disrepair like those bastards in Brighton have done to the West Pier

 

[pk]

you're losing your touch pk - I've merged this with the existing thread

Totally missed this thread - things move too fast these days, too many fackin' newbies innit...

 

[Spymaster]

Piers eh? What the fuck are they all about? I mean what's the point?

 

[chooch]

what's the point?

Futile gesture of strictly temporary defiance against cruel uncaring sea/universe. And isolation zone for rowdy entertainment like minidodgems, arcades and candy floss.

Would a long enough pier be offshore for tax purposes?

 

[Spymaster]

..... isolation zone for rowdy entertainment like minidodgems, arcades and candy floss.

Ahh! It all becomes clear.

 

[Stobart Stopper]

Totally missed this thread - things move too fast these days, too many fackin' newbies innit...

Ha ha! You dick!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

One word. Douglas Bader!

john x

Yes well. He was a stiff upper lipped RAF pilot. b/f is an Irishman

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Here's a picture from the 1976 fire that I saw

 

[pk]

Ha ha! You dick!

My name isn't Richard!



At least I don't try to cuddle wild squirrels...

 

[Miss Potter]

Ahhh. Sarfend Am Zee. The distant cries of the Glassed in Tots 'Nite Spot' That still there? I bet Griff still goes if it is

I had my hen night there

Was going to take the kids there in half term, still got vouchers for half price wristbands. Although of course Peter Pan's is not affected, and hopefully they'll still have the fireworks...

 

[chooch]

Wonder what the National Piers Society have to say.

 

[Iguana]

I have to collect something from Southend on Sea at the weekend. I've never been, and have no idea what it's like but I was thinking of making a day of it. Bring the dogs with me and take them to the beach and getting lunch somewhere.

Or would I be better off to make the pick off and go straight back to London?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I have to collect something from Southend on Sea at the weekend. I've never been, and have no idea what it's like but I was thinking of making a day of it. Bring the dogs with me and take them to the beach and getting lunch somewhere.

Or would I be better off to make the pick off and go straight back to London?

It's got a very long coastline. You could walk all the way from Southend to Thorpe Bay to Shoebury but it won't be very exciting

 

[JHE]

I always found Southend a bit depressing - a traditional English seaside resort, but without the shabby grandeur of Blackpool or Weston-Super-Mare and without the much more tempting charms of Brighton.

Still, if you generally enjoy seaside resorts, I expect you'll have a nice time.

I have little doubt you can still buy sticks of rock, hire a deck chair, ride on a donkey, lose a few quid in one-arm bandits, wear a kiss-me-quick hat, get cold and wet, go into the sea with those strange inflatable things on your arms, build sandcastles and/or bury an obliging middle-aged relative in sand, have some half-decent chips, get as drunk as you like...

(Personally, I'd go to London and get drunk in comfort.)

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I always found Southend a bit depressing - a traditional English seaside resort, but without the shabby grandeur of Blackpool or Weston-Super-Mare and without the much more tempting charms of Brighton.

Still, if you generally enjoy seaside resorts, I expect you'll have a nice time.

I have little doubt you can still buy sticks of rock, hire a deck chair, ride on a donkey, lose a few quid in one-arm bandits, wear a kiss-me-quick hat, get cold and wet, go into the sea with those strange inflatable things on your arms, build sandcastles and/or bury an obliging middle-aged relative in sand, have some half-decent chips, get as drunk as you like...

(Personally, I'd go to London and get drunk in comfort.)

Most of the above, except I've NEVER seen donkeys

 

[hammerntongues]

Not much to see in S-O-S but that depends on what you usually see out of your window I guess , fresh sea air and a shitty pint in a shitty seaside boozer.

nb . Its bluebell time in North Essex , some fantastic forest walks , dogs welcomed and a decent pint in decent boozer , they only stay out for about 3weeks .

 

[nightowl]

go to adventure island, grab an armband and go on all the rides

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

go to adventure island, grab an armband and go on all the rides

is that what it's called nowadays. It used to be Peter Pan's

 

[Iguana]

I just want to watch my dogs chase waves and then run away when the waves come back. If there's a nice quite strip of coast line that would suit me fine.

Are the beaches sandy or stoney?

 

[TopCat]

I just want to watch my dogs chase waves and then run away when the waves come back. If there's a nice quite strip of coast line that would suit me fine.

Are the beaches sandy or stoney?

They are muddy, this is the Thames estury after all.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I just want to watch my dogs chase waves and then run away when the waves come back. If there's a nice quite strip of coast line that would suit me fine.

Are the beaches sandy or stoney?

Then the further you walk down the seafront (Eastern Esplanade rather than Western Esplanade), the quieter it gets. Go past the Kursaal and the road narrows and leads on to Thorpe Bay and then Shoebury. It depends on the tide. If it's up to the sea wall dog won't be able to go on beach, but if it's not, then it's a mixture of shingle and sand until you get further out to the mud, but it'll only be mud if the tide is right out.

 

[bluestreak]

The best thing about Southend is the station. Where you can get on a train and get the hell out. Horrible place.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I used to live the other side of that hotel. (That's in Thorpe Bay, next door to Southend). My room overlooked the sea

Here you can see boats on shingle. Further down you'll get a bit of sand and then further out you'll get mud. It'll all depend on how far down the seafront you go and how far in the tide is as to whether you get shingle and sand or whether you get shingle, sand AND mud. I'm sure your dog would love the mud though