RE: Evening All29 Feb 2020 18:24
Hi Lorenzo06, yes I know Clacton quite well, I used to get sent on jobs up there and to the telephone exchange at 27 Holland Road, Clacton has unfortunately gone the same way as Southend which is a great pity, their heyday was way back in the 1960s and has long gone along with the" kiss me quick" hats, the bank holiday fights between the Mods and Rockers in the 60s and then on to the skinheads in the 70s to the closure of the Kursaal amusement park and the selling off of the illuminations to Blackpool, people used to come from all around to see the lights and walk around Never Never Land among the illuminated shrubbery the elves and Pinky and Perky on the cliffs, now all we have is a high street that is a shadow of its former self with beggers and down and outs sleeping rough in shop doorways while downing cans of white lightning cider spouting "spare any change gov" sad times, the town used to be so vibrant and you could buy whatever you wanted, we used to have six department stores and Charles Kalms who was a British retailer and founder of the Dixons chain that expanded to become the UK's largest electrical retail chain opened the first Dixons photographic studio at 32 High Street, Southend-on-Sea, not forgetting we have the longest pleasure pier in the world at 1.34 miles in length, sorry I have just noticed I have gone into nostalgia mode and reminiscing, please excuse the ramblings of someone who prefers the old ways and values.
Anyway, Lorenzo, we have established that you are nice and close in Clacton and I hope your drain rodding today was a success,
I hope the rest of your weekend goes to plan.
ATB