My Southend

[GaryJ]

I took this screenie cos it reminds me of the final years of Southend's propliner era, and i have stacks of real photographs taken from the same spot. Oh the joys of making holes in the fence wide enough to get the camera through

[DaveB]

A 'typical' shot there mate That line up looks very similar to what I have there too

ATB
DaveB

[thomasburnside]

May Iask where you got the scenery from.

[TSR2]

That looks like the UK2000 UK stuff to me

[Garry Russell]

Ah!!!...memories

Cheers Gary

[GaryJ]

May Iask where you got the scenery from.

It's UK2000 scenery. A shame there's no Southend scenery available representing the 70's and 80's when RWY 33/15 was still being used by light traffic
I remember standing on the road bridge at 33 watching my first Pilatus Porter STOL land just before the numbers and stop just past them, i thought i was seeing things

[petermcleland]

The word Southend never fails to revive a memory of my first real journey on my motorbike...It was my sixteenth birthday present...I rode it from Southgate in North London to Southend and I considered that a great feat of endurance! I went to the Kursall and watched the motorbikes on the Wall of Death...I think the girl rider was Maureen Swift. My bike was a year older than me...It was a 1932 Federation and had a Villiers 175cc two stroke engine. The gear change was a gated lever on the side of the petrol tank...Memories

[DogTailRed2]

My memory of Southend as a kid was watching that poor man (Guy Fawkes?) being chopped in half by the axe!
Shame it all burnt down (repeatedly over the last 20 years).