Last week we enjoyed revisiting the
art deco shelters in Mewsbrook Park Rustington,
Sussex. A little scruffy inside but still a credit to the
district council.
th 17 Jun 2021
Friend of
nearthecoast Peter Brockett has pointed out that yesterday we left
out Boadicea's Welsh name Buddug. We've found evidence
the warrior queen was named whilst on hols in
Rhyl taking a
mini-break from annoying the Romans.
su 6 Jun 2021
As
a very young teenager we had a week's holiday in
Bournemouth.
Much of it was spent roller skating on nearby
Boscombe Pier. We manned up for a
Gentlemen Only session and got pushed so hard from
behind we went over the barrier. We visited maybe
ten years later and the roller rink was now an amusement
arcade but the beautiful wooden floor was still there.
we 23 May 2018
Eastern Angles at the Halesworth Cut
this
Friday (not last Saturday as shown in the Cut's
newsletter) with a play set in a Clacton
B&B.
we 20 Sep 2017
It
continues to surprise us how popular roller skating was as an
entertainment at the beginning of last century, including the magnificent
looking Great Yarmouth
Winter Gardens. In today's long running Radio 4 drama
Home Front
set during the first world war a couple go
roller skating on Folkestone
pier. Mrs Adeline Lumley:
I'm afraid I'll fall over. Staff Sergeant
Silas Morrow: That's the idea.
tu 5 Sep 2017
The
Tour of Britain will be
passing throughnear the coast Friday
round about lunch time. You will know it's approaching
when you hear the helicopter, expect it to flash past and
best not to get in the way. Wednesday the day before
there's an
individual time trial around Clacton,
if you download the start sheet you'll know who's likely to
be coming along next and there will be several hours of
spectating to do.
tu 11 Jul 2017
Last century
roller skating on Bournemouth
Pier was certainly al fresco and possibly
ad hoc, impressive how
many ladies involved
and muffs (possibly echoing ice skating) were clearly a
fashion accessory ...
more here
tu 18 Apr 2017
The toilet cubicle we patronised at the Deanes Sports Centre
near Rayleigh had a door that passed so close
to the toilet bowl that careful planning was needed to get in
and out. There was something distasteful looking smeared on a
wall and the hand drier didn't work but at reception there was a cheerful young woman
... more here
Snape
exile now Sidmouth resident Roger Horton emailed
with some kind words and help with the recent
Snape postcards on our Facebook page. Thank you Roger.
fr 19 Aug 2016
In recent years La Vuelta has been much more
interesting than Le Tour and hopefully it will be so again this year
... though the Sky machine will be there. Coverage
starts 10pm tomorrow night on ITV4 with highlights of the team
time trial ...
the race promo's a bit Eurovision.
mo 8 Aug 2016
It's
certainly the village fete season, Saturday we went to the
Wrabness fete which is pretty much a
mini
festival. We enjoyed fish curry, a very theatrical
human fruit machine, a bird of prey that decided to go off for a
15 minute fly round and a woman singer who might be Jackie Hole
ofThe
Super Things ... more near the coast it's
Blaxhall's turn
to fete this coming Saturday.
mo 25 Jul 2016
Wrabness
on the south bank of the river Stour is Essex if only just.
From there you can see Grayson Perry'sA House for Essexagainst the cranes of
Felixstowe port.
From what we can make out Perry doesn't actually own the house
... can't say we're smitten.
... a
bit Suffolk.jpg "Wish you were here - Buddug")
The
Tour of Britain will be
It's
certainly the village fete season, Saturday we went to the
Wrabness fete which is pretty much a
mini
festival. We enjoyed fish curry, a very theatrical
human fruit machine, a bird of prey that decided to go off for a
15 minute fly round and a woman singer who might be Jackie Hole
of
The
Super Things ... more near the coast it's
Blaxhall's turn
to fete this coming Saturday.
