Deborah Lundbech's photos with the keyword: Southend

In front of Sir Francis Drake's ship. OMG, I hated that coat so much that I still can't see it without shuddering. 1964.

Brought forward for the Vintage Photos Theme Park theme of "Piers or docks". My neighbor Frances and me in 1964, just before our families emigrated to the States. Photo taken in Southend, Essex, with the "Longest Pier in the World" in the background. Southend Pier was over a mile long, it had a train that took you to the end, and a "palace" with different entertainments through the years. We often went to the end on the train, but never made it to any of the shows. There are other photos of the pier in my Brocksford Avenue album, if you're interested, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southend_Pier

Brought forward for the Vintage Photos Theme Park theme of: AMUSEMENT PARKS Showing "The World's Longest Pier" (one mile long) in the background, and the seafront Amusement Park with the ferris wheel and the "Bumper Cars" sign visible. We used to love taking the train to the end of the mile long pier. Some other examples of the Southend amusement park for younger kids, Peter Pan's Playground, below. (1958).

Nicholas looks somewhat traumatized in this but as we're still on the pier and the camera loss hasn't yet been discovered, I guess it's an illusion. Me, Ruth, Frances and Nicholas.

Southend Pier in the distance. 1964.

Looking Bershon, but probably just tense from the camera loss drama. (See #1) Taken on the gardens facing the sea in Southend.

Southend, 1964

This photo was taken very shortly before my poor brother lost the camera he is holding - a present for his 8th birthday. A Kodak Instamatic. There was not a lot of sympathy for his loss, to put it mildly. Nicholas and I have different versions of the fallout but either way it wasn't pretty. Poor guy.

Poor quality shot of The Golden Hind, Sir Francis Drake's ship. There was a diorama in that white castle thing that was compelling but scary to me as a kid. I don't remember what it was. Perhaps Sir Francis Drake and friends?