https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/09/06/at-walton-on-the-naze-x/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 12 Sep 2021 17:36:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/09/06/at-walton-on-the-naze-x/#comment-1407998 Sun, 12 Sep 2021 17:36:42 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188529#comment-1407998 Your writing is a joy, and especially poetic describing the Pier ‘Walton Pier curls to one side like a great tongue….’ which left me with a big smile across my face

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/09/06/at-walton-on-the-naze-x/#comment-1405825 Tue, 07 Sep 2021 08:49:57 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188529#comment-1405825 It’s a stunner of a beach. Rich in fossils, particualy shark teeth and fossilised wood from the Mangrove Forest from ancient times. Classic Essex. Ripe for contrasting experiences. A people’s beach, which occasionally attracts snobbery from the Frinton set!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/09/06/at-walton-on-the-naze-x/#comment-1405667 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 21:21:34 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188529#comment-1405667 I’m amazed the Gentle Author liked this impoverished place; the area beyond the Naze is interesting & has Arthur Ransome links, & the shore below the cliff is an SSSI for its fossils, but the pier is about as ugly as anything, a graceless tin shed with no saving graces at all IMO!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/09/06/at-walton-on-the-naze-x/#comment-1405629 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 18:45:08 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188529#comment-1405629 I wonder if that last picture is the ultimate fate of the beach- just surf right up to the concrete?

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/09/06/at-walton-on-the-naze-x/#comment-1405594 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 16:44:51 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188529#comment-1405594 What an amazing place. Looking at your pictures, I have the sensation to have gone back in time. But today or yesterday, I would definitely have some fish and chips. Happy holidays.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/09/06/at-walton-on-the-naze-x/#comment-1405556 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 13:32:50 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188529#comment-1405556 I remember it well , especially falling off the concrete prom and breaking my footin 1962!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/09/06/at-walton-on-the-naze-x/#comment-1405512 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 10:10:35 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188529#comment-1405512 My husband often tells me about going to Walton on the Naze for holidays as a child back in the 60s and early 70s. They didn’t have much money but coming from East London being on a beach was a lovely treat. I’m unable to travel from Switzerland at the moment and how I miss the beach and seafront at my home on the East Coast of Scotland!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/09/06/at-walton-on-the-naze-x/#comment-1405498 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 09:16:04 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188529#comment-1405498 Another wonderful piece. I feel as if I’ve been to the seaside this morning. Thank you.

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