Traditional Seaside Activities For Children Ria August 11, 2014 Adventure Island, Festivals, Seaside, Southend, Southend Pier 2 Comments It's Summer time in Sunny Southend-on-Sea! You've been waiting all year to take the kids down to the seaside for some traditional seaside children's activities, and some good old-fashioned family fun. You may...
Timeline of Southend and the Great War Nicola Hockett August 6, 2014 Landmarks & Attractions, Local News, Seaside, Southend, Southend Pier, The Forum So as I sit here leading up to ‘The Lights Out’ campaign, it got me thinking about how our lovely Southend played its part during those horrendous 4 years that our great grandparents lived through and what...
Old Photos of Southend Through the 1900s Ria July 29, 2014 Adventure Island, Kursaal, Landmarks & Attractions, Local Business, Places of Worship, Seaside, Southend, Southend Pier 47 Comments A brief glimpse into Southend's history over the past century, with decade-by-decade photographs. Southend in the 1900s Southend seafront in 1902 - by Ray Munns Photography. FACT: In 1902, there was a...
[PICS] Thunder and Lightning Storms in Southend! Ria July 21, 2014 Landmarks & Attractions, Local News, Seaside, Southend, Southend Nightlife, Southend Pier 5 Comments You've no doubt heard (or have even been woken up by) the loud roars of thunder during the weekend. The flashes of lightning illuminating the room through your curtains. The rain hammering angrily upon your...
Top 10 Movie Scenes That Were Filmed In Southend Ria June 14, 2014 Adventure Island, Kursaal, Landmarks & Attractions, Seaside, Southend, Southend Pier 2 Comments We do love seeing Southend-on-Sea on the screen! Whether it's seeing our sunny Southend seaside in a TV advert, or our sunny Southend seaside in a music video, we're proud of our picturesque little seaside...
5 Fun Ideas for a Seaside Wedding Nicola Hockett June 3, 2014 Seaside, Southend, Southend Pier 4 Comments Wedding Bells are ringing! So the wedding season is upon us, I can almost hear the bells and see the confetti. As well as seeing the sparkle from the beautiful engagement rings that a fair few of my very good...
Top 10 Instagrams of Southend (May 2014) Ria June 1, 2014 Adventure Island, Landmarks & Attractions, Local News, Seaside, Southend, Southend Pier Love Southend's favourite pick of Instagrams this month in no particular order: 1 #bankholiday #southend #beach #seaside #greatbritishseaside #superhoops #icecream #original #rossi #qpr #nomnomnom...
Sopot: Southend’s Polish Twin Town Ria May 27, 2014 Adventure Island, Landmarks & Attractions, Seaside, Southend, Southend Pier, Theatres 1 Comment What is a twin town? The idea behind town twinning came about after the second world war, to establish friendships between different cultures and mend relationships broken by the war, as well as encouraging...
Top 10 Instagrams of Southend (April 2014) Ria May 1, 2014 Adventure Island, Food & Drink, Kursaal, Landmarks & Attractions, Local Business, Local News, Seaside, Southend, Southend Pier 1 Comment Love Southend's favourite pick of Instagrams this month in no particular order: 1 #beach #goodfriday #beachhut #spring #southend #southendonsea #essex #england #igessex #thames...
Things You’ve Always Wanted To Do In Southend… But Won’t. Ria April 28, 2014 Adventure Island, Landmarks & Attractions, Seaside, Southend, Southend Pier, Theatres If you're like me (and everyone else I've asked while trying to compile this list) you've often said to yourself or your friends, "Oh yeah, totally! I'm totally gonna just do that one day". We know we won't....
