Seaside

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...

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...

Love is in the Air and that Love is Vintage... So while I sit here on a sunny Saturday listening to the Jackson 5, I begin to realise that in the past few months we've had the Vintage Festival, the Vintage...

So this weekend was a busy one in Southend and Leigh, numerous vintage events... and of course Leigh Folk Festival in my hometown of Leigh-on-Sea. Unfortunately I wasn't able to hang out and listen to all the...

Love Southend's favourite pick of Instagrams this month in no particular order: 1 It's all happening outside our window... #leighonsea #leighfolkfestival #buskersquare It was the Leigh Folk Festival...

We all love a wiener. Okay. Calm your titters. I'm talking about HOT DOGS. Until now, the only place you could get a decent hot dog was the cinema. Even then, they are not so much in taste, they just make up...

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...

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...

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...

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...