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'A Child of the Twenties'
A suburban childhood of the Twenties
As seen from the Nineteen Nineties
By
John Robert Laws (1921-2008)
Wanderings and more
PART 26
There was a stone-built breakwater in front of the beach huts and with the run of the tide along the coast, there was deep water on one side and sand at the water’s edge on the other. Facing the deep side was a platform diving board and a springboard where one could display a considerable lack of skill combined with great enjoyment.
The deep water was only there at the high tide of course and so the tides controlled the way the day was spent. In the youngest bucket and spade days low water was in demand but once I could swim strongly it had to be high tide. Not far from the diving boards, rafts were anchored to give a point to swim to and even sit on, The young cannot sit still however and so it was climb out and dive back in again and swim back to base to start again.
It was never crowded at Walton. Holidaymakers were squeezed off most of the beaches at high tide but there were soon big stretches of smooth virgin sand again and on one of these, a beach artist would claim a large pitch well overlooked from the promenade. He would draw his pictures on the hard damp sand and set his hat to catch the pennies thrown from the prom. Perhaps he doubled as a pavement artist in the winter.
The un-crowded beaches were ideal for flying kites and even permitted the continuous swinging of a tethered tennis ball hung on long elastic between a pair of poles. On one holiday I remember a less space consuming toy was rampant, the yo-yo, and these spinning discs on strings were in every hand rising and falling, spinning and circling to show off the skill of the owner.
South of the pier was the sunniest part of the cliffs and here and there, were tiers of beach huts rising behind the prom from which one could watch the world go by or change for a swim. The beach hut was not only for swimming from but also for sitting in the sun sheltered from the east coast wind, very rarely for sheltering from the rain, and for making tea and eating snacks and ice cream.
I was much better at eating than the sitting but would sometimes stay and watch the sailing barges gliding serenely along the coast, their big red sails filled with the east wind. It was not so funny for them when it really blew hard. Distress flares would go up with a noisy boom and the lifeboat went out from its anchorage by the end of the pier. Even in the summer of holiday time, this was not all that unusual.
As well as sailing barges there were paddle steamers which called at the end of the pier. These came from Tower Bridge by way of Southend on Sea, and then sailed away into the far distance north to unknown Yarmouth perhaps.
These were best watched from the end of the pier itself where the bump could be felt as ropes were thrown and contact made with the big paddle wheels churning in reverse. On the pier too there was entertainment. The man who rode a bike off the high diving board was always worth watching, but the children’s concerts were pretty corny, even for kids.
Here we would have some rooms or latterly a house and we would stay for a month, though my father had only a fortnight of holiday and was only with us at weekends the rest of the time. We used to have a beach hut near the pier and would swim in the icy North Sea in blazing sunshine. It must have been here that I learnt to swim, taught by my mother, tuition later reinforced and widened by lessons at school.
There was a stone-built breakwater in front of the beach huts and with the run of the tide along the coast, there was deep water on one side and sand at the water’s edge on the other. Facing the deep side was a platform diving board and a springboard where one could display a considerable lack of skill combined with great enjoyment.
The deep water was only there at the high tide of course and so the tides controlled the way the day was spent. In the youngest bucket and spade days low water was in demand but once I could swim strongly it had to be high tide. Not far from the diving boards, rafts were anchored to give a point to swim to and even sit on, The young cannot sit still however and so it was climb out and dive back in again and swim back to base to start again.
It was never crowded at Walton. Holidaymakers were squeezed off most of the beaches at high tide but there were soon big stretches of smooth virgin sand again and on one of these, a beach artist would claim a large pitch well overlooked from the promenade. He would draw his pictures on the hard damp sand and set his hat to catch the pennies thrown from the prom. Perhaps he doubled as a pavement artist in the winter.
The un-crowded beaches were ideal for flying kites and even permitted the continuous swinging of a tethered tennis ball hung on long elastic between a pair of poles. On one holiday I remember a less space consuming toy was rampant, the yo-yo, and these spinning discs on strings were in every hand rising and falling, spinning and circling to show off the skill of the owner.
South of the pier was the sunniest part of the cliffs and here and there, were tiers of beach huts rising behind the prom from which one could watch the world go by or change for a swim. The beach hut was not only for swimming from but also for sitting in the sun sheltered from the east coast wind, very rarely for sheltering from the rain, and for making tea and eating snacks and ice cream.
I was much better at eating than the sitting but would sometimes stay and watch the sailing barges gliding serenely along the coast, their big red sails filled with the east wind. It was not so funny for them when it really blew hard. Distress flares would go up with a noisy boom and the lifeboat went out from its anchorage by the end of the pier. Even in the summer of holiday time, this was not all that unusual.
As well as sailing barges there were paddle steamers which called at the end of the pier. These came from Tower Bridge by way of Southend-on-Sea and then sailed away into the far distance north to unknown Yarmouth perhaps. These were best watched from the end of the pier itself where the bump could be felt as ropes were thrown and contact made with the big paddle wheels churning in reverse. On the pier too there was entertainment. The man who rode a bike off the high diving board was always worth watching, but the children’s concerts were pretty corny, even for kids.
After that it was always Walton on the Naze. Here we would have some rooms or latterly a house and we would stay for a month, though my father had only a fortnight of holiday and was only with us at weekends the rest of the time. We used to have a beach hut near the pier and would swim in the icy North Sea in blazing sunshine. It must have been here that I learnt to swim, taught by my mother, tuition later reinforced and widened by lessons at school. There was a stone-built breakwater in front of the beach huts and with the run of the tide along the coast, there was deep water on one side and sand at the water’s edge on the other. Facing the deep side was a platform diving board and a springboard where one could display a considerable lack of skill combined with great enjoyment.
The deep water was only there at the high tide of course and so the tides controlled the way the day was spent. In the youngest bucket and spade days low water was in demand but once I could swim strongly it had to be high tide. Not far from the diving boards, rafts were anchored to give a point to swim to and even sit on, The young cannot sit still however and so it was climb out and dive back in again and swim back to base to start again.
It was never crowded at Walton. Holidaymakers were squeezed off most of the beaches at high tide but there were soon big stretches of smooth virgin sand again and on one of these, a beach artist would claim a large pitch well overlooked from the promenade. He would draw his pictures on the hard damp sand and set his hat to catch the pennies thrown from the prom. Perhaps he doubled as a pavement artist in the winter. The un-crowded beaches were ideal for flying kites and even permitted the continuous swinging of a tethered tennis ball hung on long elastic between a pair of poles. On one holiday I remember a less space consuming toy was rampant, the yoyo, and these spinning discs on strings were in every hand rising and falling, spinning and circling to show off the skill of the owner.
South of the pier was the sunniest part of the cliffs and here and there, were tiers of beach huts rising behind the prom from which one could watch the world go by or change for a swim. The beach hut was not only for swimming from, but also for sitting in the sun sheltered from the east coast wind, and for making tea and eating snacks and ice cream, very rarely for sheltering from rain, I was much better at eating than the sitting but would sometimes stay and watch the sailing barges gliding serenely along the coast, their big red sails filled with the east wind. It was not so funny for them when it really blew hard. Distress flares would go up with a noisy boom and the lifeboat went out from its anchorage by the end of the pier. Even in the summer of holiday time, this was not all that unusual.
Thames Sailing Barge - Canthussus
As well as sailing barges there were paddle steamers which called at the end of the pier. These came from Tower Bridge by way of Southend on Sea, and then sailed away into the far distance north to unknown Yarmouth perhaps.
PS Clacton Queen 1890-1937
These were best watched from the end of the pier itself where the bump could be felt as ropes were thrown and contact made with the big paddle wheels churning in reverse. On the pier too there was entertainment. The man who rode a bike off the high diving board was always worth watching, but the children’s concerts were pretty corny, even for kids.
To be continued tomorrow
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Family Events
BIRTHS and BAPTISMS
1744 - Baptism: William LAWES-38326, Tilshead Wiltshire England
1765 - Baptism: James LAWES-23762, Bishopstone Wiltshire England
1773 - Baptism: John Coleman LAWS-20349, Portsmouth Hampshire England
1744 - Baptism: William LAWES-38326, Tilshead Wiltshire England
1765 - Baptism: James LAWES-23762, Bishopstone Wiltshire England
1773 - Baptism: John Coleman LAWS-20349, Portsmouth Hampshire England
1790 - Baptism: Betty LAWS-19514, Billerica, Middlesex County Massachusetts United States
1864 - Birth: Arthur LAWS-8010, Fincham Norfolk England
1874 - Birth: Caroline Gawler LAWS-10726, Chatteris Cambridgeshire England
1880 - Birth: Frederick Charles LAWS-5173, (Surgical Bootmaker & Leather Worker) Lambeth Surrey England
1882 - Birth: Richard Arthur LAWS-7972, (Clerk for Merchant) Wandsworth Surrey England
1893 - Birth: Claude LAWS-20425,
1895 - Birth: Eva Mary Anne LAWES-12, Swannington Norfolk England
1902 - Birth: Herbert James LAWES-2779, (Stoker) Poplar Middlesex England
1903 - Birth: Leonard S LAWES-48276, (Railway Clerk In Charge Inward Section)
1906 - Birth: Archibald Vernon LAWS-12886, (Australian Army) Barradine, New South Wales Australia
1909 - Birth: Frances E LAWS-20486,
1910 - Birth: George Gordon LAWS-11402, (Reverend) Melbourne, Victoria Australia
1912 - Birth: George E LAWS-47527, (Wire Winder)
1912 - Birth: Jesse Charles LAWES-35749, (Catering Advisor)
1913 - Birth: Christine Elizabeth LAWS-16426,
1914 - Birth: Frederick Eric LAWES-35741, (Dealing Porter)
1916 - Birth: Lottie LAWS-26053, Texas United States
MARRIAGES
1780 - Marriage: James LAWES-1899 and Mary HOWTON-1900, Norwich Norfolk England
1788 - Marriage: James RUSSELL-37753 and Jane LAWS-37754, Saint George in the East Middlesex England
1797 - Marriage: William LAWS-36545 and Sarah IGHAM-9485, Bexley Kent England
1839 - Marriage: Elmer LAWS-14949 (Pipe Maker) and Caroline HART-7397, (Laundress for private family
/ Widow) Hemingford Grey Huntingdonshire England
/ Widow) Hemingford Grey Huntingdonshire England
1839 - Marriage: James John LAWS-3780 (Silk Weaver) and Frances Vanessa SMITH-22342,
(Silk Weaver) Norwich Norfolk England
(Silk Weaver) Norwich Norfolk England
1848 - Marriage: Stephen HUNT-35468 (Ostler) and Christiana LAWES-3636, Longfleet Dorset England
1870 - Marriage: John LAWS-3109 (Farm Bailiff) and Mary Ann GREEN-3110, Chatteris Cambridgeshire England
1891 - Marriage: Harry Bonsay PEARSON-43988 (Rigger) and Louise Emily LAWS-43986, (Spinster)
West Ham Essex England
West Ham Essex England
1891 - Marriage: William George LAWES-852 (Carrier) and Amelia Ellen CUNNINGHAM-37266,
West Ham Essex England
West Ham Essex England
1895 - Marriage: Frank Edgar LAWS-14860 (Accountant) and Annie Elizabeth M BURLES-14857,
Southend-on-Sea Essex England
Southend-on-Sea Essex England
1897 - Marriage: Charles John LAWS-41043 (Fishmonger) and Jessie CLENT-41044, (Confectioner) Bermondsey Surrey England
1900 - Marriage: William Walker LAWS-4365 (Ag Lab) and Emma Jane HOPKINS-37452,
Feltwell Norfolk England
Feltwell Norfolk England
1908 - Marriage: Robert Richard DODMAN-20364 and Mary LAWS-20365,
1914 - Marriage: Charles Thomas LAWS-34049 (Apprentice Retort Setter) and Gertrude Eleanor SEDMAN-37413, Wandsworth Surrey England
1919 - Marriage: James William Harold LAWS-24412 (Shipwright Carpenter) and May Victoria SALTER- 26713, Ipswich Suffolk England
1928 - Marriage: Arthur James LAWS-45620 (Manufacturer) and Maude F FAEKENHEUER-45621,
(Music Supervisor) Cuyahoga County Ohio United States
(Music Supervisor) Cuyahoga County Ohio United States
1930 - Marriage: Arthur Frederick LAWS-33770 (ARMY Bandsman) and Evelina Sarah Ann SPANDLEY- 33771, Catton Norfolk England
1931 - Marriage: Edgar Leonard CULYER-46094 and May Evelyn LAWS-46092, Catton Norfolk England
1931 - Marriage: Frederick Charles SAVILLE-14297 (Engineer Jig Maker) and Kathleen Emily TWITCHET -14298, Camberwell Surrey England
1934 - Marriage: Walter Richard LAWS-40420 (Plasterer) and Doris Ethel BRADSHAW-40421, (Waitress)
Virginia Water Surrey England
Virginia Water Surrey England
1860 - Death: Eliza Catherine LAWES-18042, Eton Buckinghamshire England
1870 - Death: William Wright LAWS-20137, Cape Town, Western Cape, SOUTH AFRICA
1890 - Death: Grace LAWS-8704, Percy Street, Thornley Colliery Durham England
1903 - Death: Sidney LAWES-24556, Scone New South Wales Australia
1903 - Death: Sidney LAWES-24556, Scone New South Wales Australia
1913 - Death: Miles LAWS-38374, Irish Bend, Saint Mary County, Louisiana United States
1913 - Death: E LAWS-36965, Sumpter County Florida United States
1913 - Death: E D LAWS-20498,
1914 - Burial: Henry James LAWES-36650, Nuriootpa, South Australia (Lyndoch)
1916 - Burial: Samuel James LAWS-24904, (Farmer)
1922 - Death: Jane LAWS-9676, (Spinster) West Ham Essex England
2003 - Death: Dorothy Emily LAWS-14553, Sussex Inlet New South Wales Australia
2005 - Death: Tina Maria LAWS-21370, Green Mountain North Carolina United States
2011 - Death: Charles Richard Thurlow LAWS-32605, (Stockbroker / Company Director)
1854 - Occupation: Edward LAWS-27165, (Steward on Ship "TELEGRAPH")
1868 - Occupation: Robert P AUSTIN-10383, (Former Gardener / Widower)
1891 - Occupation: William George LAWES-852, (Carrier)
1891 - Occupation: William George LAWES-852, (Carrier)
1897 - Residence: Jessie CLENT-41044, (Confectioner) Bermondsey Surrey England
1897 - Residence: Charles John LAWS-41043, (Fishmonger) Bermondsey Surrey England
1928 - Residence: Maude F FAEKENHEUER-45621, (Music Supervisor) Cuyahoga County Ohio
United States
United States
1928 - Residence: Arthur James LAWS-45620, (Manufacturer) Cuyahoga County Ohio United States
1934 - Residence: Doris Ethel BRADSHAW-40421, (Waitress) Virginia Water Surrey England
1934 - Residence: Walter Richard LAWS-40420, (Plasterer) Sunningdale Berkshire England
1938 - Residence: Benjamin Elijah LAWS-7468, (Boat Builder retired) Hastings Sussex England
OTHER BIRTHS
1783 - Baptism: Isaac (Silk Weaver) GREEDUS-49559, Shoreditch Middlesex England
1800 - Baptism: Nancy PEEL-21809, Caldbeck Cumberland England
1806 - Baptism: George JENNINGS-26019, Wakefield West Yorkshire England
1833 - Birth: Serelda D BOTTOM-36108, Mercer, Boyle County KY
1867 - Birth: Lily (servant) WEBBER-21102, Wortley West Yorkshire England
1880 - Birth: George Talbot (Steel Works) SEELEY-21921, Brumby Lincolnshire England
1886 - Birth: Bertram (Aprentice Hatter) HERCOCK-45477, Potton BDF England
1919 - Birth: Grace Myrtle PARRIS-27334, North Weald Bassett Essex England
1920 - Birth: Joan Doreen MARCHANT-35156, New Southgate Middlesex England
OTHER MARRIAGES
1846 - Marriage: Phillip George ROWELL-33241 (Watch & Clockmaker) and Harriet SMITH-33242, Brighton Sussex England
1857 - Marriage: Thomas WORSFOLD-27277 (Lath binder & Nail Maker) and Jane HATTON-27276, Newnham Gloucestershire England
1882 - Marriage: Henry HOWARD-42173 (Costermonger) and Mary Ann SUETT-17700,
Stepney Middlesex England
1908 - Marriage: Ernest Walter JENNINGS-41207 (Engine-Man) and Ethel JENNINGS- 41208
(Assistant Teacher) Stanley cum Wrenthorpe West Yorkshire England
1935 - Marriage: Charles Henry BLANCHARD-21927 (Shunter) and Lillian JOHNSON-21929,
Stepney Middlesex England
1908 - Marriage: Ernest Walter JENNINGS-41207 (Engine-Man) and Ethel JENNINGS- 41208
(Assistant Teacher) Stanley cum Wrenthorpe West Yorkshire England
1935 - Marriage: Charles Henry BLANCHARD-21927 (Shunter) and Lillian JOHNSON-21929,
OTHER DEATHS and BURIALS
1925 - Death: George UTTRIDGE-41095, (Dairyman)
1934 - Death: Albert Nelson HOLGATE-20384, West Ham Essex England
1938 - Death: Elizabeth Buckland SIMPSON-15983, Municipal Hospital, Hastings Sussex England
1951 - Burial: Harry DACRE-23562, Stanley cum Wrenthorpe West Yorkshire England
2003 - Death: Dorothy Emily LAWLER-29421, Berry New South Wales Australia
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Lord, help me dig into the past and sift the sands of time.
That I might find the roots that made this family tree of mine.
Lord, help me trace the ancient roads, on which our fathers trod.
Which led them through so many lands, to find our present sod.
that missing link between some name that ends the same as mine
Lord help me find an ancient book or dusty manuscript,
that's safely hidden now away, in some forgotten crypt.
Lord, let it bridge the gap that haunts my soul when I can't find,
that missing link between some name, that ends the same as mine.
Sharon Nicola LAWS
2008 Olympics Cyclist
Environmental adviser for Rio Tinto Zinc
1974-2017
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