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Coastal Protection Website - Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England
Walton-on-the-Naze
~ Seven Seaside Wonders from a Past Era ~
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1. Bathing Machines
The classic Edwardian holiday accoutrement! The ladies and gentlemens bathing machines were always segregated. Horses were kept on stand by to haul the machines back up the beach as the tide came in. This picture was taken in 1905.
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2. Seaside Camera Obscura
One of the first forms of beach entertainment, this one is on Albion Beach in 1902 - looking north towards East Terrace.
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3. Beach Concert Party
Another product of the Edwardian Seaside Resort, concert parties were the making of names like Stanley Holloway and Arthur Askey. The picure shows the Vesta and Victor Concert Party. Criticised by the local press for using material of the 'low music hall variety', the crowds flocked to see their performances!
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4. Pier Head Steamers
Opened in the 1870's as Walton's second pier, it was extended to 2,600 ft. in 1899 to accomodate the berthing of three steamers at one time! The photograph was taken just after this work was completed.
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5. Boating Lake
Originally this was the 30 acre mill pond servicing the Walton tide mill (up until its demolition in 1921). The pond was quickly reopened as a popular boating lake, including paddle boats, as the picture shows. In the 1930's you could hire a boat to take you all the way round the lake for one shilling! During the height of summer this popular amusement was open until eight at night. Alas, this maritime wonder from yester-year failed to survive the late 60's decline in traditional seaside entertainment. It finally closed in 1976.
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historical note: Alongside the old tide mill stood an old rickety windmill which blew down in a gale at about the same time as the tide mill was being demolished. Walton and Frinton Yacht Club (formerly Walton Sailing Club) then built a club house on the site of the collapsed windmill.
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6. Clifftop Golf Course
The picture shows a young Peter Alliss - with caddie - on the Naze golf course during the 1930's. Plans for this golf course - that spanned the cliff top from the Tower to as far north as the Tamarisk Wall - were originally drawn up in 1908 - but were not fulfilled for another 20 years. At the outbreak of the Second World War the area was requisitioned by the army, coastal erosion defences were neglected and much of the course succumbed to the power of the waves. The Naze Golf Club never re-opened.
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7. Bar Room on Stone Point!
Perhaps the strangest maritime Walton wonder from days gone by is the holiday club which once stood on Stone Point, the furthermost tip of the Naze Peninsula, and marking the entrance to the Walton Backwaters. This picture was taken in 1934 at the height of its 'noteriety'. The club was very popular with visiting yachtmen because the police could not get out this far to make sure the bar was closed on time. It seldom did! A few years later the club was sadly burnt down.
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