Essex - Clacton-on-Sea - The Bridge Prior to 1929

            The Postcard

A postcard published by Cook & Eaves, Pier Avenue, Clacton-on-Sea - All Kodak Supplies.

The card was posted in Clacton-on-Sea on Saturday the 27th. July 1929 to:

Mrs. Messenger,
c/o Mrs. Hill,
13 Tregunter Road,
Earls Court,
London S.W.

The message on the back of the card was as follows:

"Dear Mrs. M.,
Just a line to let you
know we are having
a good time here.
It is very nice here.
Hope you are feeling
better.
R.C."

Clacton-on-Sea

Clacton-on-Sea is the largest town in the Tendring peninsula in Essex, England, and was founded as an urban district in the year 1871. It is a seaside resort that saw a peak of tourists in the summer months between the 1950's and the 1970's.

The town's economy continues to rely significantly on entertainment and day-trip facilities, and it is strong in the service sector, with a large retired population.

In 1936, Billy Butlin bought and refurbished the West Clacton Estate, an amusement park to the west of the town. He opened a new amusement park on the site in 1937, and then, a year later on the 11th. June 1938, opened the second of his holiday camps. 

This location remained open until 1983 when, due to changing holiday tastes, Butlins decided to close the facility. It was then purchased by former managers of the camp who reopened it as a short-lived theme park, called Atlas Park. The land was then sold and redeveloped with housing.

The Geneva Convention

So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?

Well, on the 27th. July 1929, the Geneva Convention, covering the treatment of prisoners of war, was signed in Geneva, Switzerland.
   

Taken on: September 30, 2018

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