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Clacton Collection

Background imageClacton Collection: Poster for Eastern National Express Coach Services

Poster for Eastern National Express Coach Services
Poster for Lander Eastern National Express Coach Services running between London and Clacton-on-Sea (pictured). 1955

Background imageClacton Collection: Poster advertising Commodore Cruises

Poster advertising Commodore Cruises between Ramsgate Harbour, Clacton Pier, Guernsey and Sark

Background imageClacton Collection: Comic Card / Fat Lady

Comic Card / Fat Lady
I don t care twopence what happens. Thats how I feel at Clacton-on-Sea. says a fat woman wearing a red bathing suit paddling in the sea

Background imageClacton Collection: CLACTON-ON-SEA / 1907

CLACTON-ON-SEA / 1907
Holidaymakers on the pier at Clacton, Essex, looking towards the sea front

Background imageClacton Collection: Horse drawn bus, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

Horse drawn bus, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Sudbury Mills, a well-known local whip, reins up his horses for this photo, taken before setting out on a pleasure trip from Walton-on-the-Naze to Clacton-on-Sea and back

Background imageClacton Collection: Photograph of Robin Hood PH, Clacton, Essex

Photograph of Robin Hood PH, Clacton, Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details

Background imageClacton Collection: Bonzo the Policeman - George E. Studdy - Clacton-on-Sea

Bonzo the Policeman - George E. Studdy - Clacton-on-Sea
circa 1920s

Background imageClacton Collection: Clacton Beach early 1900s

Clacton Beach early 1900s

Background imageClacton Collection: Clacton Beach

Clacton Beach

Background imageClacton Collection: Clacton Beach and Pier

Clacton Beach and Pier

Background imageClacton Collection: Clacton Pier early 1900s

Clacton Pier early 1900s

Background imageClacton Collection: Clacton on Sea beach, Victorian period

Clacton on Sea beach, Victorian period. Date: late 19th century

Background imageClacton Collection: Bridge, Clacton on Sea, Essex

Bridge, Clacton on Sea, Essex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Background imageClacton Collection: Sea Front, Clacton on Sea, Essex

Sea Front, Clacton on Sea, Essex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Background imageClacton Collection: The Gardens, Clacton on Sea, Essex

The Gardens, Clacton on Sea, Essex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Background imageClacton Collection: West Cliff, Clacton on Sea, Essex

West Cliff, Clacton on Sea, Essex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Background imageClacton Collection: Cliff and Promenade, Clacton on Sea, Essex

Cliff and Promenade, Clacton on Sea, Essex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageClacton Collection: Promenade East, Clacton on Sea, Essex

Promenade East, Clacton on Sea, Essex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Background imageClacton Collection: The Sunk Gardens, Clacton on Sea, Essex

The Sunk Gardens, Clacton on Sea, Essex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Background imageClacton Collection: West Parade and Cliff, Clacton on Sea, Essex

West Parade and Cliff, Clacton on Sea, Essex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageClacton Collection: Station Road and Pier Avenue, Clacton on Sea, Essex

Station Road and Pier Avenue, Clacton on Sea, Essex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageClacton Collection: Pavilion and Beach, Clacton on Sea, Essex

Pavilion and Beach, Clacton on Sea, Essex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageClacton Collection: John Groom's Home Parade, Clacton, Essex

John Groom's Home Parade, Clacton, Essex
A parade of girls from the John Groom's Home at Clacton, led by the founder, process along Hayes Road, Clacton. The Marine Hotel is in the background. Date: Date unknown

Background imageClacton Collection: Advert, Thames & Channel Passenger Service

Advert, Thames & Channel Passenger Service, London Steamboat Company Limited, for steamboats calling at various points along the River Thames in London and places further afield in Essex

Background imageClacton Collection: Clacton Beach

Clacton Beach
The popular West Beach, with its long row of bathing machines. Date: 1909

Background imageClacton Collection: Clacton Pier

Clacton Pier
Holidaymakers on the pier at Clacton, Essex, looking towards the sea front. Date: 1907

Background imageClacton Collection: John Grooms Orphanage, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex

John Grooms Orphanage, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
Some of Our Girls at John Grooms Orphanage and Crippleage opened in 1890 at Clacton on Sea, Essex. Groom was a London engraver and evangelical preacher

Background imageClacton Collection: Street Scene, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex

Street Scene, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex
Street Scene, Thorpe-le-Soken, Clacton-on-Sea, near Weeley, Essex, England. Showing Premises of J Clifford, Builder Date: 1915

Background imageClacton Collection: East Cliff, Walton-on-Naze, Essex

East Cliff, Walton-on-Naze, Essex
East Cliff, Walton-on-Naze, near Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England. Date: 1920s

Background imageClacton Collection: Inmates of John Grooms Orphanage for Maimed and Crippled Gi

Inmates of John Grooms Orphanage for Maimed and Crippled Girls at Clacton-on-Sea. Groom, a London engraver and evangelical preacher

Background imageClacton Collection: John Groom Tribute Sculpture

John Groom Tribute Sculpture
Illustration of a sculpture dedicated to John A Groom, founder of the Crippleage and Flower Girls Mission on Sekforde Street, Clerkenwell, later moving to Edgware Way, Hendon

Background imageClacton Collection: The Clacton Belle - family enjoying a rather choppy sail

The Clacton Belle - family enjoying a rather choppy sail off the Essex coast - a large paddlesteamer appears to be bearing down on the jolly boat at some speed.... Date: 1905

Background imageClacton Collection: CLACTON-ON-SEA / 1933

CLACTON-ON-SEA / 1933
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex: tulip time in the gardens Date: 1933

Background imageClacton Collection: CLACTON-ON-SEA / 1920

CLACTON-ON-SEA / 1920
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex: a crowded pier Date: circa 1920

Background imageClacton Collection: Grooms Orphanage, Clacton - Tug-of-War

Grooms Orphanage, Clacton - Tug-of-War
Girls tug-of-war team at John Grooms Orphanage, Clacton, Essex

Background imageClacton Collection: Grooms Orphanage, Clacton - Dining hall

Grooms Orphanage, Clacton - Dining hall
Girls sit at long tables in the dining-hall of John Grooms Orphanage, Clacton, Essex. Date: circa 1930

Background imageClacton Collection: Grooms Orphanage, Clacton - Row of Houses

Grooms Orphanage, Clacton - Row of Houses
Children stand in front of their homes at John Grooms Orphanage, Clacton, Essex

Background imageClacton Collection: Family on the Beach, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex

Family on the Beach, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
Family on the Beach, Clacton-on-Sea, near Frinton & Walton, Essex, England. Date: 1910s

Background imageClacton Collection: Abbey Street, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex

Abbey Street, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex
Abbey Street, Thorpe-le-Soken, near Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England. Date: 1900s

Background imageClacton Collection: The Village, Great Clacton, Essex

The Village, Great Clacton, Essex
The Village, Great Clacton, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England. Date: 1910s

Background imageClacton Collection: Cricket at Clacton-on-Sea

Cricket at Clacton-on-Sea
A view across the ground at Clacton-on-Sea during the first County Championship match played there with home team Essex beating Lancashire easily. Date: July 1931

Background imageClacton Collection: Fortified costal towns, 1915

Fortified costal towns, 1915
A few hints to the enemy: fortified costal towns which are likely next to be attacked. Bexhill, Blackpool, Bognor, Clacton

Background imageClacton Collection: Fire Drill, Grooms Orphanage, Clacton-on-Sea

Fire Drill, Grooms Orphanage, Clacton-on-Sea
Fire drill at John Grooms Orphanage and Crippleage opened in 1890 at Clacton in Essex. Groom was a London engraver and evangelical preacher, whose concern for poor and disabled flower-sellers

Background imageClacton Collection: Sanatorium at Grooms Crippleage, Clacton, Essex

Sanatorium at Grooms Crippleage, Clacton, Essex
The sanatorium and holiday home of John Grooms Orphanage and Crippleage at Clacton-on-Sea. Groom, a London engraver and evangelical preacher

Background imageClacton Collection: Workroom at Grooms Crippleage and Flower Girls Mission

Workroom at Grooms Crippleage and Flower Girls Mission
Blind, Maimed and Crippled Girls at making artificial flowers at John Grooms Crippleage and Flower Girls Mission. Groom, a London engraver and evangelical preacher

Background imageClacton Collection: The London Belle - Ferry from Woolwich to Eastern Ports

The London Belle - Ferry from Woolwich to Eastern Ports - Clactonin Essex, Felixstowe in Suffolk and north to Yarmouth in Norfolk. uilt in 1893 and scrapped in 1929. Date: 1908

Background imageClacton Collection: O E Simmonds aerial view of the Clacton-on-Sea Essex

O E Simmonds aerial view of the Clacton-on-Sea Essex
O.E. Simmonds aerial view of the Clacton-on-Sea, Essex

Background imageClacton Collection: Clacton O E Simmonds aerial view

Clacton O E Simmonds aerial view
Clacton. O.E. Simmonds aerial view

Background imageClacton Collection: Clacton Pier (2)

Clacton Pier (2)
The skirts are shorter, but otherwise little has changed from our pre-war view of the same scene - Clackton is as popular as ever ! Date: circa 1920

Background imageClacton Collection: CLACTON-ON-SEA / 1908

CLACTON-ON-SEA / 1908
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex: the Palace Grounds Date: 1908

Background imageClacton Collection: Eastern National Omnibus Company Limited Poster

Eastern National Omnibus Company Limited Poster, advertising regular coach service to Lowerstoft and Yarmouth and to Clacton-on-Sea and Jerwick Sands. circa 1950

Background imageClacton Collection: Poster - Eastern National Omnibus Company Limited

Poster - Eastern National Omnibus Company Limited
Poster design for Eastern National Omnibus Company Limited - advertuising their regular coach services to Tilbury, Grays, Clacton-on-Sea, Jaywick Sands, Lowestoft and Yarmouth

Background imageClacton Collection: The Village - Great Clacton

The Village - Great Clacton

Background imageClacton Collection: Clacton-on-Sea - Holland Road

Clacton-on-Sea - Holland Road

Background imageClacton Collection: Clacton-on-Sea - General View

Clacton-on-Sea - General View

Background imageClacton Collection: Disembarking in Mudros WWI

Disembarking in Mudros WWI
5th Battalion Connaught Rangers disembarking the Clacton at Mudros before going to Gallipoli during World War I

Background imageClacton Collection: CLACTON-ON-SEA / 1909

CLACTON-ON-SEA / 1909
The popular West Beach, with its long row of bathing machines

Background imageClacton Collection: CLACTON-ON-SEA / 1918

CLACTON-ON-SEA / 1918
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex: the pier

Background imageClacton Collection: CLACTON-ON-SEA / 1934

CLACTON-ON-SEA / 1934
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex: East Beach and bathing chalet

Background imageClacton Collection: Southend Belle Steamer

Southend Belle Steamer
The Southend Belle paddle steamer has ventured up the coast to Clacton, Essex, with a full complement of happy holidaymakers

Background imageClacton Collection: Bedford Lodge School

Bedford Lodge School
Bedford Lodge Collegiate School for Girls, Clacton- on-Sea, Essex

Background imageClacton Collection: Laguna Belle

Laguna Belle
Express paddle steamer plying the Thames between Tower Bridge and Clacton


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