England: Southend High Street

Description: ... in the 1950s and 1960s.

Newest Review: ... I have plucked from the long-ago recesses of my memory, and I have chosen the places that my friends and myself consider to be the most fondly-recalled:- Keddies - The town's "posh" department store, where it was an absolute delight to visit Father Christmas each year. Only those in receipt of a comfortable income shopped here on a regular basis, and I suppose it was Southend's ... more

... version of somewhere like Selfridges or Harrods. Martin Ford - Women's fashionable separates shop which was absurdly cheap, and the female population of the town could kit themselves out from head to toe with just one week's wages, and have enough cha...more

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England: Southend High Street: Southend-on-Sea High Street from the late 1950s up to the la ... (2789 words)
by - written on 27/07/08 (Very useful, 866 readings)
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Firstly, the photo above this article isn't and never has been Southend-on-Sea High Street, and I don't know where it came from...but never mind! Last year, I paid a visit to the High Street of my old stamping ground, and wanted to cry - I felt a deep urge to stand in the middle of the modern-day wasteland, and just scream at anyone who was willing to listen........"What in hell's name have you done to my town??" Over the years, the possibly well-intentioned architects, councillors, town-planners etc. have turned what was once a very atmospheric and lively High Street in a thriving seaside town, into a sad and desperate conglomeration of monolithic ... Read the complete review

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