SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, England: I wouldn't recommend any of you Brits visiting SOUTHEND-ON-SEA for photo ops along the Broomway trail. There's an article in the Washington Post about...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I wouldn't recommend any of you Brits visiting SOUTHEND-ON-SEA for photo ops along the Broomway trail. There's an article in the Washington Post about unexploded bombs, quicksand, and dangerous tides. I don't know if this link will work, but here it is.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/07/26/britains-deadliest-path/?utm_term=.4b69c4b5da6f&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1

Or -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Broomway

fbeaston Loc: Vermont

Link worked fine ... interesting story. Thanks for sharing.

rowbow Loc: Leicestershire

jerryc41 wrote:

I wouldn't recommend any of you Brits visiting SOUTHEND-ON-SEA for photo ops along the Broomway trail. There's an article in the Washington Post about unexploded bombs, quicksand, and dangerous tides. I don't know if this link will work, but here it is.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/07/26/britains-deadliest-path/?utm_term=.4b69c4b5da6f&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1

Or -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Broomway

Did Trump wright that

Hammer Loc: London UK

Many thanks for the link Jerry,

I spent a lot of my young days in Southend or as us local say Soufend. Never know about this. Foulness is aptly named .

bigalw Loc: Essex - UK

I live in Thurrock, which is about 20 miles from Sarfend (as we Essex boys call it) we visit there quite often, there are really nice fish and chip restaurants there. It also boasts the longest pier in the WORLD, about 1.5 miles long. The article is actually talking about Shoeburyness and Foulness. There used to be a military base/barracks there and a test firing range, long since gone now and a new housing estate lives there in it’s place. The problem with the sand is possibly correct, the sand and area is very flat, so the tide comes up rather than in, the water permeates up through the sand, so if you were out walking on the sand it could be very dangerous as it may actually beat you back to the shore. In years gone by a favourite haunt of Londoners, especially the “People of the East End of London”. Across the river Thames, on the
Kent side, is an area aptly named “The Shivering Sands” owing the strong tides in the Thames, the depths vary quite a bit.

Hammer Loc: London UK

I was brought up in the East End, Upton Park and Plaistow, mould on the walls, outside loo and no running water in the rooms .After that council estates to be exact, absolute luxury, heated and running water. I remember it felt like a palace when we moved in . I had an aunt , with 7 children that used to live in Southend . The train trips were a magical day out for me as a youngster . Walking on that pier and playing the arcade (Kursall) when older was wonderful . My wife is an Eastender as well , except that she was upmarket , East Ham and a semi detached house with a garden and inside loo. Right bunch of posers.
Now, like you, an Essex man , High Beach near Loughton .

bigalw Loc: Essex - UK

High beach I ain’t been up there for a few years now, but yes, technically I was born in Essex but my rootes are in the east end, but I love Sarthend, we do it as a bike rally every year, but still beware of what I said earlier, the Thames is one of our worst, dangerous, rivers in the uk

Hammer Loc: London UK

So you are a foreigner, not a true East Ender . Three people went missing in the Thames recently just going for a swim . As you say its a very dangerous river. OK got to ask , what football club , if any , do you support?

Hammer Loc: London UK

So you are a foreigner, not a true East Ender . Three people went missing in the Thames recently just going for a swim . As you say its a very dangerous river. OK got to ask , what football club , if any , do you support?

bigalw Loc: Essex - UK

Hammer wrote:

So you are a foreigner, not a true East Ender . Three people went missing in the Thames recently just going for a swim . As you say its a very dangerous river. OK got to ask , what football club , if any , do you support?

None, I hate football or any sports

bigalw Loc: Essex - UK

I really don’t wish to get into an argument, live in by the Dartford tunnel, and love it, get a life !!

shagbat Loc: London

Interesting post and a strange coincidence, as I googled SS Montgomery just yesterday evening. As Al says, it is closer to Sheerness, that's why I couldn't spot the wreck from Sarfend Pier last week. A visit is on my short term agenda. I love Sarfend, my day at the seaside, as a child on the street/pub annual 'Beano'. For older 'kids' it's famous for hen/stag parties, unplanned pregnancies and fisticuffs. It's neighbour, Leigh on Sea is unrivalled for seafood, local cockles, whelks from Norfolk and jellied eels. The tiny brown shrimps are to die for. I'll second Al's warning about that river, it's treacherous, even in central London, but I love it!

bigalw Loc: Essex - UK

shagbat wrote:

Interesting post and a strange coincidence, as I g... (show quote)

Hi shagbat, all the seafood at Leigh on Sea is to die for, the biggest problem is parking, very little room, we are a bit off topic, but it is in the neighbourhood, and if you’re going to visit Sarfend, you just have to visit Leigh on Sea, enjoy your trips.
You can actually park at Eastbeach,you could probably see the SS Montgomery from there, is that the ammunition ship that went down years ago ?

Valenta Loc: Top of NZ

Sarthend is not called " Sarthend on mud for nothing and the tide goes out for - a long way.....

shagbat Loc: London

bigalw wrote:

Hi shagbat, all the seafood at Leigh on Sea is to die for, the biggest problem is parking, very little room, we are a bit off topic, but it is in the neighbourhood, and if you’re going to visit Sarfend, you just have to visit Leigh on Sea, enjoy your trips.
You can actually park at Eastbeach,you could probably see the SS Montgomery from there, is that the ammunition ship that went down years ago ?

Yes it is Al, just curiosity on my part. Leigh parking is dreadful, We've taken to going by train! I love the place!