Other People’s Photographs:
Here you can see both our favourite photos, and great photographs submitted by others. If you want your’s here, then see ‘Photograph Submission’ under the ‘Contact Us’ heading at the top of the website.
The Southend Cold War Defense Boom, from http://www.southendtimeline.co.uk
Hadleigh Castle, Canvey, and Coryton Refinery by David Bullock
Some great foggy pictures at the Occidental Jetty by ‘Kong Zi’ from Flickr
A very well performed size illusion of Hadleigh Castle by Dave Bullock
Canvey Point with an interesting view of Southend Seafront in the background. The ‘fish-eye’ blurring around the edges gives a real sense of movement. Taken by Paul Bruty from http://blog.dartfordwarbler.com
A view of the Occidental Jetty from the new £18.5 million Roscommon Way extension by Janet Penn of canveyisland.org – Canvey’s Home Website and Archive
The 1903 Benfleet Water Tower dwarfs all around it
The imposing defenders fire from the Befleet pillbox at the German invaders coming from Canvey, which couldn’t be saved. From http://www.kayakanglia.co.uk/index.htm
Southend Cliff Gardens – I imagine these to be a more contemporary ‘Hester’
The D-Day Mulberry Harbour now in two, off the coast of Southend-on-Sea
The 1855 Tower in Grain, Kent, later adapted as a gun battery in WW2
