Our public
meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. on the last Thursday of every month in the Trinity Church Hall, Pier Avenue. Talks usually last for about an hour, then we have a short break for refreshments followed
by announcements regarding upcoming events, e.g., local exhibitions, and Society business.
Members are admitted free of charge to all meetings; visitors for £2. Membership runs from January to December and costs £12.50 for the year. Renewals and new membership will be
taken at our first meeting, see below.
2023
Programme
30 November: Norman Jacobs, "Hi-de-Hi: A Nostalgic Look Back at
Butlin's Clacton, 1938-1983."
28 December: Sandra Adams, "Christmas Quiz and
Social."
The Sunken Bandstand
Many more photos in our gallery or on our Facebook page.
Click the link to visit our excellent Facebook page, we now have over 15,000 members.
Click the link below to visit the Facebook page of Clacton Then & Now
The West Cliff Theatre
Clacton Then & Now...over 700 Then & Now photos of our area.
Youtube Clacton Then & Now
Tendring Coastal Heritage Resorting to the Coast
Butlins Memories
Essex Days Out
A film by East Anglian Film Archives showing Clacton in the 1950's
A film by East Anglian Film Archives showing Clacton in 1961
Jaywick Local History Society
Clacton VCH Group
Clacton through the lens by Anthony Allston
https://www.facebook.com/jaywickmartellotower/
Jaywick Martello Tower
Frinton & Walton Heritage Trust
Tendring District U3A
The Harwich Society
Brightlingsea Museum
Amateur 8mm film Clacton 1983
Clacton Dolphins on the pier
Wivenhoe History
Francis Frith collection of Clacton photos
Facebook Essex Memories
Clacton Lifeboat
Clacton Pier
Clacton Pavilion
Clacton Radio
Brightlingsea Lido
Tendring District u3a on Facebook
St Oysth Museum
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Clacton and District Local History Society researches,records and promotes the history of Clacton and District. We meet on the third Thursday of each month, 7:30 at Pier Avenue Baptist Church,Membership is £12.50 per year.Non-members welcome. We have a small museum on the second floor of Clacton Library Station Road, open 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday and Saturday.
