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Our public meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. on the last Thursday of every month in the Pier Avenue Baptist Church, 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.

 

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Speakers for 2025

Thursday 27th February    Martin Perks - “Didn’t we have a lovely time” the rise of the seaside resort

Thursday 27th March    Geoff  Lunn - Roman Roads on the Tendring Peninsula 

Thursday 24^th April    Adam Wightman - Clactonian Man 

Thursday 29^th  May    George Hardwick - Holidays in Clacton since 1945

Thursday 26^th  June    Roger Kennell - An evening of Theatre Memories with Roger

Thursday 31^st July    Members evening. 1. Helen - Growing up in a corner shop.  2. Clacton Pier developments. 3.? If you’re interested in taking part please email Sandra  3shanklin@gmail.com  

Thursday 28^th August    Beth Chappell - Bronze Age and Iron Age ceremonial landscape in St Osyth and Jaywick.

Thursday 25^th September    Norman Jacobs - Life and Times of The Jolly Roger

Thursday 30th October    Mervyn Linford - An East Anglian Miscellany

Click the link below to visit the Facebook page of Clacton Then & Now

https://www.facebook.com/groups/101028690251040/

The West Cliff Theatre

https://www.westcliffclacton.co.uk

Clacton Then & Now...over 700 Then & Now photos of our area.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/clacton_then__now/albums/72157711160430156

Youtube  Clacton Then & Now

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_mdN8MD-WBXRtApYP4RdWA

Tendring Coastal Heritage Resorting to the Coast

https://www.tendringcoastalheritage.org.uk

Butlins Memories

www.butlins-memories.com

Essex Days Out

http://www.essexdaysout.com

Jaywick Local History Society

https://e-voice.org.uk/jaywicklocalhistorysociety/

Clacton VCH Group

http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/counties/essex/clacton-vch-group-clacton-war

Clacton through the lens by Anthony Allston

http://clactonthroughthelens.weebly.com

https://www.facebook.com/jaywickmartellotower/

Jaywick Martello Tower

Frinton & Walton Heritage Trust

http://www.fwheritage.co.uk/

Tendring District U3A

http://u3asites.org.uk/tendring/home

The Harwich Society

http://www.harwich-society.co.uk/

Brightlingsea Museum

www.brightlingseamuseum.co.uk

Amateur 8mm film Clacton 1983 

http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-then-and-now-clacton-on-sea-1983/

Clacton Dolphins on the pier

https://www.dolphin-art.co.uk/clacton-dolphins

Wivenhoe History

http://www.wivenhoehistory.org.uk

Francis Frith collection of Clacton photos

http://www.francisfrith.com/clacton-on-sea

Facebook  Essex Memories

Essex: Memories In Old Photos And Stories

Clacton Pier

http://www.clactonpier.co.uk

Clacton Pavilion

http://www.clactonpavilion.co.uk

Brightlingsea Lido

https://www.brightlingsealido.org

Tendring District u3a on Facebook

 https://www.facebook.com/Tendringu3a

St Oysth Museum

www.stosythmuseum.co.uk