Walton-on-the-Naze Tales Memories
To continue with Brian Hicks archive of football teams in Walton. Walton Rovers who played on ground just past the farm in Kirby Road or rhe meadow near Grove Avenue pictured in 1924 Back Row: A. Barham, F. Banham, Tim Continue reading
A few years ago the late Brian Hicks shared his fantastic collection of images of Walton-on-the-Naze football teams with me. I am going to try to share these with you in memory of Brian. I have done my best to Continue reading
I m sure that I m not the only one who when a house previously owned comes up for sale the temptation to look at the Estate Agent s online details is irresistible. I wish I hadn t. The garden which we had created Continue reading
Today, January 1st, I celebrated my 80th Birthday and every one of them in Walton. In my younger days I usually had a hangover from the New Years Eve celebrations. Later in life, once married and living at the Naze, Continue reading
My Old Walton Photo Archive has been offline for a while. It is undergoing considerable improvement and will have a new host. Hopefully it will soon be back online and a resource available for all to see
Today the postman surprised me with a card-backed envelope which contained a true blast from the past . The message came from a kind lady in Riegate, Surrey and contained a publicity leaflet of an advertisement in The Essex Countryside magazine Continue reading
I always knew it wouldn t last forever, nothing ever does. But I am now forced to call it a day with my Old Walton Archive. I started putting together this collection of images of places and people from the past Continue reading
Recently I have been very fortunate to be given access to a superb collection of Old Walton photographs .More than one hundred new images of Walton have now been added to my Old Walton Archive thanks to Daphne Horton who Continue reading
I have recently received three portraits from the Archives Manager of The Royal Academy of Dance in London asking if I can help with identifying the sitters as she does not know why they are in their archive. The three Continue reading
At a time when Walton s all weather lifeboat is about to be replaced by a rubber dinghy inshore rescue boat. This iconic photo of long-serving lifeboat man, Keith Richardson, expressing his sad farewell as the boat left its end-of-pier moorings Continue reading