All our Yesterdays, February 10 (From Clacton and Frinton Gazette)

All our Yesterdays, February 10

11:11am Tuesday 10th February 2009

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20 YEARS AGO.

CLACTON’S bus station cafe is to close next month - the first step in the site being turned over to town centre parking.

Eastern National district manager Michael Holden said the closure was part of the first phase of his company’s plans to sell off the station.

But he emphasised the whole scheme is still dependant on Tendring Council allowing the firm to create new bus stops in the town.

“The council’s town centre working party met last week and there will be another meeting on February 24,” he said.

“If we get the go ahead we would hope to complete the first phase by May.

That would include the bus station in Jackson Road being leased for car parking which would ease parking problems in the summer.

50 YEARS AGO.

A BRIGHT future was forecast for Clacton traders by speakers at the Clacton Chamber of Trade dinner and dance held at the Beaumont Hall Hotel, on Wednesday. After referring to the coming railway electrification, the chairman of the chamber, Councillor G.F.Clutten, told traders : “I say to the private trader, launch out now, Clacton has a wonderful future.”

Main speaker of the evening, Councillor the Rt. Hon. Alfred Barnes, of Walton, told diners that despite multiple stores, chain stores and cut price concerns the independent trader still conducted 60 per cent of the nation’s shopping.

“They are official figures, so there need be no gloom here tonight; and I venture to suggest that when the first party of mankind land on the moon I should not be a bit surprised to find a small independent trader ready to open up shop and serve their needs,” he said.

60 YEARS AGO.

IT was revealed at Clacton annual Licensing Sessions on Monday that a £37,00 public house is planned by Truman, Hanbury and Buxton for Jaywick.

The Bench made a provisional grant of a publicans licence for the premises, to be situated at the junction of Jaywick-lane and Union-road, and to be known as the Three Jays.

Keith Halstead Lindsey and Norman Kingsley Vivian applied for the licence. There were three objectors in court.

For the applicants, Major. G. C. Benham, said land was surely set aside for a public-house site in any area that was being developed. There was no public-house to serve Jaywick with it’s 2,000 houses and bungalows and a resident summer season population of over 10,000. With excursionists it often swelled to 40,000.

90 YEARS AGO.

TWO married women residents of Thorpe - Eva Bonfield and Letitia Harry - appeared at Thorpe Police on Monday, to answer a summons for damaging a fence, the property of Arthur Parker, a farmer.

It appeared from the evidence of P.C. Sache, that defendants broke down and removed part of a fence for firewood. At the time of his visit to the house shared in common by the defendants, they were engaged in break up one of their tables for the same purpose.

Mrs Bonfield explained that there were seven children in the house and coal had become unobtainable. They had wondered over the countryside in search of firewood.

The Chairman, Mr Sizer, agreed that there had been great difficulty securing coal and the case would be dismissed on payment of the cost of the damage (2s. 6d. each).

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