Clacton-on-Sea photographs

Here are some photographs of Clacton - feel free to use them but please don't forget to reference!

                                     

 

a cafe by the beach

The Pier, with entertainment

                                              

Signs of development?

  

Signs of decline? Does this need refurbishment?

 Evidence of entertainment

There are some shops that have clearly been there a while;

 without modernisation or development

The Grand Hotel - a vision that never came to fruition

 Here are some photos of Hotels that once were successful, but now have either been turned into apartments or just completely shut down. How does the closure/ decline of grand large hotels relate with the Butler's Model? What does it indicate?

 















The Comfort Hotel - all the signage still there; but clearly no business taking place. 

History of Clacton-on-Sea

Clacton-on-Sea, as we know it today, was actually designed as a 'Seaside Resort' in 1871 by a gentleman named Peter Bruff, an engineer from the 'Eastern Union Railway'.

This website is about the Renovation of the Royal Hotel in 2011 - is it an indicator of decline that it was never finished and is now for sale again? or just a victim of the recession? 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/essex/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8344000/8344488.stm


Some good local historic photographs - can you compare with the fieldwork photos? what has changed? has any of the character from Victorian Clacton been retained?
http://www.francisfrith.com/clacton-on-sea/photos/

Although this website primarily focuses on Whales and Dolphins - there is an excellent range of historical photographs of the pier, and how it has changed.
http://www.clactondolphins.co.uk/Pages/pier-history-page.html


A useful page regarding the building of the Pier by Peter Bruff
http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=199