Walton

clapboard house
seafront Walton
tatoos
on the seafront
beach huts
promenade
the penny arcade
family outing
on the pier
dodgems
coloured hut
blue pink yellow
clouds over sand
living in hope
terraced in colour
light
wind break
you've got to laugh

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Tim Baynes
Trevor Clapp
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The offbeat, kiss-me-quick atmosphere of the East Anglian and Kent seaside and coast fascinates photographer, Trevor Clapp and watercolorist, Tim Baynes. This website records some of their trips to these extraordinary places.

A NOSE AND A PIER

Walton-on-the-Naze; the word ‘Naze’ derives from Old English ‘næss’ or ‘ness’, meaning a promontory, or headland’. I always think of ‘naze’ as meaning ‘nose’ - same difference. Daniel Defoe, visiting Walton before us, in 1722, referred to is as it ‘Walton under the Nase’.

Walton boasts a fine Pier. The first version was built in 1830. And is one of the earliest in the country. The pier was damaged in a January storm in 1871. They built another and that did not last long either.

In 1895, the Walton-on-the-Naze hotel and pier company (then owners what was left) opened a replacement pier 500 feet long and with several extensions it became the third longest in the UK. With this makeover they included an electric tramway to take passengers from steamers to the very end of the pier. This was in use until 1935. In 1945 a massive fire damaged the pier. A diesel locomotive replaced the tram – this too was taken out of service in the ‘70’s.
So, now we all walk. And this is was lovely in the sunshine.