The day a tanker sliced Southend Pier in half and left a £2million damage bill
Southend Pier has had some great years in its long history, but 1986 and 1987 weren’t among them
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Features writer for across south Essex covering Southend and Basildon. Got a story email emma.palmer@newsquest.co.uk
Features writer for across south Essex covering Southend and Basildon. Got a story email emma.palmer@newsquest.co.uk
Southend Pier has had some great years in its long history, but 1986 and 1987 weren’t among them
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Here’s a whole gallery of flashback photos from a huge community events in the 1960s
The event was held in May of 1967 at the Cliffs Pavilion and as you can see from the images, the slogan of the time was ‘win through with Labour’
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