Memory Lane Favourite Southend landmark - past or present.

[Mad Cyril]

Apart from Southend Pier my favourite has to be the 'Liquid Ray' graffiti that was daubed on several walls in the town.

"Liquid Ray just loves to spray"

"Liquid Ray has gone away"

"Liquid Ray is a grass" (possibly not eponymous)

I also loved the "SPEED NOW" graffiti outside my alma mata Holt Farm junior school that lasted an impressive 25 years before being removed.

Anyone else?

 

[MK Shrimper]

The pirate and the axe near the pier!

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

The 3 Shells for me.

What with being so far from home, I just wish that I could sometimes smell the doughnuts and chips cooking away...... gives me a lump in my throat :(

 

[Mad Cyril]

The 3 Shells for me.

What with being so far from home, I just wish that I could sometimes smell the doughnuts and chips cooking away...... gives me a lump in my throat :(

I was once turned down for a job operating the Dinky Donut machine at a Seafront kiosk.

 

[Mad Cyril]

The plastic lobster and shell maze by C&A was great as well.

 

[loz]

it's all about the Millenium Clock. Beautiful AND functional.

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

I was once turned down for a job operating the Dinky Donut machine at a Seafront kiosk.

I would just sit and stare at the little machine that dumps the perfectly formed bits of dough in the boiling oil....and then up the metal chain of death until they plummet in to the death bath of sugar!!

 

[osymandus]

The plastic lobster and shell maze by C&A was great as well.

Ah wow i remember that , my favourit e was the bus garage, having a can of coke with my nan in there :D

 

[pickledseal]

Slags Wall - and everything that went with it!

Do peeps still sit there?!?

 

[please delete my account]

What about that kids plaything that used to be outside Argos in Vic circus?

Not that I used to play in it, it just came in handy sometimes when I was caught short..

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

Shops wise......it would have to be Parrott Records in the precinct and another shop down by the underpass......it was a "Head shop and Peace Zone"

Can any one remember what it was called?

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

Pub wise - Got to be drinking Snake bite in the Cork and Cheese :)

 

[Mad Cyril]

The off licence next to Il Gattorpado on Hamlet Court Road will always have a place in my heart.

 

[Gremlin]

For me it's the funicular railway (ok, Cliff Lift) not far from the Cliffs Pavillion. Not quite as good as the one in Hong Kong but it's a close call.

As for shops, Golden Disc, which used to be where HMV is now.

 

[Yer Blues]

Shops wise......it would have to be Parrott Records in the precinct and another shop down by the underpass......it was a "Head shop and Peace Zone"

Can any one remember what it was called?

."oh yeah".

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

What was the name of the Head Shop and Peace Zone that used to be down Southchurch Road....just past the Warrior Square East road?

 

[BrettieAngell]

Slags Wall - and everything that went with it!

Do peeps still sit there?!?

If you mean on the seafront then yes.

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

."oh yeah".

Spot on Fella cheers mate

 

[BrettieAngell]

Spot on Fella cheers mate

Its still there Dave.

 

[jassyfa1]

the funny wall at Vic Ave