Beach Cafe Car Park 1934

Jaywick Farmhouse 1930 - after which the village was named.

Cottages in 1929 stood where the Methodist Church now is.

Jaywick Petrol Station 1932

Golf Green Road 1929

Golf Green Road joining Broadway.

By 1936 The Estate Office had been set up

Golf Green Road 1960's

Ancient cannons on the beach


Aerial view

Beach Road Shops 1934

Beach Road 1935 now known as Broadway

Beach Road 1936

Bus Station 1970

Bradford to Jaywick Sands by train then bus

Site of the Bus Station as it is now (2009)

The Broadway

Cafe Morocco 1934 -Luncheons 1/6!

Cafe Morocco carpark 1950

Savoy Cafeteria 1950

The first Three Jays

Wishes came true in Jaywick

Jaywick Wishing Well's swansong circa 1960

Brooklands Boating Lake 1936

Brooklands Front 1960

Brooklands Gardens

Brooklands Racetrack 1933

Low tide and high tide at Brooklands

Pleasure Trips from Brooklands Jetty

Brooklands Furniture Van

Prize bungalow 1933

The beach sales office.

Cafe on the beach

Happy Times 1935

Jaywick Carnival 1936

Jaywick Miniature Railway

The Broadway 1962

Pumping new sand ashore

     The floods of January 31st./February 1st. 1953 wreaked havoc among       the caravans and chalets of Jaywick.

The morning after looking down Golf Green Road from where the
Methodist Church now stands.

The sea had been a constant threat over time. Repairs being done
to the wall at Brooklands in 1935.


The defences were breached again in 1948.


Repairs being carried out next to the 'Playdium'.


Winter floods were a common occurence at Brooklands


Adrian's Wall


Chalets after the 1953 flood


Local people being rescued in the 1953 floods


Jaywick all at sea in 1953


No need for directions to the sea!


Little Venice Jaywick style 1953


Building the modern groins 1986-88 (1)


Building the modern groins 1986-88 (2)


Completed groins from the air