Clacton-on-Sea Through Time

Peter Bruff''s Victorian vision of a new cliff-top seaside resort on the Essex coast created Clacton-on-Sea, which got off to a slow start, began to prosper during the early years of the twentieth century and then flourished in the 1920s and 1930s, becoming one of the country''s leading holiday destinations. Always popular with London day-trippers, it offered everything in sea and sand, accommodat...