Brightlingsea

Reminiscences of Brightlingsea

This group was one of the very first to form in Brightlingsea in 2005. The aim was to meet with older people in the town to gather their personal memories and stories of growing up, living and working in the town. Group members met with people individually and in social gatherings and contacts snowballed. Gradually the group assembled a lot of material from people who were encouraging and seemed to enjoy sharing memories, looking out scrapbooks, finding photographs and generally taking a trip down memory lane. To do justice to the contributors the group decided to write up the stories and has now published 11 booklets in the ‘Brightlingsea Heritage Series’. Titles include ‘Toy Trumpet Workshops’, ‘The Small Boat Builders of Brightlingsea’, ‘The Lady Wood Carvers’, ‘The YMCA in Brightlingsea’, ‘The Story of an Unusual Beach Hut’ ‘Brightlingsea: Memories of Childhood in the 1930’s and 1940’s’. and most recently, ‘The Pubs of Brightlingsea: Past and Present’.
The group has strong links with the Museum which sells all the titles in the series. Current
plans include working with the Lido to produce a short history.

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