Thorney Bay Beach Camp

We spent many summer holidays at Thorney Bay during the 1970’s and had such great happy times. Me and my older brother and little sister used to get up early and head over to the camp shop with our 10p and come back to our caravan with a big bag of sweets and plan our day. We used take the long walk along the sea wall to the funfair, Loved the Twister, Spooky Ally, and the Helter Skelter with the big bowl at the bottom, playing on the penny machines whilst mum and dad played prize bingo. We used to love watching the ships passing by and collecting Cockles. Me and my brother loved exploring the WW2 pill boxes. No plumbing in them days we had to carry the water carrier from the tap to the caravan and use the toilet blocks to wash. We had to wait until 18:00 for the electric to come on. During the night we used to lay in bed listening to the ships chugging by. GREAT MEMORIES! I have upload a few pictures of the 70’s. I do regulary visit Canvey island with my kids……..