#Southend England

[theworldatwar]

A group of London Cabbies, all part of the same Home Guard Unit take part in a training exercise - 6th Oct 1942. It was deemed the job of the Cabbies, in the event of an invasion of Britain to slow the German advance through Epping Forest

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Southend-on-Sea, Essex; 2.7.2011

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Heads up to any UK folks, there are a bunch of places where there may be more racist riots happening today.

Not an exhaustive list but:

Bedford - Immigration Inn at 93 Ford End Road MK40 4JT, at 20:00.

Birmingham - Unsure about location (as a local I'd guess the Immigration Advisory Service on New Street but that is just a guess), expected to start at any point past 12:00.

Cardiff - Unsure about location or time unfortunately.

Chelmsford - Only seen things about the "Immigration Centre", they may be on about Immigration Accomodation Surveys Writtle on/in the Green CM1 3DU?, at 20:00.

Derby - Immigration Advisory Service on 195 Normanton Road DE23 6US, at 20:00.

Durham - Durham Town Hall, Market Place DH1 3NJ, at 18:00.

Glasgow - Apparently something is happening at The Roma Cultural Centre which is on 43 Nithsdale Street G41 2PZ, unsure about time.

Glasgow - Also at George Square, starting at any point past 13:00.

Hull - Conroy Baker Ltd which has an office registered in Norwich House 104, 1st Floor, 1 Savile Street HU1 3ES, starting at 20:00.

Lincoln - The Carlton Centre on 2 Carlton Boulevard LN2 4FJ, starting at 20:00. (This protest is planned for the Immigration Lawyer Services in The Carlton Centre which does not physically exist FYI).

London - UK Immigration Help in/on The Mille at 1000 Great West Road in Brentford TW8 9DW, starting at 20:00.

London - Immigration and Nationality Services at Foundation House, 4 Percy Road in North Finchley N12 8BU, at 20:00.

Manchester - Windmill Street and Mount Street, not sure about time.

Northampton - Zenith Immigration Lawyers at 2 Talbot Road NN1 4JB, at 20:00.

Nottingham - East Midlands Immigration Services at 15 Stonesby Vale NG2 7UR, at 20:00.

Peterborough - Smart Immigration Solutions at Laxton House, 191 Lincoln Road PE1 2PN, at 20:00.

Preston - All I got for location here is UK Border Agency which I can find no such place in Preston? If any locals can lend help here, that'd be greatly appreciated. Starting at 20:00.

Southend - MNS Solicitors at 2 Ditton Court Road SS0 7HG, at 20:00.

Walthamstow - Waltham Forest Immigration Bureau, 187 Hoe Street E17 3AP, at 20:00.

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Day Out At Southend

Folks enjoying a day out at Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Photo credit: Sarah Chua.

This is on the north side of the Thames Estuary, a one-hour train ride from London.

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Southend Pier

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Sol Campbell.

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Ryan Goes On The Run! 🎢 🌊 EastEnders

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John Ingledew. Rockabillys outside the pub next to the Kursaal amusement park in Southend-on-Sea, England in 1983

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Sol Campbell – Players must stay anchored in social media age

Sol Campbell is one of the most famous English footballers of the past 25 years.

After rising through the ranks at Tottenham Hotspur and becoming the club captain, his free transfer to arch rivals Arsenal stunned the football world.

He went on to help the Gunners win two FA Cups and lift the Premier League twice, the second as an Invincible when Arsenal went 49 games undefeated.

With more than 70 England caps to his name, Campbell established himself as a titan of football, and now has various interests in the game as well as being a qualified UEFA-level coach and supporter of good causes.

With technology advancing all the time, Sol was keen to share his views on the advantages and challenges that football faces in the digital age.

“I studied at Harvard for a little bit and I'm looking at football in a totally different way,” he told Calacus at the World Football Summit in Seville.

“Technology is amazing. We're going 100 mph, everything’s happening and more and more are people coming into this space of tech and sports.

“Back when I was playing, tech was a VHS video, or maybe a little later on a disc, and we would watch, say, 20 minutes of the opposition and that was it.

“You go through a few scenarios, but you had to think for yourself and think outside the box. We had a lot more players who did that because we didn't have anything else. Maybe some scouts would have gone to watch the team or you might watch the team on one of the sports channels, but you had to almost learn on the job and work out your centre forward or your midfielder pretty quickly.

“The trouble with data is that a lot of the data is driven by people not in sport. They're doing all these advancements here and there, but when you look at sportsmen and women, they’re nowhere near it.

“You had a little bit of a vague understanding of what they're trying to do, but you have to be ready for anything, any situation. Expect the unexpected.

“But now, fast forward, they have everything. They have (data on) how fast this guy can move and jog, how many passes, what kind of crosses, everything.

“Players have got lazy about studying the game. This is what's happening. I think it's good to have all that information, but then you have to allow the player to start thinking as well.

“Thinking outside the box, that’s how you win championships and win World Cups. Someone actually thinks outside the box within the structure of the game. He or she has something different that makes the difference.

“There have been great leaps and bounds in technology and I think it’s a fantastic partner going forward in sport, but you have to leave a little bit of space for athletes to start thinking and have a little bit of character as well.”

Sol’s former team, Arsenal, were famed for their Tuesday Club, a drinking society that bonded the team during quieter midweeks, some of the sessions going on for days.

In the era of social media, players are exposed to a range of social and mainstream media touchpoints which in some ways puts them in closer contact with fans than in years gone by.

Players have to get a balance between engaging with their fanbase, supporting promotions with their partners and protecting themselves from the inevitable keyboard warriors that can hound and abuse.

Having made a controversial move from Tottenham Hotspur to rivals Arsenal, Sol knows full well what it means to be the focus of criticism from fans.

Offering advice to today’s players, he said: “The main thing is to try to stay centred and make sure your heart, your soul, your spirit, your family, your friends, all those elements are in place.

“If you've got good friends, you've got good family and you've got a good club around you, that’s the key to get through the tough times.

“When you're anchored, you can sway but you don't drift, however choppy the seas become and when it passes, you're in roughly the same vicinity.

“Looking back, the main thing was that I had a job to do. I had to make it work, even if it wasn’t easy.

“The environment was hostile, so you’re thinking about what to do. You just have to get the job done and win. I don't think people would be allowed to put this type of pressure on one individual ever again.

“The players have got (social media) companies behind them now. A player now who has a social media following of over 50,000 or 100,000, they don't do it themselves. You’ve got to make sure that it is authentic, though.”

Sol had managerial spells at Macclesfield Town and Southend United, clubs both dealing with financial and personnel struggles.

He has not had a major managerial role since then, something he has previously voiced his frustration about, given that other former players have been given time and opportunity at far more stable Football League and Premier League clubs.

It remains a hope of his that the barriers which currently mean less than 5% of coaches and managers in professional football are from a BAME background soon disappear.

He added: “If we go forward 50 or 100 years and then we look back at this period of time, when it comes to coaching or diversity or black coaches in this ecosystem, when you look at it, you want the best coaching, but you just want a level playing field.

“You want to allow growth, so people come and participate in a beautiful world game and it doesn't matter where you're from or who you are, what colour you are, you’re just allowed to get into this environment.

“There’s a big elephant in the room when it comes to coaches. Not just in the UK, it’s a worldwide situation that we have to address.

“Looking back they’ll say: “what happened here? Why are we not moving in a positive way?”

While coaching and management in football may not be a fair reflection on both society and the diversity in teams up and down the country, the power of sport to have a positive impact remains something that Sol remains passionate about.

He set up ‘Kids Go Live’ to help inner city children experience live sporting events and has contributed to a wide range of good causes.

He said: “Giving back to the local community is key – there are so many things you can do to help, like player engagements or tickets or going to a school or to a hospital, to cement that connection with the community.

“I think it's a cornerstone for athletes. It's not worth you earning and utilising the fanbase or a particular community and not being a part of it. We're all in it together and really giving back to the local community, it's like tenfold.”

Sol’s performances for Arsenal and England showed a steely confidence in the face of adversity – and no doubt he will continue to push for a more inclusive and tolerant society, both within the bounds of football and beyond.

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Street art in southend

Chloe Maggie Kelly

https://www.flickr.com/photos/claude22/52569890497/in/pool-79971663@N00/

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ELECTION NIGHT ENGLAND 2024

composition of all councils circa 2023:

🌹Labour: 5609

🌳Tory: 5395

🕊️Liberal: 2804

🌻Green: 757

💩Reform: 10

🔥Liberal (1989): 5

🦋Transform: 4

💩SDP (1990): 2

Regionalists, RAs and Others: 1663

these numbers do not include changes over the past year or so – including a number of labour councillors who’ve left the party due to the centralist agenda and the leadership’s support for the genocide

TONIGHT’S ELECTIONS:

every mayor bar cambridgeshire and the “West of England”

every police commissioner

multiple district councils

london assembly

blackpool south byelection

borough mayor of salford

SEATS UP TONIGHT:

🌳Tory: 989

🌹Labour: 973

🕊️Liberal: 418

🌻Green: 107

Regionalists, RAs and Others: 172

ALLOUT ELECTIONS (all seats are to be elected, whole council can flip): Basildon, Brentwood, Bristol, Cannock Chase, Castle Point, Cheltenham, Dorset, Dudley, Epping Forest, Fareham, Gloucester, Harlow, Havant, North Herts, Maidstone, Nuneaton, Reddit, Rossendale, Rotherham, Stevenage, Stroud, Tandridge, Tunbridge Wells, North Tyne, Warrington, Wokingham, Worcester

PARTIAL / ROTATING ELECTIONS where enough seats are being contested to potentially flip the council, ignoring labour majority defences (bold/italic councils could only be changed to no overall control): Adur, Basingstoke, Bolton, Burnley, Cherwell, Colchester, Elmbridge, Hastings, Hart, Hyndburn, Norwich, Sheffield, Solihull, Stockport, Walsall, Hartlepool, Hull, Milton Keynes, Oxford, West Oxon, Pendle, Peterborough, Portsmouth, Rochford, Rugby, Southend, Tamworth, Thurrock, Welwyn Hatfield

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A group of women enjoying themselves on the 'Caterpillar' ride at Southend Fair, Essex, England in October 1938 - Photo by Kurt Hutton

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Again, not an exhaustive list but for anyone else in the UK, these are where riots are expected today:

Aldershot - Immigration Advisors at 40 Victoria Road GU11 1TH, starting at 19:30.

Bedford - Immigration INN (Inn?) on Ford End Road MK40 4JT, at 20:00.

Birmingham - Refugee and Migrant Centre on Frederick Street B1 3HN, beginning at 20:00.

Bishop Auckland - outside the Town Hall on Market Place DL14 7NP.

Blackburn - Rafiq Immigration Services on Whalley Road BB5 1AA, at 20:00.

Blackpool - Immigration Solicitors at the Enterprise Centre on Lytham Road FY1 1EW, starting at 20:00.

Bolton - Deane & Bolton Immigration Lawyers on Chorley New Road BL1 4QR, at 20:00.

Brentford - UK Immigration Help in The Mile on 1000 Great West Road TW8 9DW, starting around 19:00.

Brighton - Raj Rayan Immigration in Queensberry House at 106 Queens Road BN1 3XF, starting either at 19:30 or 20:00.

Bristol - Gya Williams Immigration on West Street BS2 OBL, at 20:00.

Burnley - at Thompson Park on 111 Ormerod Rioad BB11 3QWat, starting at 13:00.

Canterbury - UK Immigration Clinic in the Canterbury Innovation Centre CT2 7FG, at 20:00.

Chatham - Immigration Status UK on Maidstone Road ME5 9FD, at 20:00.

Cheadle - Intime Immigration Services on Brooks Drive SK8 3TD, at 20:00.

Chelmsford - UK Immigration Information Centre on Violet Close CM1 6XG, at 20:00.

Derby - Immigration Advisory Service, Normanton Road DE23 6US, at 20:00.

Dover - Kent Immigration and Visa Advice at 5A Castle Hill Road CT16 1QG, reportedly around 20:00.

Durham - in Crook at Market Place, at 18:00. (Unsure as to whether this is the same one as in Bishop Auckland as I know Crook is near there?)

Finchley - Immigration and Nationality Services within Foundation House at 4 Percy Road N128BU, around 19:00.

Harrow - Yes UK Immigration and North Harrow Community Library within the Business Centre at 429-433 Pinner Road HA1 4HN, in North Harrow, at 19:00.

Hastings - Black Rock Immigration at 37 Cambridge Gardens TN34 1EN, at 20:00.

Hull - Conroy Baker Immigration Lawyer in Norwich House, 1 Savile Street HU1 3ES, at 20:00.

Lewisham - the Clock Tower, SE13 5JH, 19:00.

Lincoln - Immigration Lawyer Services on Carlton Mews LN2 4FJ, at 20:00.

Liverpool - Merseyside Refugee Centre in St Anne's Centre on 7 Overbury Street L7 3HJ, at 20:00.

Liverpool - Sandpiper Hotel (might be on Ormskirk Old Road? if any scousers can clarify where that is, that'd be great) at 13:00.

Middlesbrough - Immigration Advice Centre which is the Co-Operative Buildings at 251 Linthorpe Road TS1 4AT, at 20:00.

Newcastle - United Immigration Services in Artisan Unit 3, The Beacon on Westgate Road NE4 9PQ, at 20:00.

Northampton - Zenith Immigration Lawyers at 2 Talbot Road NN1 4JB, starting at 20:00.

Nottingham - East Midlands Immigration Services at 15 Stonesbury Vale NG2 7UR, at 20:00.

Oldham - somewhere on Ellen Street 0L9 6QR, at 20:00

Oxford - Asylum Welcome in Unit 7 in Newtec Place on Magdelen Road OX4 1RE, around 19:00. [Updated as of 15:53]

Peterborough - Smart Immigration Services in Laxton House at 191 Lincoln Road PE1 2PN, at 20:00.

Plymouth - in a Morrisons car park, I don't know which but I saw Victory Parade associated with it? If anyone from Plymouth can clarify, please do. Not sure on time.

Portsmouth - UK Border Agency at Kettering Terrace PO2 8QN, at 20:00

Preston - Adriana Immigration Services at 109 Church Street PR1 3BS, at 19:00 or 20:00.

Rotherham - Parker Rhodes Hickmotts, The Point S60 1BP, at 20:00.

Sheffield - City Hall on Barker's Pool S1 2JA, at 13:00.

Sheffield - White Rose Visas at 101 Wilkinson Street S10 2GJ, at 20:00.

Southampton - Y-Axis Immigration Consultants, Cumberland Place on Grosvenor Square SO15 2BG, at 20:00.

Southend - MNS Immigration Solicitors on Ditton Court Road SS0 7HG, at 20:00.

Stoke-On-Trent - ZR Visas on Metcalfe Road ST6 7AZ, in Tunstall, at 20:00.

Sunderland - North of England Refugee Service which is in Suite 12 in the Eagle Building at 201 High Street East SR1 2AX, at 20:00.

Swindon - I have no details for this, just seen that something might be kicking off there.

Tamworth - Lawrencia & Co Immigration Solicitors within the Amber Business Village on Amber Close B77 4RP, no details on time unfortunately.

Walthamstow - Waltham Forest Immigration Bureau at 187 Hoe Street E17 3AP, at 20:00.

Wigan - Support for Wigan Arrivals Project, Penson Street WN1 2LP, at 20:00.

York - only detail I've got it is York Stay City Hotel.

[just--space]

Moon in Inverted Colors : Which moon is this? It's Earth's moon -- but in inverted colors. Here, the pixel values corresponding to light and dark areas have been translated in reverse, or inverted, producing a false-color representation reminiscent of a black and white photographic negative. However, this is an inverted color image -- where the muted colors of the moon are real but digitally exaggerated before inversion. Normally bright rays from the large crater Tycho dominate the southern (bottom) features as easily followed dark green lines emanating from the 85-kilometer diameter impact site. Normally dark lunar mare appear light and silvery. The image was acquired in Southend-on-Sea, England, UK. Historically, astronomical images recorded on photographic plates were directly examined on inverted-color negatives because it helped the eye pick out faint details. via NASA

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Southend Pier