#clacton-on-sea

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Clacton-on-Sea, England 1900

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a large banana milkshake from McDonald's in Clacton-on-Sea, mid-arc, as it is flung by a voter with exquisite nail art at the simpering face of Nigel Farage during an election visit.

a detail from Ben Stansall of AFP/Getty's sublime triptych of the event

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Through the Portrait Window: Clacton-on-Sea Beach, Beach Huts and Groins; Walton-on-the-Naze Tower; Holland-on-Sea Door 9.9.24

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5 Signs It's Time for a Professional Garage Service Tune-Up

In Clacton-on-Sea, when your car acts strange, it might need a garage service tune-up. Let's explore why! When your car makes weird noises or shakes, that is a sign. The dashboard lights may blink, or you may face low gas mileage and sluggish. There must be something wrong when you see any of these indications. Do not worry! Garages are there to fix the issue fast! 

The Importance of Regular Garage Service

Regular garage service is crucial for keeping your car running smoothly and safely. Here's why:

Garage service helps catch problems before they become big and risky.

It makes your vehicle last longer by fixing all issues early.

Fixing tiny problems is cheaper than repairs later.

Your car will run better, and you'll enjoy driving it more.

A well-maintained vehicle uses less gas, saving your family money.

If you ever sell your car, a well-serviced one is worth more.

So, remember, regular garage service is like taking your car to the doctor for check-ups. It keeps your car healthy and you safe on the road!

Determine the Necessity of Professional Garage Services

Are you wondering when your car needs help? Professional garage services are vital for your car's health and safety. Regular check-ups and fixes can save money and extend your car's life. There are more. Let's learn and decide if you need a pro's garage service. Stay tuned to know when your vehicle needs a superhero rescue from a trusted pro!

1: Strange Noises and Vibrations

Imagine you are driving your car, and suddenly, it starts making weird noises and shaking. What is happening? Let's find out! Strange noises and vibrations from your vehicle can be like it trying to talk to you. It is telling you that something might be wrong. These signals state your car needs attention!

Understanding these signals is essential to keep your car running smoothly and safely. Try to observe if there is any strange sound or vibration. So, the next time your car starts acting up, take the right step. It is better to take your vehicle to the garage for car repair and keep it happy and healthy!

2: Warning Lights on the Dashboard

Have you ever noticed colourful lights on your car's dashboard? They are like secret messages from your vehicle! Dashboard warning lights can talk to you. When they light up, they need attention! It is like your car's way of asking for help.

Each light has a different meaning. For example, if you see a little engine, your car's engine needs checking. It says your brakes might have a problem if it is a brake light.

Ignoring these lights is like avoiding a friend in need. So, when you see them, it is time to visit a garage in Clacton-on-Sea. They will understand your car's language and fix any issues so you can keep driving safely. Listen to your vehicle, and it will take care of you!

3: Decreased Fuel Efficiency and Performance

Consider your car to be like a superhero. It needs enough power to save the day. When your car uses more gas and feels sluggish, it is trouble. It is like your superhero losing their superpowers. It means decreased fuel efficiency and performance.

Your car might face issues like a clogged filter, tired engine, or worn-out parts. It needs a helping hand from a renowned garage in Clacton-on-Sea to get back in shape. Your superhero car can get its powers back with a bit of care. A visit to the mechanic can make it run smoothly, save gas, and be your trusty sidekick on the road again.

4: Irregular or Uneven Tire Wear

Picture your car's tires like shoes. What if one shoe wears out faster than the other? That's what happens with irregular or uneven tire wear.

When your tires wear unevenly, it is like one shoe being super old and the other brand new. It can be a sign of problems in your car. Things like misaligned wheels or suspension issues can make your tires wear unevenly.

Uneven tire wear can harm your car or your wallet. It can affect how your car drives and how long your tires last. But do not worry! A trip to the garage can fix the problem, and your car will run smoothly on the road.

5: Difficulties with Starting the Engine

Imagine your car is like a sleepy friend who does not want to wake up in the morning. Sometimes, your vehicle might have difficulties with starting the engine.

Starting problems can happen because of a weak battery. A tired starter motor or issues with the ignition system can affect your car. Then, it needs all these things to work together to start smoothly. It is like your friend needing a little nudge to wake up if your car struggles to start. But do not worry! A visit to the mechanic or car service centre. 

In the world of cars, understanding their language is vital. It is about asking for help when your vehicle makes strange noises or starts trouble. Mechanics are like car doctors, ready to fix what is wrong and keep your car strong. So, the next time your car talks to you, do not ignore it. Try to take it to the garage. It ensures your car will have many more adventures on the road!

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John 'Paddy' Hemingway

Irish RAF fighter pilot in the second world war and one of ‘the Few’, who later became a wing commander

His father Basil had thought that his only son might become a doctor, but then his son disliked the sight of blood. So when Gp Cpt John (“Paddy”) Hemingway died at the age of 105, it was instead as the last surviving pilot – and the last surviving Dubliner – to have flown in the Battle of Britain, 85 years ago.

He was shot down twice during the battle, and twice subsequently, but then he was the “lucky Irishman”. And for months in 1940 Hemingway’s life – although he would have derided the idea – was one of those 3,000-odd in step with the fate of the world.

In the winter of 1939-40 Plt Off Hemingway, fresh out of Royal Air Force flying school, had been posted to Debden, east of London, with No 85 Squadron. The squadron’s Gloster Gladiator biplanes had been replaced by sleek Hawker Hurricanes. The Hurricane was still less glamorous and slower than the Supermarine Spitfire, but it was the workhorse of the RAF’s fighter war in the early stage of the conflict, and could take on its Luftwaffe equivalent, the Messerschmitt Bf 109.

By the spring of 1940, 85 Squadron was based in France, and Friday 10 May marked the end of the “phoney war” over western Europe, as the Nazis launched their massive attack on France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Hemingway was in the thick of it, downing his first enemy aircraft, a Heinkel He 111 bomber. On the Saturday he helped bring down a Dornier Do 17 bomber, but then had to make a forced landing after the intervention of a German Fieseler Storch spotter plane and intense ground fire. The pilot, with two leg injuries, then joined a group of refugees limping along the long road to Brussels, before rejoining the remains of his squadron.

By 17 May, as the Blitzkrieg accelerated, Hemingway had returned to England. He initially flew Hurricanes with No 253 Squadron, out to Dunkirk as the British and allied evacuation took place into early June. By mid-June he was back with No 85 Squadron, which was now commanded by the charismatic Peter Townsend, the future – and romantically doomed – partner of Princess Margaret.

Between July and October 1940, Hemingway was one of that group of pilots – predominantly British but crucially from around the world – who comprised “the Few”. On 18 August 1940 he was shot down at sea near Clacton and only the timely arrival hours later of a small craft from the Clacton lightship saved his life. Just over a week later, this time over the Kent countryside, he came down again, this time from the bullets of a Messerschmitt.

With the end of the Battle of Britain that October, the focus shifted to the night-time blitz for which the Hurricane was totally unsuited. So early in 1941 the squadron was transferred on to the American Douglas Havoc II, a night fighter variant of the Boston bomber. When Hemingway’s instruments failed on 13 May 1941, he was forced to bail out at low altitude, sustaining various injuries.

By the time of the invasion of Normandy in June 1944, Hemingway was working as an air traffic controller. But as the end of the war approached, early in 1945, he became commander of No 43 Squadron, flying Spitfire IXs. The squadron was by then based in Italy and operated primarily on ground attack. Weeks before the war ended he was shot down again, rescued by partisans, and taken, by a little girl, back to the allied lines. In May 1945, amid the chaos of postwar Europe, Hemingway and his squadron were posted to Austria, where he remained until the end of the year.

Hemingway was born in Dublin, just a few months after the outbreak of the Irish war of independence. He was the oldest child and the only son of Basil Hemingway, a Protestant builder, and his wife, Elizabeth. He had three sisters: Georgina, Thelma and Sylvia. He was educated at St Patrick’s Cathedral choir school – where, it transpired, he was not cut out to be a chorister – and St Andrew’s college, Dublin. There his sporting prowess shone through on the rugby pitch and the running track.

While still a teenager he arrived in London at the end of 1938 for a visit to the RAF and received a four-year short-service commission. As 1939 dawned Hemingway was beginning three months of training in Brough, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Then came the war.

Hemingway did not leave the RAF with the outbreak of peace in 1945, and his first assignment was to Greece. He was a squadron leader by 1948 and by 1953 he was commanding No 32 Squadron, flying de Havilland Vampires – Britain’s second jet fighter – in Egypt. In 1954 he became a wing commander. He was, for a time, station commander at RAF Leconfield in the East Riding of Yorkshire, close to where he had started all those years before. He was a lover of Beethoven.

In 1941, following his exploits with the Douglas Havoc he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and mentioned in dispatches.

Hemingway married Helen (known as Bridget) Prowse in 1948. She had arrived in Britain from South Africa to enlist in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force at the beginning of the war. She predeceased him in 1998. They had a daughter and two sons.

🔔 John “Paddy” Allman Hemingway, fighter pilot, born 17 July 1919; died 17 March 2025

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ON THIS DAY IN 1941

Sandy found himself in the air operationally for the first time in a while, it was not to be without its challenges:

“Mission 25 - Spitfire AA806

Airborne from Benson at 10:45 with only one mud flap, as one was lost; result: one lens…

covered with mud. Set course for Clacton but did not see English or Dutch coasts. Condensation occurred so dropped from 28,000 ft to 22,500 ft crossing North Sea. Solid cloud but five minutes from ETA cloud broke; pinpointed myself over Roermond. Flew to Wesel and made…

3 runs. As Ruhr was covered, tooled around pretty aimlessly taking odd pictures of factories; eventually returned to Roermond, made one run, then flew to Eindhoven to take the aerodrome. Set course again for Clacton but was forced down…

to 20,500 ft by condensation - over Scheldt. Crossed coast in over Orford Ness at 13:35 and landed Benson at 16:15. Pictures really hazy, so bad it wasn’t worth printing the photographs”

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Myriad Masks

Messenger boys wearing Eddie Cantor masks pose with the real Eddie Cantor in Grand Central Station in New York. January 1936.

Mardi Gras celebration of 1935 at Venice Beach showing two young ladies on the beach wearing the alligator masks which will be used later in the parade (via Los Angeles Public Library)

Norwegian Artist Damselfrau Creates Otherworldly Masks From Recycled Materials

Press Photo - Danny Thomas And Kids

Angela Cartwright, Danny Thomas And Rusty Homer Pinch-Hit For Red Skelton Recuperating From An Operation, On CBS TV Tuesday (Jan08th1961)

Inge Morath, ‘Masquerade’

The Saul Steinberg Mask Series (1960-1962)

Giant pantomime heads being decorated at the Pytree papier mache factory in New Malden, Surrey (1938)

Buntis Holiday Camp

Women workers at Butlins Holiday Camp wearing Marilyn Monroe face masks as they parade in their swimsuits.

Photography by Fred Ramage

Beauty contestants are judged solely on their figures, thanks to the introduction of papier mache Marilyn Monroe masks, at the Butlins Holiday Camp in Clacton-on-Sea, May 27, 1952

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Cait has been to Nepal as model for a photoshoot and saw the Everest. What she did say she'd want to visit is Mongolia. As for Sam, the Everest movie is dead. What he's looking to do is narrate an Everest documentary. Problem is, it's been done very well before to be worth it except to sell to his most ardent fans who buy everything he sells.

Dear Everest Anon,

She saw the Himalayas, from the lower mountain zone in Dhulikhel - not the Everest. That would be exactly the same thing as me pretending to see Mycenae from my terrace in Athens - same distance -, albeit I'll give you this: different topography.

And yes, you are correct - still nasty, though - she has been to Nepal and found that watching the sun rise over those majestic mountaintops was a 'deeply spiritual' experience.

It's all in that January 2022 High Life magazine interview, while she was promoting Belfast, by the way (https://bahighlife.com/stories/outlander-actress-caitriona-balfe-reveals-her-favourite-travel-memories):

I didn't have that quote seared in my brain, though and I remembered it just as I referenced it: a dream/bucket list destination, which is - mind you - exactly what her answer suggests.

As for Mongolia, which I suspect must be a very abstract place to you, this comes from an answer on X, back when she was still doing those cute #AskCait Q&A improv sessions:

It took me five minutes to find it and I remembered it vaguely - Central Asia is a space I know very, very well.

The closest I have ever been to Mongolia - probably way closer than you - was on my Silk Road solo trip, in 2010. Ever since, Switzerland could never compete with the magic of Kyrgyzstan, especially when you wake up in your yurt in Tash Rabat to this view:

This being very much akin to a Mongolian landscape, by the way. Serene and graceful and very, very quiet. And the people are warm, generous and have a wonderful sense of humor. It's only normal to dream of such a place, for a dream it is and nothing less.

So yes, your comment reads like globally correct, although I think your tone could have been more polite: we haven't been properly introduced, you and me.

But then you can't help yourself and spoil it all with your tribe's mandatory and gratuitous S hate moment. Many things have been 'very well done before' and yet they are still being presented, over and over again, just because life and the world change all the time: I suppose you are familiar with the concept?

You know what? Why don't you go to the Himalayas and do your own documentary project on it, Anon? Traveling will do you a hell lot of good and I will be your most ardent promoter.

Until then, which is probably never, I'll just watch his documentary or whatever he would choose to make out of it with great pleasure. You will still be in your armchair, at Clacton-on-Sea, or Weston-super-Mare, or wherever.

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Well, if you’re just joining us, the nation has delivered an all-night victim impact statement. Labour has won a landslide and the Conservatives have suffered their worst ever general election result. Keir Starmer – the prime minister – has promised “national renewal … to fight until you believe again”. Liz Truss has failed to save South West Norfolk, let alone “the west”. That is the big picture (if not the whole picture, with turnout and Labour’s vote share notably low). Meanwhile, it’s incredible to think that only a short while ago we thought we’d eradicated measles and Nigel Farage. Both have now been brought back, largely by the same people.

But look, after the 3am to 7am shift, no one will be able to say the right doesn’t do comedy. There were moments worthy of entire Netflix specials as in sports halls and community centres various Dickensian grotesques were ushered into their Christmas future, live on stage. Alas, it was going to take more than buying the Cratchits a turkey to get out of this one. Jacob Rees-Mogg heard his fate standing next to a candidate wearing a baked bean balaclava. He’ll be crying into Nanny’s starched bosom today. Committed sewage apologist Thérèse Coffey was pumped into the sea in Suffolk Coastal. Andrea Jenkyns had the middle finger given to her by the voters of Morley and Outwood. In Welwyn Hatfield, Grant Shapps chanted “supermajority” five times into the mirror, and then it came for him.

Then again, Michael Portillo losing his seat was supposedly 1997’s big moment. So perhaps the question is: in two years’ time, which current hate figure will be presenting a cosy travelogue on Europe’s most picturesque illegal migration routes? Alternatively, do remember that one person’s onstage humiliation is another person’s milk round for directorships in the arms trade.

Speaking of absolute weapons, hat twat George Galloway wimped out of his own count in Rochdale, presumably out of fatigability. He lost to Labour. There was jubilation for the Lib Dems, who finished not a million miles behind “the natural party of government”, and for the Greens, who won all four of their target seats. The SNP can now squeeze its MPs round the flip-down dining table of a motorhome. Referendum arguments may move to Northern Ireland, with Sinn Féin now that nation’s largest Westminster party.

As for Reform … Farage won in Clacton, a constituency for which he will now have to hold surgeries, presumably by Zoom link from his hot desk in the US presidential colon. Or as he put it in his victory speech: “This is the first steps of something that is going to stun all of you” – at least confirming his political abattoir will be bolt-gunning its victims unconscious first. Farage is the horror version of Inside Out, where Mendacity is only just holding off Racism at the control console. His cultural hinterland extends to a single Goodbye, Mr Chips DVD he got free with the Sunday Times in 2008, and the idea that this hollow chancer should still be one of the most significant politicians of the age says everything about the age.

Anyway, back to the Conservatives’ four-hour in-memoriam reel. Penny Mordaunt, Jonathan Gullis, Michael Fabricant, Gillian Keegan, Steve Baker, Alex Chalk, Johnny Mercer, Michelle Donelan, Victoria Prentis, Liam Fox, Mark Harper … all out, along with many more. So many cabinet ministers fell that the ones who live may actually develop survivor guilt. It’s currently unclear how gruesome things will be among the extant Conservatives in this post-apocalyptic world. As a fictional president once wondered of Dr Strangelove, will the living not end up envying the dead? Far from it, Strangelove reassures him, forcing down an involuntary Nazi salute. What will abound is a spirit of bold curiosity for the adventure ahead!

Speaking of which, 13th fairy Suella Braverman finally turned up, holding on in Fareham and cooing: “I am sorry that my party didn’t listen to you. The Conservative party has let you down.” Expect to see her humbly attempting to disembowel fellow survivors Jeremy Hunt and James Cleverly in the forthcoming trial-by-combat for what convention demands we style as “the soul of the Conservative party”.

At his count, Rishi Sunak explained he’d already conceded the election in a congratulatory call to Keir Starmer, adding, “I take responsibility for the loss.” In Downing Street, he confirmed he would be standing down as Tory leader in some sort of due course, stressing, “I have heard your anger.” Then, instead of yet another speech straight from the Tortured Prime Minister’s Department, this one offered humility and magnanimity, as well as a pointed reminder of the positive (and fragile?) progress that saw him become the UK’s first British-Asian prime minister. What a contrast to the relentless negativity of his past six weeks. Sunak’s campaign was conducted like a gender-reveal party where the device that’s meant to release the puff of blue smoke accidentally functions as a pipe bomb and burns the house down.

It also closed out several years of mindboggling chaos, dysfunction and national decline. They won’t be playing anything from this album on the Conservative party’s Eras tour. The Tories have cycled through five prime ministers over the past eight years, to the point where they were recently found going through the rubbish, pulling the first guy back out, thinking, “Actually, he doesn’t look half bad now,” and making him foreign secretary. This is the behaviour of addicts.

Not that they have the monopoly on erraticism. Any dispassionate view of these results suggests the fabled post-Brexit “realignment” is more of a dealignment – the huge sweeping gains of this or that political moment able to be reversed in previously unthinkable timespans. Volatility might now be our defining electoral characteristic, and a rise in sectarian politics cannot and should not be ignored. Because hey – what’s the worst that can happen with that one? Meanwhile, many people who derided the simplistic “Get Brexit done” slogan in 2019 have pretended not to notice that the winner here went out under the even more gnomic banner of “Change”.

Yet in the wider global context, what a win. One summer evening in 1914, the foreign secretary, Edward Grey, famously remarked: “The lamps are going out all over Europe.” In our own times, a darkening has recently felt at hand, as hard- or extreme-right parties have gained ground across the continent, to say nothing of the US. But here – in this country, in this moment – a different direction has been taken. That matters today, and anyone not on the wingnut fringes, who hopes to avoid those gathering shadows, should wish Keir Starmer good luck with his task. For plenty who would snuff out the lamps are also rising – increasingly, they walk among us.

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Through the Landscape Window: Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, UK 9.9.24