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◆ MEMORY LANE
Back
to her
roots
The only
way is Essex...
Writer Patricia Pett, 68, revisited Leigh-onSea, where she grew up, to find out what
being an Essex girl really means
silvery sea full of yachts. The only difference
is that the castle is now maintained by
English Heritage, and climbing is forbidden.
My next stop was the cockle sheds of
Leigh old town...
'I remember the dark sheds where
fishermen boiled cockles scraped from the
seabed. There was always a pungent smell
but we'd eagerly buy cockles and mussels by
the pint mug for Sunday tea.'
'When my Surrey friends learned I was born
and grew up in Essex, the revelation was
greeted with chortles and comments about
my penchant for white high heels and blonde
hair. Thankfully, that image of "Essex girls"
no longer exists - something I found out
when I took a pilgrimage to my past.
'I have very happy memories of growing
Cockles and mussels
up in 1950s Leigh-on-Sea, and my first stop
'The cockle sheds still exist, I discovered, but
was Hadleigh Castle. I vividly recall how a
the area is decidedly upmarket now with
gang of us 10-year-olds would set out across
shops and seafood restaurants. So that's
the fields, Enid Blyton-style, with our
where I lunched, eating, of course, mussels.
egg and tomato sandwiches
'Afterwards I headed to
in a paper bag and toy
some of my favourite green
WE SET OUT
swords in hand ready to
spots, none of which
ACROSS
have adventures in the ruins
disappointed: Belfairs Wood,
of this Norman fortress.
where I used to pick wild
THE FIELDS
Today's health and safety
flowers; Priory Gardens with
E N I D B LY T O N officials would have a fit at
its "secret" sunken garden
S T Y L E W I T H TOY
the way the boys climbed the
full of colourful flowerbeds
S W O R D S I N H A N D and a grass slope for rolling
crumbling tower.'
down; and Chalkwell Park,
the starting point for nearby Southend's
Sea for miles
famous annual carnival procession.
'I feared the whole area might've been built
'As I journeyed home, I could say with
on by now - but no, the fields and the castle
certainty that this corner of Essex is a joy.'
are still there with glorious views over the
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