Lord Michael Gove is infamous for his comment, 'I think this country has had enough of experts.' Arguably the experts weren't so wrong about the economic costs of Brexit.
Yet the editorial in the latest Spectator refers to 'the dreary beachfronts of Jaywick and Frinton.'
Jaywick is admittedly the most economically and socially deprived location in England. Yet Frinton always thought of itself as rather exclusive, perhaps less so these days. There is now a fish and chip shop there which was banned for a long time.
Back in the 1950s, Frinton was a favourite destination for a summer day out, even more so when we moved to Essex. There was just one road into the town controlled by a level crossing.
The front road leads on to the Greensward. Admittedly, the predominantly Edwardian and inter war developments were marred by the construction of some off plan tower blocks in the 1960s.
The sandy beach was patrolled by 'beach inspectors' to ensure that there was no impropriety. Our day always finished with a walk into Walton on the Naze where the pier offered traditional entertaiments.
Some years ago I took two of my then 18 year old granddaughers with the mum of one of them to stay in Walton. They were thrilled to see the flat roofed Art Deco houses in one part of Frinton.
I had great difficulty in finding a local restaurant that would meet the up market tastes of my eldest granddaughter anywhere in Nigel Farage's constituency. Eventually I located one in Frinton.
It was rather crowded and I was puzzled by the next door table constantly referring to 'going out'. I thought this perhaps referred to the old slogan 'Harwich for the continent, Frinton for the incontinent.'
In fact they were talking about Brexit.
No comments:
Post a Comment