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Leigh-on-Sea Folk Festival 2018: Sun, music, mud, beer and flying knickers – photos
Posted on Monday, Jun 25, 2018 | No CommentsOn a gloriously sunny Sunday afternoon last weekend, I headed east for my second Leigh-on-Sea Folk Festival – and had another fantastic time. -
![Established in 1992, the Leigh Folk Festival takes place annually at Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, and I popped along on Sunday to catch the last day of the four day event – […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/leigh-on-sea-folk-festival-2017-23-115x115.jpg "Photos from the Leigh On Sea folk festival: bands, beer, banjos, Morris dancers and crowd scenes")
Photos from the Leigh On Sea folk festival: bands, beer, banjos, Morris dancers and crowd scenes
Posted on Monday, Jun 26, 2017 | No CommentsEstablished in 1992, the Leigh Folk Festival takes place annually at Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, and I popped along on Sunday to catch the last day of the four day event – […] -
![Suburbia has always filed me with fear: growing up in north Cardiff I used to dread the silence and monotony of suburban Sundays, where every shop was closed and the […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/braintree-deep-dull-surburbia-13-115x115.jpg "Braintree: a look at deepest, dullest suburbia in Essex where modernism unexpectedly lurks")
Braintree: a look at deepest, dullest suburbia in Essex where modernism unexpectedly lurks
Posted on Tuesday, Feb 7, 2017 | 1 CommentSuburbia has always filed me with fear: growing up in north Cardiff I used to dread the silence and monotony of suburban Sundays, where every shop was closed and the […] -
![Here’s a short selection of photos taken in and around Stanford-le-Hope and Corringham, located within the unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex. Stanford-le-Hope is some 24 miles from London, and Corringham another […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/stanford-le-hope-corringham-01-1-115x115.jpg "A life size Queen, dodgy boozer and a Grade I listed church: a walk around Stanford-le-Hope and Corringham, Essex")
A life size Queen, dodgy boozer and a Grade I listed church: a walk around Stanford-le-Hope and Corringham, Essex
Posted on Thursday, May 5, 2016 | 1 CommentHere’s a short selection of photos taken in and around Stanford-le-Hope and Corringham, located within the unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex. Stanford-le-Hope is some 24 miles from London, and Corringham another […] -
![I can usually find offbeat and unusual beauty in almost every place I visit, but I have to admit that I found myself quite challenged during my recent visit to […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/photos-brentwood-essex-01-1-115x115.jpg "Photos of Brentwood, Essex: closed shops, hand written bus notices and a fine pub")
Photos of Brentwood, Essex: closed shops, hand written bus notices and a fine pub
Posted on Monday, Apr 18, 2016 | 2 CommentsI can usually find offbeat and unusual beauty in almost every place I visit, but I have to admit that I found myself quite challenged during my recent visit to […] -
Fish & Chip Friday and Wednesday Toe Nails: Colchester and Mersea Island in photos
Posted on Tuesday, Nov 10, 2015 | 1 CommentYesterday, I had to visit deepest, darkest Essex, with my day trip taking in Colchester and the nearby Island of Mersea. Here’s a selection of photos from my journey. -
![On the weekend, I took a trip out to Canvey Island, a reclaimed island in the Thames estuary in the south-east of England. I was there to watch the mighty Dulwich Hamlet […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/canvey-island-photos-011-115x115.jpg "Canvey Island photos – sea wall murals, Concord Beach, a Dr Feelgood bench, sea views and racism")
Canvey Island photos – sea wall murals, Concord Beach, a Dr Feelgood bench, sea views and racism
Posted on Monday, Oct 6, 2014 | 2 CommentsOn the weekend, I took a trip out to Canvey Island, a reclaimed island in the Thames estuary in the south-east of England. I was there to watch the mighty Dulwich Hamlet […] -
![Last Saturday, I took a trip out to Billericay in deepest Essex to watch a woefully under-performing Dulwich Hamlet lose to the local football team. I didn’t have a lot […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/billericay-essex-photos-011-115x115.jpg "Billericay, Essex, southern England – twenty photos")
Billericay, Essex, southern England – twenty photos
Posted on Tuesday, Apr 15, 2014 | 6 CommentsLast Saturday, I took a trip out to Billericay in deepest Essex to watch a woefully under-performing Dulwich Hamlet lose to the local football team. I didn’t have a lot […] -
![Thanks to the hard work of a dedicated team of volunteers, the Epping to Ongar branch line railway in Essex is set to reopen to passengers next month. From Friday 25th […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/epping-ongar-railway-04-115x115.jpg "Epping to Ongar railway reopens: steam, archive photos, Blake Hall and Sham 69")
Epping to Ongar railway reopens: steam, archive photos, Blake Hall and Sham 69
Posted on Wednesday, Apr 11, 2012 | 7 CommentsThanks to the hard work of a dedicated team of volunteers, the Epping to Ongar branch line railway in Essex is set to reopen to passengers next month. From Friday 25th […] -
![On Sunday, a hardy gang of urban75 walkers set off to walk the last section of the London Loop, a trip that took us into deepest, darkest Essex. As you […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/rainham-purfleet-essex-walk-03-115x115.jpg "Walking the London Loop – Rainham to Purfleet, Essex")
Walking the London Loop – Rainham to Purfleet, Essex
Posted on Tuesday, Jan 4, 2011 | 1 CommentOn Sunday, a hardy gang of urban75 walkers set off to walk the last section of the London Loop, a trip that took us into deepest, darkest Essex. As you […]