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And I replied that the beach is much flatter at Walton than it is at Clacton, which is why the pier at Walton is longer than the pier at Clacton, because they were both built as steamer piers for the paddle steamer service from the Thames. Both piers had to get to a point where the paddle steamer could come alongside. Walton Pier was lengthened to make this possible.Not the “bad guy” - we just asked what you thought the solution would be to maintain a safe ALB berth at Walton? Did you have a solution?
And here we have the paddle steamer "London Belle" leaving, according to the source, Walton Pier, in the 1920s. It looks as if she has landed beer as well as people.
If as it seems the RNLI can beach launch a D class at Walton then presumably they can beach launch any other beach launch type of boat there. The reason given by the RNLI is that the boathouse is too small, not anything to do with safety. Why not build a bigger boat house?
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