Gryff Rees Jones, the Essex Welshman

[chinita]

Never a great fan of his 'Three Men' stuff; however, this article caught my eye:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/holidaytypeshub/article-586800/Suffolk-Estuary-English.html

 

[tillergirl]

"He kept an old, wooden, converted duck-shooting barge, the Windsong, in a curious place called West Mersea in Essex. Every weekend we went to this outcrop of shanties on the edge of the Essex drainage system"

Must be written by Sixpence

 

[Sixpence]

"He kept an old, wooden, converted duck-shooting barge, the Windsong, in a curious place called West Mersea in Essex. Every weekend we went to this outcrop of shanties on the edge of the Essex drainage system"

Must be written by Sixpence

Not guilty bach but that quote did make me giggle boyo

 

[DavidofMersea]

Every weekend we went to this outcrop of shanties on the edge of the Essex drainage system"

When GRJ was a lad in the late 50's and early 60's there were quite a lot of old wooden chalets that were built before the war for East Ender week enders - Most have long gone