Canvey Island: The Windjammer
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Canvey Island: The Windjammer
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 8 Mar 2011
Maybe it's the font, maybe it's the colour, but for some reason reading The Windjammer sign on the building brought back memories of Watney's Red Barrel...! Incidentally the sign on the building on the left advertises the delights of the pub's "Tudor Upper Bar Deck". Comparing this with Ron's Image shows that the residential block on the right has been built since 2009, and this is the same block visible in Image The road in front is the Eastern Esplanade and the one to the left is May Avenue. Looking at old Ordnance Survey maps showing the first residential development of the area May Avenue appears to have named Rosewinkle Avenue at the start of its life, while a putting green used to occupy the plot where the new housing block to the right is.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.513199
Longitude
0.600735