As Southend seafront has enjoyed another busy summer, we have taken a trip down memory lane to remember what it looked like in years gone by.
This week the city has been seeing daytrippers heading to Southend seafront in their droves to enjoy the heatwave, and it was a similar story whatever the weather 50 years ago judging by these pictures.
Shoppers in a bygone era - ladies head into the old David Greig supermarket, which sold Typhoo Tea for just 6.5p
Philip Rosz was a celebrated photographer in the borough during the 1970s and took this eye-catching snap, which allow us to remember the old David Greig supermarket.
Philip, who emigrated to Australia from Leigh at the end of that decade, died after a long battle with cancer on June 29 2016.
Pleasure pier - Families and couples enjoy a day out on a busy Southend Pier
Packed - Crowds wait to enter the Kursaal, during one of the skinhead 'invasions' in 1970
All the fun of the fair - Western Esplanade in the 1980s with Peter Pan's on the left. Picture taken outside the old Fisherman's Wharf
Marine Parade - believed to be early 1970s
Familiar sight - what Pier Hill looked like in the 1970s, looking towards the Kursaal
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