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Brexit Walk

20 images Created 1 Feb 2023

From Instagram, 31st January 2023:

"Brexit Walk, 31st January. The UK left the European Union on this day three years ago so I took a childhood walk along the seafront of the Estuary, from Southend to Shoebury. A walk of pure nostalgia for me as we would come to a beach hut somewhere between Thorpe Bay and Shoebury for days at a time in the sixties. I suppose the hut is still there but I wouldn’t know which it was.

What I do know is that 58% of Southend-on-Sea voted to Leave. I walked and photographed all the way to the WW2 coastal defence emplacements at Shoebury Garrison where my grandfather served and my mum and dad first lived as a married couple. They had a family, they bettered themselves and lived abroad (with me), both dying over thirty years ago nearby. Had I stayed locally myself, I wondered today what life I’d have made for myself here - and whether I’d have also become closed to the idea of ‘foreign’ and ‘there’ - rather than European and ‘here’."

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  • On the third anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), a pair of a youth's feet dangle from the roof above of a WW2 coastal defence light emplacement on the Thames Estuary seafront at Shoebury, Southend-on-Sea, on 31st January 2023, in Southend, England. In the 2016 EU Referendum, 39,348 voters  in Southend-on-Sea voted to Remain (41.9%) and 54,522 (58.1%) to Leave. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020.
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  • On the third anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), elderly woman are on a walkway that overlooks the amusement area called Adventure Island that overlooks the Thames Estuary at Southend-on-Sea, on 31st January 2023, in Southend, England. In the 2016 EU Referendum, 39,348 voters  in Southend-on-Sea voted to Remain (41.9%) and 54,522 (58.1%) to Leave. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020.
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  • On the third anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), work is being carried out at an amusement arcade on Marine Parade at Southend-on-Sea, on 31st January 2023, in Southend, England. In the 2016 EU Referendum, 39,348 voters  in Southend-on-Sea voted to Remain (41.9%) and 54,522 (58.1%) to Leave. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020.
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  • On the third anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), XXX  on the Thames Estuary at Southend-on-Sea, on 31st January 2023, in Southend, England. In the 2016 EU Referendum, 39,348 voters  in Southend-on-Sea voted to Remain (41.9%) and 54,522 (58.1%) to Leave. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020.
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  • On the third anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), construction screens hide asite for future redevelopment on Marine Parade at Southend-on-Sea, on 31st January 2023, in Southend, England. In the 2016 EU Referendum, 39,348 voters  in Southend-on-Sea voted to Remain (41.9%) and 54,522 (58.1%) to Leave. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020.
    brexit_estuary-10-31-01-2023.jpg
  • On the third anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), a yacht has been washed up on to the shingle, shipwrecked on the Thames Estuary at Southend-on-Sea, on 31st January 2023, in Southend, England. In the 2016 EU Referendum, 39,348 voters  in Southend-on-Sea voted to Remain (41.9%) and 54,522 (58.1%) to Leave. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020.
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  • On the third anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), a Thorpe Bay Yacht Club slipway leads down the beach on the Thames Estuary at Southend-on-Sea, on 31st January 2023, in Southend, England. In the 2016 EU Referendum, 39,348 voters  in Southend-on-Sea voted to Remain (41.9%) and 54,522 (58.1%) to Leave. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020.
    brexit_estuary-22-31-01-2023.jpg
  • On the third anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), two decorators work on the exterior of a property on Marine Parade at Southend-on-Sea, on 31st January 2023, in Southend, England. In the 2016 EU Referendum, 39,348 voters  in Southend-on-Sea voted to Remain (41.9%) and 54,522 (58.1%) to Leave. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020.
    brexit_estuary-09-31-01-2023.jpg
  • On the third anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), a bait digger makes his way across the mud at low-tide on the Thames Estuary at Southend-on-Sea, on 31st January 2023, in Southend, England. In the 2016 EU Referendum, 39,348 voters  in Southend-on-Sea voted to Remain (41.9%) and 54,522 (58.1%) to Leave. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020.
    brexit_estuary-17-31-01-2023.jpg
  • On the third anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), a man feeds seagulls on Marine Parade overlooking the Thames Estuary at Southend-on-Sea, on 31st January 2023, in Southend, England. In the 2016 EU Referendum, 39,348 voters  in Southend-on-Sea voted to Remain (41.9%) and 54,522 (58.1%) to Leave. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020.
    brexit_estuary-36-31-01-2023.jpg
  • On the third anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), green painted arrows point in different directions, a remnant of Covid pandemic social distancing rules at Thorpe Bay near Southend-on-Sea, on 31st January 2023, in Southend, England. In the 2016 EU Referendum, 39,348 voters  in Southend-on-Sea voted to Remain (41.9%) and 54,522 (58.1%) to Leave. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020.
    brexit_estuary-29-31-01-2023.jpg
  • On the third anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), a couple climb steps on the beach at Southend-on-Sea, on 31st January 2023, in Southend, England. In the 2016 EU Referendum, 39,348 voters  in Southend-on-Sea voted to Remain (41.9%) and 54,522 (58.1%) to Leave. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020.
    brexit_estuary-19-31-01-2023.jpg
  • On the third anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), a man with a pipe in his mouth walks along Marine Parade at Southend-on-Sea, on 31st January 2023, in Southend, England. In the 2016 EU Referendum, 39,348 voters  in Southend-on-Sea voted to Remain (41.9%) and 54,522 (58.1%) to Leave. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020.
    brexit_estuary-37-31-01-2023.jpg
  • On the third anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), a vacant retail space invites new business on Marine Parade at Southend-on-Sea, on 31st January 2023, in Southend, England. In the 2016 EU Referendum, 39,348 voters  in Southend-on-Sea voted to Remain (41.9%) and 54,522 (58.1%) to Leave. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020.
    brexit_estuary-03-31-01-2023.jpg
  • On the third anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), a fortune teller character holding a crystal ball scares to passers-by on Marine Parade at Southend-on-Sea, on 31st January 2023, in Southend, England. In the 2016 EU Referendum, 39,348 voters  in Southend-on-Sea voted to Remain (41.9%) and 54,522 (58.1%) to Leave. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020.
    brexit_estuary-08-31-01-2023.jpg
  • On the third anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), a fairy tale castle remnant from 'Never Never Land' and modernity architecture on Western Esplanade at Southend-on-Sea, on 31st January 2023, in Southend, England. In the 2016 EU Referendum, 39,348 voters  in Southend-on-Sea voted to Remain (41.9%) and 54,522 (58.1%) to Leave. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020.
    brexit_estuary-39-31-01-2023.jpg
  • On the third anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), a lone gentleman sits and reads his newspaper in on a bench at a beach shelter at Thorpe Bay near Southend-on-Sea, on 31st January 2023, in Southend, England. In the 2016 EU Referendum, 39,348 voters  in Southend-on-Sea voted to Remain (41.9%) and 54,522 (58.1%) to Leave. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020.
    brexit_estuary-24-31-01-2023.jpg
  • On the third anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), a signpost warns motorists of boats crossing on the Thames Estuary at Thorpe Bay near Southend-on-Sea, on 31st January 2023, in Southend, England. In the 2016 EU Referendum, 39,348 voters  in Southend-on-Sea voted to Remain (41.9%) and 54,522 (58.1%) to Leave. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020.
    brexit_estuary-20-31-01-2023.jpg
  • On the third anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), small boats are stored upsidedown on the shingle on the beach at Thorpe Bay near Southend-on-Sea, on 31st January 2023, in Southend, England. In the 2016 EU Referendum, 39,348 voters  in Southend-on-Sea voted to Remain (41.9%) and 54,522 (58.1%) to Leave. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020.
    brexit_estuary-26-31-01-2023.jpg
  • On the third anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), blurred figures are seen from a moving train at Leigh-on-Sea, on 31st January 2023, in Southend, England. In the 2016 EU Referendum, 39,348 voters  in Southend-on-Sea voted to Remain (41.9%) and 54,522 (58.1%) to Leave. The UK officially left the EU on 31st January 2020.
    brexit_estuary-40-31-01-2023.jpg
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