I know where 'Britishness' lives

Has anyone ever been to Frinton On Sea?

Well if you want to know what England was like fifty years ago, get yourself an £18 return from London Liverpool street and jump onto a train to a place turned back in time.

To get there, you speed through all the essex wonders- romford, chelmsford and witham before the scenes outside change to rural, villagey type places next to the railway tracks until you reach marshey areas with run down mills and desolate single platform stations.

Once you get to Frinton you hit the main high street which leads down to the seafront and like lots of old seaside towns such as Bexhill on sea you feel like its the 1950's.

Why?

Because there are no ethnic faces, no immigrants, no chav boy racers, no chain massive superstores, unique one off shops, charity shops by the dozen and clothes shops especially for old people. It is a place untouched by time.

True to it's charm, one of the nice touches of the town is that a lot of the shops sell local fruits, veg, meats and are very traditional in their interior layout its almost like being in a museum of time, but for real.

On the downside Im told that a lot of the people are not comfortable with foreign faces moving in and foster attitudes the BNP would lap up.

However when there are discussions about what it means to look for Britishnees I'd say that Frinton On Sea is a good starting point, as Im sure there are a lot of places around the country like Frinton which hold onto the old way of living, the Queen's England even if some of the political opinions are a little pre-historic.