If so, what place brings back the most memories of your childhood days here in north Essex? That was the question we posed to members of the Gazette’s new Facebook group, We grew up in Colchester and Tendring. The responses painted a colourful picture of fun, simple and innocent times. David Mitchell was instantly transported back to balmy, summer evenings in Frinton. “I think of the beach huts, of long evenings playing football on the greensward, family days at the seafront, the Children’s Special Service Mission events that took place for a fortnight every summer and, yes, one or two drunken beach parties at The Wailings when we got a bit older,” said David, who now lives in Somerset.