IT’S a huge part of Southend’s heritage and identity but it’s fair to say that the pier has had more comebacks than Frank Sinatra. Exactly 50 years ago the future of the pier was hanging in the balance - and not for the first time. Four-year-old Cheryl Byfield, from Rayleigh, had almost died after plunging through rotting planks after jumping off a bench onto the pier deck. A rotten plank sea-sawed and tiny Cheryl fell through the gap and plunged 30ft into the water below. Fortunately the tide was just deep enough to carry her to a stanchion and she clung on for dear life.
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The Solihull-based development company is looking to increase the available floor space at the Minworth site by more than 50 per cent
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EASTON More than 150 families received Easter holiday meals from the Easton Food Pantry this week.
The Easton Food Pantry distributed the meals, including included spiral hams donated by Roche Brothers, Monday in the Town Hall parking lot.
As the COVID pandemic threw many people out of work, the food pantry saw the numbers of residents it serves increase over the past year and no decline is currently in sight, Wood said.
The pantry distributes to 110 to 125 individuals and families each week. That number includes 35 who are veterans, disabled or homebound and receive home delivery.
Prior to the pandemic, the pantry distributed to 75 to 80 families and individuals a week, according to Easton Food Pantry public relations volunteer Dan Guerin.