OT: Anybody know Frinton-on-sea?

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  • UrS4boy
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    • Feb 2006
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    OT: Anybody know Frinton-on-sea?

    It is supposed to be full of Art Deco Moderne houses from the mid-to-late 1930's. On Sept. 9th, my wife and I are heading to London to do our own Art Deco tour and see a few sites for a week or so before heading over to Paris. I was thinking of going to Frinton-on-sea if it was worthwhile, Art Deco-wise.

    Some examples here: https://www.google.com/search?q=Frin...05%3B620%3B413

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  • 220bhp
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    • Nov 2004
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    Frinton on sea is about 25 miles from me. I has some art deco, but It is a very strange
    place. It has now opened the only pub/bar,after along fight to stop it opening. It has a lovely beach with lots of beach huts. A very quiet town full of, and run by retired people. My cousin has a beach hut there which we have used on occations.

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    • UrS4boy
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      • Feb 2006
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      #3
      Originally posted by 220bhp
      Frinton on sea is about 25 miles from me. I has some art deco, but It is a very strange place. It has now opened the only pub/bar,after along fight to stop it opening. It has a lovely beach with lots of beach huts. A very quiet town full of, and run by retired people. My cousin has a beach hut there which we have used on occations.
      Thanks. That might explain why we couldn't easily find a hotel there (we did find some BnB's). Looks like we'll try a day trip by train from London Liverpool St. Stn.
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      • bluequattro
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        • Nov 2004
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        #4
        I thought it was where Dad's army was? (Look it up Dave)

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        • UrS4boy
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          #5
          Originally posted by bluequattro
          I thought it was where Dad's army was? (Look it up Dave)
          Looked it up. Never saw or heard of it before. My Dad might have. He served in the Canadian army during WWII and was stationed in Britain (near Aldershot) for something like 6 months before D-day. He would have liked the show (I think).

          The exterior scenes in the series were mostly filmed in and around the Stanford Training Area (STANTA), near Thetford, Norfolk.

          For the movie, filming outdoor scenes was in Chalfont St Giles rather than Thetford.

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dad%27s_Army_(film)

          Based on the comment about the residents of Frinton-on-sea have just now allowed the first pub in town, I doubted that they would have allowed a series or movie to over run the town.
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