”Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside…”

Police were called after a man in his 20s from London suffered puncture wounds to his buttocks, leg and arm during an altercation at a shop in Old Road at abour 6.50pm on Wednesday April 10.

He was taken to hospital but later discharged himself. Johnathan Blaize, 26 and unemployed from Lightermans Way, Greenhithe, Kent has been charged with affray and theft; 23 year old unemployed Jamal Coipel from St Andrews Road, Clacton; 27 year old unemployed Markel Greenridge from Dunbar Street, London SE27 and 28 year old Damien Dunstan (Ed: Wow! He has a job?) from Grange Road, London E13 have all been charged with affray.

I remember when a day out at the seaside meant a walk up the pier, fish & chips, and an ice cream….