Echo | Memories

Kenny's still having a ball with his jazz - and a new book

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:00:00 +0000

IT would be odd if Kenny Ball didn’t have a few rich tales to tell. This is a man who has worked and partied with immortals, including the Beatles, Princess Diana, Frank Sinatra, and Morecambe and Wise, not to mention his idol, Louis Armstrong.

Southend Airport is reel star again

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100

HAPPY days are here again for Southend Airport, but perhaps the emphasis should be on the word again.

Old warhorse Tom misses the action

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 03:00:00 +0100

WHEN Tom Sargeant joined the Grenadier Guards, he fully expected to take part in the Trooping the Colour ceremony. He just didn’t expect to do it in Libya.

When shire horses ruled the landscape

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:00:00 +0100

LOVE at first sight. How can anyone really know the meaning of those words until they encounter Harry and Joe?

The golden age of of cinemas in Southend

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:00:00 +0100

SOUTHEND has just one cinema where you can still watch a film, but dotted around the town are other, older buildings, some forlorn, some still thriving, that once played a more glamorous role on the high street, back in the heyday of the silver screen.

Master gangster is big softie

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100

THE gala night of Southend Film Festival is supposed to be an upbeat occasion, but what will the presence of special guest, PH Moriarty, do to the mood?