The Cornucopia

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Introduction
CAMRA’s (Campaign for Real Ale) Most Improved Pub 2007, this small inn offers food and ensuite bedrooms with sea views. The pub dates from 1881. The Triggs were the publicans 1895-1917. Ambrose Trigg’s collection of stuffed Victorian animals with deformities was kept on display until the 1950s!

 On Southend seafront at 39 Marine Parade. Turret and gable are reversed on the ceramic.

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Hazle Ceramics

 The main bar above has three draught beers. The pub also has a family cum games room with a jukebox.

The Cornucopia
LP50: only 20 like this
on Southend
with 22ct gold added

The horn of plenty or cornucopia dates from 5BC. A wicker horn is used at Thanksgiving and other festivals. 

2009 Cyber Ceramic

UK/Europe £59.50
Rest of World £51.74

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 Two of many beer guides published by CAMRA in the UK.

Southend Pier
Stretching nearly 1.5 miles into the Thames Estuary, this world’s longest pleasure pier is Grade 2 listed. In the 1800s Southend grew as a resort, but as the sea receded over a mile across mud flats at low tide it was hard for boats to dock. A wooden pier was built in 1830. With the iron pier in 1890, a railway replaced the horse-drawn trams. Praised by poet John Betjeman, it has been rebuilt and extended many times.

Shoreside in early 1900s, with Pier Head buildings too distant to be seen. 