The Intimacy of Forgotten Coastal Cultures

Local attendant Will in the helter-skelter booth. Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. A region once famed for its quaint British coastal getaways, it now lives in the shadow of its former glory days. (Photo: Max Miechowski)

“Although it certainly wasn’t my first time visiting the coast, one of my most vivid memories is of a family trip to Wells-Next-The-Sea. I remember crab fishing and then catching the miniature railway to the beach whilst sipping my first ever can of Dandelion & Burdock,” says Miechowski. Aged between 5 to 6 at the time, he recalls going to the coast with a bag full of 2 pence copper coins to hopefully win big at the fairground machines. Plastic rings were a good haul. His childhood was woven with romantic memories of the East Coast. Decades of economic decline and a succeeding European Referendum tarnished the image of these communities, a depiction of the political divide exemplified this region’s drift to ruins by the media.

One of the most popular traditional attractions, The Helter Skelter of Cleethorpes has been a landmark for over 100 years. The original one was built by the city tower but moved to the beach over the decades. (Photo: Max Miechowski)

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