Walton And Frinton Yacht Club

The Walton Sailing Club was started in 1908 for local sailors who used the Backwaters for recreation and racing and the first general meeting of the Walton-on-the-Naze Yacht Club was held two years later at the Albion Hotel in the town. Col Davies was Commodore and J.W.Eagle Vice-Commodore. For the next ten years local names such as Brooke (ironmonger & hardware), De Lisle (chemist), Mills (grocer), Oxley (builder), Eagle (farmer), Brockwell (doctor) and Barker (hotelier), were among the growing... more