a close call; the PLA had
wanted to remove the sand,
saying it interfered with
shipping.
There was also a
sandcastle-building
competition judged by Tessie
O’Shea, the actress and singer
whose ‘theme tune’ was
‘Two Ton Tessie from
Tennessee’. A picture from
1949 shows children eagerly
queuing up to enter the beach
on 26 September, the last day
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