Geography and all that Jazz

Another great collaborative Twitter project response... Yesterday, I asked colleagues who follow me to provide some descriptions of the British Seaside... Words that appear larger were mentioned more frequently by the word cloud generator. First of all a WORDLE - click the image below to be taken to the Wordle page... Here is a Tagxedo version of the Wordle... Click for biggery... Thanks for all the contributors. What words would you choose ?  How could you use this diagram as a resource in the classroom or for a homework task ?

Seaside Special... Piers are a favourite of mine. Below are some images of (and from) Southwold Pier Hunstanton , which is the nearest town to where I live, had a pier until the 1970s when bad weather swept away much of the structure which had been damaged by fire several times. There is now an entertainment centre which itself is a rebuild from a structure which was burned down in 2002. Some images of the FIRE HERE . There is also a list of the various towns which have LOST THEIR PIERS here. Here is an early image of the town with pier from the TOWN COUNCIL website. For me, a pier would really bring a focal point into the town, but I understand that it's not popular with everyone. My 'local' paper: the Lynn News has a long running correspondence going on in the readers' letters page. There are plans for a marina development for the town as well, in association with Searles Resort , which has a population greater than Hunstanton during the summer months... BURA is th...

First class images.. I love the look of these stamps, which are being released on the 15th of May