I was interested to read Joan Austen’s letter about the Kursaal at Southend (Aug 5). My family and I have very fond memories of the Kursaal too, so much so that my daughter and son-in-law ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. BY the dome it's known...our Kursaal has been a focal point on Southend seafront for generations. It's a landmark and its dome is Grade II ...

Southend-on-Sea City Council owns the freehold of the land but London-based property group AEW has a 200-year lease on the Kursaal building A failure to protect an unused seafront landmark could ...

According to Matt Dent, Labour councillor for Kursaal ward, the company should fix up the building or give up the lease, in order for the council to start restoring it. The Kursaal Amusement park ...

The Victorian Society put the Kursaal in Southend in its top ten endangered building list for 2024 A historic seaside building, thought to be the world's first entertainment park, has been placed ...

Police were called to reports of a disturbance at The Kursaal arcade in Southend-on-Sea, Essex in the early hours of this morning before teenager was taken to a London hospital A 17-year-old boy ...

Why? Because the year was 1908 - and she was black. The manager of Southend's Kursaal amusement park was sitting in his office when the telegram arrived from Great Yarmouth. "Was not allowed to ...