The film is set in 1996 when Southend's pier trains were painted Red-But in 2006 they were Repainted Blue-as seen in the Film.
When Craig Rolfe is arguing with his wife at their home he open and slams shut the fridge, several of the fridge magnets are clearly visible and relate to films and events that took place well after 1994, in the top left hand corner you can clearly see a fridge magnet of Doug the talking dog from the movie Up (2009).