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Bottle Alley entrance, Hastings Pier and White Rock postcard

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Interesting to see the back, in the days when senders could only use a five word greeting or if you wanted to put a full message it would cost you double!

Linda Gowans… Early WW2 economy regulations, maybe to make it easier for censorship? The photo doesn’t look old enough for the early days of postcards.

Mick O’Dowd… What year was this?

Jim Breeds… Mick, The photo is probably 1950s, I would think, or late 1940s. Bottle Alley opened in 1934, so it’s obviously after that. Postage for postcards went up to 2d. in 1940 and stayed at that price until 1957.

Mick O’Dowd… Why I asked is because the couple pushing the pram look a lot like my Mum & Dad. If it was the early 50’s or even late 40’s it could well have been. I was born in January 1949!

Patricia Burgess… Fabulous picture, Thank you for sharing

Hastings Pier Triodome colourmaster postcard

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shared: Chris Perrior  St Leonards on Sea is THE Place to be! https://www.facebook.com/groups/52198885165

Chris Perrior… a colourmaster postcard showing Hastings pier about 1970’s/80’s, the structure was known as the Tridome built in 1966 and held the Hastings embroidery at one time, it was dismantled around 1986

Tony Court-holmes… when hastings was a nice place

Michael Linskey… When Hastings had a Pier with character and all year round entertainment, instead of a length of driftwood now

 

 

Lower parade and shelters, Marina, St Leonards-on-Sea postcard

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supplied by Colin Bell

David Edwards… The Skyscraper

Mike Waghorne…David, QE11 in dry dock !

Pauline Sims… Thank you for sharing this!

Mick O’Dowd… What no Jim the Jolly Fish?

Allan Mitchell… Awesome‼️ What Year Was This

Colin Bell… Not sure exactly Allan, it came from a pile of my Dad’s things, but it’s somewhere between late 40’s early 50’s (the St Leonards Pier visible in the background was finally dismantled in 1951) so cant be later

Stuart Moir… Looks about 1950s