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Showing posts with label Black and White. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black and White. Show all posts

Saturday

1959 Postcard From Amsterdam Showing 'The Modern Residential Quarter'

1959 Postcard of Amsterdam

A fourth 1959 postcard from Amsterdam, Holland. This time showing what is described at 'The Modern Residential Quarter'.

See also other postcards from Holland.

Friday

1959 Picture Of Canals And Barge In Amsterdam


1959 postcard with a picture of one of the canals in Amsterdam, the capital of Holland / Netherlands

See also other Netherlands postcards.

Thursday

1959 Postcard Of Rhine Port Amsterdam Netherlands

1959

A further 1959 postcard from Amsterdam, Netherlands (Holland). This time it's of the sea and Rhine Port.

See also:
Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam In 1959

Monday

1906 Postcard Of A Sad Bereaved Girl

1906 postcard of a sad girl

A change from postcard views as this 1906 postcard shows a sad looking girl of the period, On her arm is a black band signifying that there had been a death in her family. This was a common practice in England back then.

Thursday

1950s Photo Of Folders Lane, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, England

1950s photo of Folders Lane, Burgess Hill, Sussex

A 1950s black and white postcard with a picture of Folders Lane, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, England.

Other Old West Sussex Photos:
1940s Worthing, West Sussex, England Postcard

Friday

Photo Showing How The Headrow Leeds Looked In The 1950s


A postcard from the 1950s showing how The Headrow, Leeds used to look back then. The postage paid on the postcard was half a penny - times have changed!

Wednesday

1950s Postcard Picture Of Clacton, Essex

Clacton Town, Essesx in the 1950s

A black and white postcard sent through the mail in 1958 of Clacton Town, Essex. The photo was taken from the Pier.

See also:
West Cliff And Pier Clacton-on-Sea Postcard From 1950s

Friday

1960s Postcard Of Canford Cliffs, Poole, Dorset, England

Canford Cliffs, Poole, Dorset

1960s black and white postcard of Canford Cliffs, Poole, Dorset.

Wikipedia description of the area:

"Canford Cliffs is an affluent suburb of Poole in Dorset, England. The neighbourhood lies on the English Channel coast midway between Poole and Bournemouth. To the southwest is Sandbanks which has some of the highest property values in the world, and together Canford Cliffs and Sandbanks form a parish, which has the fourth highest property prices in the world and second highest in the United Kingdom after London."

Other Black & White Dorset Postcard:
1950s Postcard Of McArdles Holiday Camp, Christchurch, Dorset, England

Wednesday

1950s View Of Portsmouth Harbour Taken From Gosport, England

1950s view of Portsmouth Harbour entrance from Gosport

A 1950s black and white postcard with a view of Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire, England taken from Gosport.

The mouth of the harbour provides access to the Solent. It is best known as the home of the Royal Navy, HMNB Portsmouth. Because of its strategic location on the south coast of England, protected by the natural defence of the Isle of Wight, it has since the Middle Ages been the home to England's (and later Britain's) navy.

1940s Happy Birthday Postcard Featuring A Dog

Dog Postcard

1940s Happy Birthday black and white postcard featuring a dog and the message of "My best wishes for a Happy Birthday".

Other Birthday Postcards:
1930s Uncle's Birthday Postcard By Raphael Tuck
Happy Birthday 1940s Postcard

Saturday

Vintage Postcard Of Actor Lewis Weller

Lewis Waller, actor

Vintage postcard showing the actor Lewis Weller.

William Waller Lewis (3 November 1860 – 1 November 1915), known on stage as Lewis Waller, was an English actor and theatre manager, well known on the London stage and in the English provinces.

Friday

1940s Picture Of Ullswater Steamer Leaving Glenridding

Steamer leaving Glenridding, Ullswater

A 1940s postcard showing one of the steamers leaving Glenridding on Ullswater Lake in England's Lake District. The steamers started operating services in 1859 carrying mail, provisions and passengers around Ullswater.

Monday

1962 Picture Of The Town Hall And Hall Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

Town Hall and Hall Quay, Great Yarmouth

A postcard that is postmarked 5 Sep 1962, with a red 2.5d stamp. The black and white photo shows The Town Hall and Hall Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.

Great Yarmouth has been a seaside resort since way back in 1760, and is the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the sea.

Friday

1950s Edinburgh Postcard

1950s Edinburgh Scotland Postcard

This 1950s 'A Wee Bit Scotch' postcard, in black and white, is from Edinburgh, Scotland. The pictures feature The Forth Bridge, The Mound, Princes Street and Edinburgh Castle from Grassmarket.

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, situated in Lothian on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. It is the second most populous city in Scotland and the seventh most populous in the United Kingdom.

1950s Postcard Of McArdles Holiday Camp, Christchurch, Dorset, England

McArdles Holiday Camp Postcard 1950s Christchurch

A step back to the 1950s with this postcard from McArdles Holiday Camp in Christchurch, Dorset, England. I believe there is now a hotel where the Holiday Camp was originally situated.

Saturday

1960s Photo Of Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England Taken From The Air

1960s view from air of Wallsend

Today's postcard shows a view from the air of Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England. The postmark on the card has the date of 28 March 1966. Wallsend is at the end of Hadrian's Roman Wall - thus it's name. In Ronan times it was known as Segedunum.

Wallsend is about three or four miles from Newcastle-upon-Tyne in north-east England,

Thursday

1940s Postcard Of Brighton Sea Front, East Sussex, England

Brighton front postcard 1940

A 1940s postcard of the Brighton Sea Front, East Sussex, England taken from Embassy Court. The photo shows both of the original Brighton piers.

Friday

High Street East, Wallsend-on-Tyne, England - 1960s Postcard

1960 Wallsend-on-Tyne Postcard

To the north-east of England and Wallsend-on-Tyne, Tyne & Wear. The postcard, in black and white, shows the High Street East. Where have all the cars gone? Well, the postcard is from the 1960s so times have changed.

1960s Photo Of The Richardson Dees Park, Wallsend, Tyne And Wear

1960s postcard of Richardson Dees Park Wallsend-on-Tyne, England

A 1960s black and white postcard showing the Richardson Dees Park, Wallsend-on-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England.

The park is named after Robert Richardson Dees (1814-1908) who presented fourteen acres of land (the site of the former Wallsend Coal Pit) to the town to be used as a public park.