postcard identification

[Greensleeves]

I can't see a street sign either.... are we looking at the same photo?  Oh, and if we were talking Hertfordshire, it wouldn't be a coastal settlement since Hertfordshire is inland and has no coastline. 

[Spidermonkey]

Can anyone do something clever with the shadows and season to work out which coast it is on?

Taking on board the suggestion of advertising to incoming planes, and the suggestion that it might be Christchurch, I did look up the history of Bournemouth Airport.  It appears to have first been opened in 1941 as RAF Hurn, so perhaps too late for this photo.

[Spidermonkey]

And do chapels tend to orientate themselves in any particular way?

[Mike in Cumbria]

I don't see any need to involve an airport. Advertising on roofs was commonplace, and there are plenty of examples still around today.

[eppy]

Thanks to all of you for your interesting observations.  The only reason I suggested Hertfordshire is because several other cards in the collection are of that area.  Following a request here is a scan of the back of the card but I don't think it will be much help!

[rosie99]

The inscription on the roof split by the chimney
I wonder if it says 'Chemist'

(I removed the quote as I had selected the wrong one)

Rosie

[Mike in Cumbria]

The inscription on the roof split by the chimney
I wonder if it says 'Chemist'

It could well be chemist. I don't think it's likely to be the town name, ie Christchurch.

[Seoras]

Is that a lifebelt hanging in the porch of that big house. You can just make out half of it in front of the window.

[Seoras]

And do chapels tend to orientate themselves in any particular way?

I believe it is with the altar end in a general easterly direction. Whether this applies to more modern churches I don't know.