Tower at Eastbourne?

[groom]

Look what was on Ebay, is that your postcard, it is addressed to Mrs Baldock in Hurst Green?

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/401006913533

[Jo Harding]

Note that it is postmarked Eastbourne, July 15, 1905.

Jo.

[petmas]

That s the one  . It features on a long running post on Sussex History Forum.

[John915]

Good afternoon,

My cousin sent me a little more info from his contacts. Norths seat at Fairlight was suggested.

http://www.1066online.co.uk/gallery/old-photos?page=97

It is not the correct one but when you look both could have been built by the same carpenter. Or maybe the one was the first remodeled. The similarities are there in the styling.

If not the same place then the postcard tower may not be far away, Eastwards maybe?

John915

[petmas]

Thanks John, that's the same one I refer to on page 4. Apparently built 1929 and nothing similar recorded there before.

[Jo Harding]

The facts suggest it was taken at a location near to Eastbourne. The card must have been bought in Eastbourne and the written contents indicate the sender had only recently arrived there. It is unlikely the card would be for somewhere miles away.

I suggest an approach to the local paper as posted previously.

Jo.

[groom]

That s the one  . It features on a long running post on Sussex History Forum.

I suggest an approach to the local paper as posted previously.

Jo.

We might be flogging a dead horse here if it has already been on a Sussex History forum and no one from that area recognised it! It does seem odd that it appeared on a postcard, yet no one can find its location.

[petmas]

One thought-that as it has no printers name etc on was it a photo taken at the time by say a beach photographer?  not unusual for a photo to have a postcard printing on the back of that size paper. I have belonged to SHF since the start and there aren't too many Sussex members as it started in Kent and has gradually grown Westwards to include Sussex, Surrey  Hants & IOW

[groom]

Have you tried contacting this site?

http://www.sussexpostcards.info/