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| Postcard showing the Sunken Gardens at Whitley Bay, postmarked July 1939. The gardens had apparently been built in 1933 to provide shelter from the cold N.E. wind coming off the sea. | Photograph from same viewpoint taken in March 2009. The gardens have now been filled in, presumably to reduce maintenance. | |
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| A postcard published by Bamforth & Co. and postmarked February 1940, showing the seaward side of the gardens. | A photograph from roughly the same viewpoint taken in March 2009. | |
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| A postcard published by Valentine's, showing the south west corner of the gardens. Date unknown. | Photograph from a similar position taken in March 2009. Difficult to find the exact location due to the lack of features but part of the wall in the middle distance still exists. | |
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| Postcard of the gardens, here referred to as the Links Gardens, postmarked July 1951. | A photograph, taken in March 2009, from a similar viewpoint. The area was significantly modified in the 1930's, with the construction of a substantial sea wall and a children's paddling pool. | |
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The
postcard at the left is published by The Photopro Company,
Northumberland, in the "Island Series" and bears an image of the
lighthouse at St Mary's Island, Whitley Bay. Unfortunately it bears no mention of the location and I am unable to identify where it was taken. If anyone can identify the location or knows anything about The Photopro Company, I would be grateful if they would send me an email to let me know. |
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