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Brighstone and ShorwellIsle of Wight |
Old postcards are sometimes poorly produced and grainy, I've done my best to scan them. Please click thumbnails for full size picture. Dates are from the card or my estimate (where possible).
A multi-view card of Brighstone in the 30's (?). From top left Brighstone Chine showing the tea room, North Street (see below), the Blacksmith (centre) and the church. I'm not sure of the location of the bottom right.
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An undated card of Brighstone High Street, probably around 1910 |
Row Down Lane, now North Street, Brighstone postmarked 1925 |
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| A view of Brighstone village looking towards the church in the 1950's | Brighstone church pictured in 1938. It has origins in Norman times, but most of it is from the 13th and 15th centuries. |
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| The Cliffs and Bathing Beach, Brighstone | Shorwell, 1906 |
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| Shorwell undated, probably around 1910 | Shorwell Chute , 1905 looking away from the village towards Newport. |
SHORWELL - An ancient parish with a well preserved historical heritage
Compton, Brook, Hulverstone and Mottistone
Freshwater | Totland | Alum Bay and the Needles | Yarmouth | Shalfleet | Newtown | Calbourne | Carisbrooke Castle | Newport and Carisbrooke | Cowes and Gurnard | Osborne House | Ryde | Seaview | Bembridge | Brading | Sandown | Shanklin | Godshill | Ventnor | St Lawrence and the Undercliff | St Catherine's Lighthouse's | Blackgang and Chale | Brighstone and Shorwell | Mottistone to Compton