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Shalfleet CreekIsle 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). The manufacturer of the card is shown in brackets (where available).
An aerial view of Shalfleet Creek from around 1980. The Quay is near the centre of the picture.
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Shalfleet Creek, looking towards the sea, 1955 |
Another view from 1955 (Frith) |
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A rural scene showing "the stream", location in not clear. (Frith) |
Shalfleet Creek, looking towards the Quay, 1964. (Dixon) |
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Shalfleet Creek, looking towards the Quay at low tide. (Dixon) |
Shalfleet Creek, approaching the Quay, 1960's. (Dixon) |
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Shalfleet Quay - around 1980. From a card published by the then landlord of the New Inn. His fishing boat, Avanti, may be seen moored off the right of the quay |
Another postcard published by the then landlord of the New Inn showing the bridge to Newtown Quay, this has now been replaced. |
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Newtown Creek from Cassies Bridge. (Dixon) |
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Shalfleet Postcards page 1 (the village)
Shalfleet Postcards page 3 (the church)
Freshwater | Totland | Alum Bay and the Needles | Yarmouth | Shalfleet | Newtown | Calbourne | Carisbrooke Castle | Carisbrooke | Newport | Cowes and Gurnard | Osborne House | Wootton & Fishbourne | Quarr & Binstead | Ryde | Seaview | Bembridge | Brading | Sandown | Shanklin | Godshill | Arreton Valley | Ventnor | St Lawrence and the Undercliff | St Catherine's Lighthouse's | Niton | Blackgang Chine | Blackgang and Chale | Brighstone and Shorwell | Mottistone to Compton
7 July 2010.