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Colwell BayIsle 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 maker of the card is shown in brackets (where available).
A walk along the sea wall to the east of Totland brings you to Colwell Bay.
'This fast growing resort is now practically a suburb of Totland Bay. Here good bathing is to be had (charge: 6d., 12 tickets 5s., children 3d.). The sands are firm and stretch for a long way , and those who like an unsophisticated and out-of-the-world spot may give this place a trial.'
Ward Lock Red Guide from the 1920's
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Colwell Bay looking west. Colwell chine is at the centre of the picture (near the bathing machines/beach huts) and the sea wall to Totland runs around the point.(Photochrom) |
An earlier view looking west from Colwell Chine, about 1910. (British Mirror) |
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A Holiday scene at Colwell looking west, probably from the 1960's. |
Looking towards Colwell Chine, 1915.There were two families who were longshoremen on the beach, the Coles and the Conways. (Nigh) |
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Colwell Chine around 1910. Note the boat launching ramp. On the left, at the point, is Fort Albert. (National) |
An undated view along Colwell Bay. (Nigh) |
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View of the road approach to Colwell Bay (chine ), 1930. |
A later view of Colwell Chine, probably from the 1950's. (Judges) |
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Colwell Bay looking towards Brambles, On the cliffs top left are the chalets of Bramble holiday camp. (Merwood) |
Looking along the foreshore at Colwell, probably 1950's. (Valentine) |
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A holiday scene of the 1930's, seemingly a game of cricket. (Marfleet) |
Colwell Bay looking west from Brambles with the Needles in the distance, postmarked 1946. (Sunshine) |
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