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Cowes - Royal Yacht Squadron and GreenIsle of Wight |
Old postcards are sometimes poorly produced and grainy, I've done my best to scan them.
Dates are from the card or my estimate (where possible). The maker of the card is shown in brackets (where available).
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A 1930's card of a painting (in the National Gallery) by Turner of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
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The Promenade and landing stage (RYS) at the north end of the parade, around 1910. (Valentine) |
Cowes parade looking from the Royal Yacht Squadron frontage to the Pier. There is now a Marina at this point. (Sweetman) |
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Looking up Castle Hill from the Parade,1910. (Kirk) |
Looking down Castle Hill toward the Parade, again about 1910. (Valentine) |
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R.Y.S. Clubhouse 1906, note the steam launch alongside. |
View from the end of the R.Y.S. landing stage towards the clubhouse, undated. (National) |
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An undated view off shore from the Royal yacht Squadron. (Frith) |
The Royal Yacht Squadron with Trinity Church behind, 1921 |
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An artistic view of the Royal Yacht Squadron. (Eyre and Spottiswoode) |
A view over the Royal Yacht Squadron during the regatta, undated. (Sweetman) |
Cowes Green
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An undated card of the Grantham Hotel next to the Green, demolished in 1990 and replaced by an apartment block, like a number of other properties in this area. |
Looking west across the Green, 1905. The supported tree is a weeping ash, know as the 'umbrella tree' reputedly planted in 1796 (and still there!). There is a similar tree outside East Cowes Town Hall. (Wrench) |
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The Green, undated but probably from the 20's. The building on the right was the Grantham (see above) boathouse. (Nigh) |
Cowes Green 1905. |
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An artists (Wimbush) view looking east from Cowes Green showing the Grantham Hotel and Boathouse, Trinity Church and the Royal Yacht Squadron. (Tuck) |
View over the Green, 1904 (J W Stuart) |
