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Cowes Town
Isle of
Wight
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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).
All pictures on this page are from my own collection, but
are not my copyright. Copy If you wish, but if you repost or reuse them would
you please out of courtesy let me know.
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Baring Road, Cowes
about 1905. View is from Castle
Road
near the junction with Castle Hill.
(Stuart) |
Another view of Baring Road,1909.
(B & D) |
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Northwood House, formerly part of the Ward
estate,
given to the (then) Cowes Council in 1929. There is
now some
debate as to its future. (Sweetman) |
Holy Trinity Church
undated, it was consecrated in
1832 as "a
place of worship on Cowes foreshore for sailors
and seafarers". (Wrench) |
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Holy Trinity Church dated 1903. (Kirk.) |
View looking from the Parade
up Watch House Lane. The Customs Watch House is in the left, and the Union
Inn on the right. Postmarked 1911. (Debenham,
Cowes) |
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An
undated, but certainly before the First World War,
view of the High Street looking towards the Parade
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A view in the opposite
direction, undated but the
war memorial was damaged in the Second World
War and moved to Northwood House.
(Sweetman) |
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Cowes High Street and Fountain Inn 1939. (Sweetman.) |
Cowes
Town Quay (pontoon) arrival point for ferries from Southampton in the
1950's (Frith) |
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St. Thomas of Canterbury
Catholic Church, Cowes in Terminus Road, opposite to the site of the old
station (now co-op). Built in 1796. (Lofthouse
Crosby) |
Cowes Town Waterfront from
the air, St Mary's Church and Northwood
House
may be seen top left, about 1950.
(Thunder & Clayden.) |
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Just outside the town, Cowes Youth Hostel at Medham
House, Northwood in the 1960's.
This has been closed for some time. (YHA) |
The Floating Bridge
West and East Cowes are divided by
the River Medina. For many years a 'Floating Bridge' has joined them. This is
actual a vessel(?) which hauls itself across the river using chains attached to
each side.
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The Floating Bridge, card is dated 1905. (Peacock)
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Cowes, the industrial
port, probably from the 50's. At that time it built
large ships (note the
naval vessel), but this is now
limited to pleasure vessels and lifeboats. The crane is still there.
(Frith)
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A more recent view of the floating
bridge, probably from the 1970's.
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Described as 'Ferry leaving the harbour',
but actually arriving it is
probably
the second Norris Castle which was in operation between
1947 and 1962. on
it. It was later rebuilt as a roll on roll off ferry.
(Frith) |
Cowes Parade
East Cowes
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4 August 2013
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