Seafront Gallery

St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, Marine Court

The Art Deco splendour of Marine Court and New Sun Lounge, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex. The building was completed in 1937 and was for a time the tallest block of flats in the United Kingdom. Architects were Kenneth Dalgleish and Roger K Pullen, inspired by the Queen Mary. Date: 1930s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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The Seafront at Sidmouth, Devon, August 1931

A GWR publicity view of the seafront at Sidmouth in South Devon, taken in August 1931. This image shows the many groynes going out to sea and holidaymakers on the shingle beach enjoying themselves, with the town behind them. Salcombe Hill and cliffs of the coastline are in the distance

© STEAM Museum of the GWR

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The Parade, Donaghadee

The Parade, Donaghadee - a street scene on the seafront with the imperial hotel on the right and motor and horse vehicles and a lady and pram on the left. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Donaghadee). Date: circa early 1900s

© National Museums NI / Mary Evans

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