Postcards P20

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Five Scenes of Seaham
There's The Harbour (North Dock), Dawdon Dene Park (Dalton-Le-Dale Park), The Lighthouse, the Sea Front and Old Seaham Church (St. Mary's).

The reverse reads :

"Miss (?) P Palmer

68 Tilbert St

Leicester

LE2 YJF

Arrived safe - nice journey - house still there thanks for lovely holiday love Laura."

Dated : 24th October 1968 (4d stamp).

St. Andrews's Church

St. Andrew's as you know stands at the western end of Dalton-Le-Dale. One of the oldest Seaham churches.

Seaham Hall

Now Seaham Hall Hotel, was once the home of Charles Stewart 3rd Marquess of Londonderry and his wife Frances Anne Vane-Tempest. They bought the estate from Sir Ralph Milbanke in 1821. On 2nd January 1815 Milbanke's daughter, Anne Isabella married Lord Byron, (the famous poet), in one of the upstairs rooms of the hall.

The marriage didn't last however and within a year they were separated. Charles Stewart went on to build the docks and the railway to ship out the coal from the mines he and his wife owned in the area.

The reverse reads :

"Mrs Robinson

Sun Inn

Halgarth Street

Durham

Dear Mrs Robinson we were very disappointed at your daughter not coming on Monday let us know when she is coming & some of us can meet her tell her to get out at Seaton Station we now conclude with love from all to all we remain your loving friends J & T Ferguson.

Hall from Seaham Harbour.

Seaham Hall

Now Seaham Hall Hotel. Written below the picture is "These grounds run down to the sea"

The reverse reads :

"Seaham hall is not a very big house there are 89 rooms in it. But the grounds are too small for the size of the house. Seaham belongs to the Londonderys it is a colliery district one coal mine goes four miles under the sea. Lady Londonderry sent me to Seaham Hallfor a few days rest not long ago.

I wonder who wrote that? Not a very big house, 89 rooms!

Seaham Hall

This one was sent to me by Marion, thanks very much Marion.
She says in her email:

"The postcard of Seaham Hall was bought when my aunt worked there as a nurse and contracted TB herself and ended up as a patient."

Adam & Eve Garden

Used to stand down in the dene, behind where cliff House now stands, but a little further west. If you were to walk down the footpath now, from Tempest Road, you will come to a bridge. Cross the bridge and there is a flat grassed area. Its about there that the pub and gardens were.

Dalton-Le-Dale

This one was sent to me by Marion Johnson. Thanks Marion.
I enclose a postcard of Dalton-Le-Dale, again this was bought for personal reasons, at the time

my grandma and 2 aunties lived in St. Andrews Terrace.

New Seaham

This one was sent to me by Marion Johnson. Thanks Marion.
I am not sure if this is a postcard or a photo printed on a postcard,

I believe Dad told me it was the opening of the war memorial at New Seaham.

Can anybody add to that? E-mail me please

Dalton-Le-Dale

This one was sent to me by Marion Johnson. Thanks Marion.
3 fairly recent postcards of seaham bought early nineties when I knew I would not be coming to seaham every week.Viewpoint cards.Photograph by Tom Henderson. He must have caught Seaham on an exeptionally calm day.

North Beach

This one was sent to me by Marion Johnson.

Thanks Marion.

North Dock

This one was sent to me by Marion Johnson.

Thanks Marion.

North Beach

This one was sent to me by Marion Johnson. Thanks Marion.
This postcard is described as an edwardian beach scene,I think it must have been taken about the same time as the War Memorial postcard as it is the same type of card.

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The Mill Inn

I don’t know the date of the photo, can anybody give me an approximate date? E-Mail Me The picture is taken from about opposite Christ Church on Station Road, (maybe a little further down the bank), looking down the bank towards the Mill Inn, with Seaham Park on the right.

The reverse has no writing on it, or post mark, just a makers stamp.

The Monarch Series - R. Johnston & Son, Gateshead

Seaham Seafront

This one was sent in by Lucy, a regular contributor. Unfortunately the scan Lucy sent was a bit small, but you can still see the “Shuggy Boats” as I believe they were called? Lucy says: “Loving the new format You are doing a grand job.Don't know if you have this postcard”.

Thanks Lucy.