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Eastbourne looking back: Postcards as far back as 1905 including a royal visit

By India Wentworth

Published 17th Mar 2023, 09:08 BST

Here’s a selection of postcards from Eastbourne dating as far back as 1905.

All photos from Michelle Rideout.

If you have any photos for future ‘looking back’ pieces, please send them to [email protected]

There is a cafe there now, roughly 1905

1. Holywell

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2. Holywell Retreat in 1951 showing the cafe

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3. Looking towards Holywell and Eastbourne, around 1907

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4. 1938 - taken from the bottom of the Wish Tower slopes

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