This is an interesting postcard, sent in August 1923, showing the “East Hill Lift and Net Shops” at Hastings. This spot has changed very little in almost 100 years as the modern photograph below shows.
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The message is quite unusual: Dick is telling Freddie (Winnie Barber) that he can’t see her in the following week because he is “going to the Insurance Annual Musical next Friday and Wednesday is the only other night which Edgar can spare for my lesson”. To soften the disappointment he thanks Winnie for the parcel which has made all the ladies in the house jealous!
Connections in time: The Barber postcards 