The next card was sent by “Dad” to George Barber. He was staying at St Andrews Road, Clacton in Essex and chose this interesting image of a crowded beach at West Cliff, Clacton on Sea. The line of bathing machines along the shore harks back to an earlier time; by 1914 most of the bathing machines were static and used as changing rooms rather than being wheeled into the sea, so the photograph used on this card was probably taken several years earlier.
Dad’s message reads;
Dear George and Annie
we arrived quite safe and kept very good time country looks very nice corn seems to be pretty well
all cut & it is very nice at Clacton lots of people here weather beautiful & windy
Dad
Connections in time: The Barber postcards 