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Offline Veltmeijer

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In which City of England is this picture made ?
« on: September 18, 2011, 12:43:17 pm »
Hello ,


I found a picture and i was wondering witch Town it could be.
Can someone tell  me , where this picture is made in the 50s ?

( Excuse for my English , but i am from the Netherlands, so My English is not that good )

Tnx  ;)
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Re: In which City of England is this picture made ?
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2011, 07:31:05 pm »
I think it would be easier to eliminate a few towns, and state where it is not... it might help narrow the search down.

For example, it is not on the East coast of England as the promenade area is too low and flat.
Nor does it look like anywhere in North Wales.

The South coast of England is my best guess, unless it is in the North West?, ... with Morecambe being a contender in that case.


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Offline dwsi

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Re: In which City of England is this picture made ?
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2011, 07:49:48 pm »
the sun goes from east - south - west and shadows point west - north - east during the day. So that rules out the south coast of england in this picture
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Re: In which City of England is this picture made ?
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2011, 08:00:41 pm »
That looks like a pier in the right background?
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Re: In which City of England is this picture made ?
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2011, 08:32:42 pm »
To me it does look like an east coast resort. Not sure if this works with the shadows?
It has a look of Aldeburgh.

http://www.aldeburgh-uk.com/gallery13.htm

I can't remember that big building in Aldeburgh though. Looks like it could be a bigger place than that?









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Offline dwsi

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Re: In which City of England is this picture made ?
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2011, 09:00:27 pm »
i was thinking southport but i don't think it is
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Re: In which City of England is this picture made ?
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2011, 09:14:00 pm »
I thought maybe Lytham St Annes
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Re: In which City of England is this picture made ?
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2011, 09:17:53 pm »
the Waterfront Park and Promenade in Lowestoft Suffolk

http://bit.ly/nr8Mvn
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Offline hollins

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Re: In which City of England is this picture made ?
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2011, 09:21:08 pm »
Really well done dwsi!
What a brilliant bit of detective work!
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Offline dwsi

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Re: In which City of England is this picture made ?
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2011, 09:25:47 pm »
the view today http://g.co/maps/nncux
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Re: In which City of England is this picture made ?
« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2011, 11:17:45 pm »
Well done Dwsi,  so technically it IS on the East Coast, despite being in the South of England.

Lowestoft has 2 piers Dave, and they are both a bit rubbish.
As is Lowestoft itself, recently highlighted as being one of the most deprived towns in the whole of the UK.
Terrible immigration problems, sky-high unemployment, and more...

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Offline Blodyn

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Re: In which City of England is this picture made ?
« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2011, 10:33:06 am »
Well done, Dwsi. 

I've only just caught up with this thread but as soon as I saw the first picture I thought that it looked like Lowestoft.  My mother was born not far from that picture (a bit further into the distance). 

Fester, I wouldn't say that Lowestoft is in the south - I thought that "The North" began at Watford Gap!
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Re: In which City of England is this picture made ?
« Reply #12 on: September 19, 2011, 11:45:43 pm »
Ah well, it may be irrelavent anyway, seeing as Veltmeijer hasn't checked back in since...

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Offline DaveR

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Re: In which City of England is this picture made ?
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2011, 08:59:14 am »
An interesting puzzle, nonetheless.
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Offline Veltmeijer

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Re: In which City of England is this picture made ?
« Reply #14 on: September 20, 2011, 09:39:25 pm »
Thank you so much  !!!!!

My dad made this Photo
He was a Sailor in those years,
I found these pictures a month ago ,
whem my mum moved to another house
He died 6 years ago so i could not ask him anymore ,
I am so glad you help me , thank you very very very much again!!!!  $thanx$

((Sorry again for my bad English Writing.))

Miss Veltmeijer
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