1925 Gallery

East Beach, Teignmouth, Devon, c.1925

A GWR publicity view of the seaside at Teignmouth, c.1925. This image shows the east or Town Beach and was probably taken from the Grand Pier. The beach is full of holidaymakers enjoying themselves, while several small boats are on the water including one bound for Babbacombe at Torquay to the south and another, The Brittania, crewed by a group of Boy Scouts

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Archirondel & St Catherine's Bay, Jersey, June 1925

A GWR publicity view of Archirondel & St Catherine's Bay on the eastern coast of Jersey in the Channel Islands, June 1925. In the foreground is the beach at Archirondel and its Martello Tower fortification. Behind it lies St Catherine's Bay and the St Catherine's Breakwater

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1920s, 1925, Archirondel, Bay, Breakwater, Channel Islands, Channel Isles, Coast, Coastal, Fortification, Jersey, June, Martello Tower, St Catherine, St Catherines Bay, Summer, Tower

Portelet Beach, Jersey, June 1925

A GWR publicity view of Portelet Beach on the south coast of Jersey in the Channel Islands. This image was taken in June 1925 from the sand and shows Portlet Tower, a Martello tower built during the Napoleonic wars in 1808 on the tidal island L'ile au Guerdain. Holidaymakers are strolling along the beach in the sunshine

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