Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria - from Yewbarrow - postcard c.1930s
- Condition : Used
- Dispatch : 2 Days
- Brand : None
- ID# : 129854146
- Quantity : 1 item
- Views : 111
- Location : United Kingdom
- Seller : justthebook (+1600)
- Barcode : None
- Start : Fri 04 Jul 2014 10:11:03 (NZST)
- Close : Run Until Sold
- Remain : Run Until Sold
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- Postcard
- Picture / Image: Grange over Sands, Cumbria - from Yewbarrow
- Publisher: 'The Graphic Series'
- Postally used: no
- Stamp: n/a
- Postmark(s): n/a
- Sent to: n/a
- Notes / condition:
Please ask if you need any other information and I will do the best I can to answer.
Image may be low res for illustrative purposes - if you need a higher definition image then please contact me and I may be able to send one. No cards have been trimmed (unless stated).
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No additional charges for more than one postcard. You can buy as many postcards from me as you like and you will just pay the fee above once. Please wait for combined invoice. (If buying postcards with other things such as books, please contact or wait for invoice before paying).
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Outside UK: PayPal ONLY (unless otherwise stated) please. NO non-UK currency checks or money orders (sorry).
NOTE: All postcards are sent in brand new stiffened envelopes which I have bought for the task. These are specially made to protect postcards and you may be able to re-use them. In addition there are other costs to sending so the above charge is not just for the stamp!
I will give a full refund if you are not fully satisfied with the postcard.
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not work) :
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Grange-over-Sands is a town and civil parish by the sea – with a wide tidal range, hence the ""sands"" name – in Cumbria, England. Grange-over-Sands was created as an urban district in 1894 and lies historically within Lancashire. In 1974 Cumbria was created under Local Government re-organisation which absorbed the area referred to as ""Lancashire North of the Sands"" or North Lonsdale. Grange is now in South Lakeland District. The town remains part of the County Palatine of Lancashire and is part of the Duchy of Lancaster. It has a population of 4,042.[1]
The town developed in the Victorian era from a small fishing village and the arrival of the railway made it a popular seaside resort on the north side of Morecambe Bay, across the sands from Morecambe. The 'over-Sands' suffix was added in the late 19th or early 20th centuries by the local vicar who was fed up with his post going to Grange in Borrowdale.
In 1932 a lido was built on the seafront but it closed in 1993 and was listed Grade II in 2011.[2]
The River Kent used to flow past the town's mile-long promenade but its course migrated south, away from Grange. The sands or mudflats with dangerous quicksands became a grass meadow now grazed by small flocks of sheep. As a result of sustained easterly winds in the early part of 2007, the river has begun to switch its course back across the bay, and it remains to see whether the
type=printed postcards
theme=topographical: british
sub-theme=england
county/ country=cumberland/ westmorland
number of items=single
period=inter-war (1918 - 1939)
postage condition=unposted
Listing Information
| Listing Type | Gallery Listing |
| Listing ID# | 129854146 |
| Start Time | Fri 04 Jul 2014 10:11:03 (NZST) |
| Close Time | Run Until Sold |
| Starting Bid | Fixed Price (no bidding) |
| Item Condition | Used |
| Bids | 0 |
| Views | 111 |
| Dispatch Time | 2 Days |
| Quantity | 1 |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Auto Extend | No |
