Lytham, Lancashire - East Beach, Windmill - UPU commem. stamp 1929

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  East Beach, Lytham - including windmill
• Publisher:  J. S. Jowitt, 3 Clifton Square, Lytham
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  GB 1d red Universal Postal Union commemorative
• Postmark(s):  Lytham St. Annes 29 Aug 1929 wavy line (probably SG435)
• Sent to:  L. Whiteley, 29 W..sa Road, Fairfiled, Buxton Derbyshire
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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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Lytham St Annes (/'l?ð?m s?nt'ænz/ LIDH-?m s?nt-ANZ)^[1] is a conurbation in the Fylde district of Lancashire, England. The neighbouring towns of Lytham and St-Anne's-on-the-Sea (nearly always abbreviated to St Annes) have grown together and now form a seaside resort. The towns are situated on the Fylde coast, south of Blackpool at the point where the coastline turns east to form the estuary of the River Ribble leading inland to Preston. St Annes is situated on the northern side of the turning and, like Blackpool, overlooks the Irish Sea, whereas Lytham is on the eastern side and overlooks the Ribble Estuary.

Lytham St Annes is internationally renowned for golf and has four courses and links, the most notable being the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, one of the host courses for the Open Championship, also known as the ""British Open"", which has been a competition course since first hosting the Open in 1926. Approximately once every ten years, the coming of The Open—a major sporting event—brings a major influx of visitors, including the world's media, into a fairly peaceful community. Lytham St Annes is considered to be a wealthy area with residents' earnings among the highest in Lancashire.^[2][3] It is popular with engineers and scientists from the nearby BAE Systems site in Warton, which provides some highly paid jobs that underpin the local economy.^[4]

Lytham was founded around 600 BC.^{[citation needed]} For many centuries the economy of Lytham was dependent on fishing and shrimping, until the advent of tourism and seaside health cures. After the start of the Industrial Revolution, wealthy industrialists moved from the east of the county. Lytham's tree-lined streets are flanked by small shops, many of which are family businesses.^{[citation needed]}

The Green, a strip of grass running between the shore and the main road, is a notable Lytham landmark—the recently restored Windmill and Old Lifeboat House Museum are located here, and one of the sails of the Windmill was replaced in 2012.^{[citation needed]} The Green overlooks the estuary of the River Ribble and the Welsh mountains. The centre of Lytham contains many notable buildings, such as the Lytham public library, Lytham railway station, market hall, the Clifton Arms Hotel, and the 'County' and 'Ship and Royal' public houses.

Some of Lytham's oldest buildings are located in Henry Street and Dicconson Terrace. Henry Street is the location of The Taps public house, a popular real ale establishment on the Fylde that has won numerous Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) awards.^[5] The Lytham Brewery is a microbrewery founded in 2007 and the owners operate a production facility on the outskirts of the town.^[6]

Until the middle of the 20th century, the Clifton family was the leading family in Lytham and two of the town's main thoroughfares are named in their honour. Their estate on the outskirts of Lytham and Ansdell originally occupied a very large area. Lytham Hall, the family seat, remained in the family's ownership until 1979, after which time the ownership was passed onto a number of corporate bodies. The grounds of the Hall are occasionally opened to the public for open-air concerts and plays. Several of the ornate gates to the estate and much of the distinctive pebble-bricked boundary wall survive. The parish church for Lytham is St Cuthbert's Church, located on Church Road overlooking the Lytham YMCA Football ground and the Ribble Estuary.^{[citation needed]}

Lytham is the location of the Foulnaze cockle fishery. The fishery has only opened the cockle beds on the Lancashire coast three times in twenty years and August 2013 was the last of these openings.^[7]

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=lancashire

number of items=single

period=inter-war (1918 - 1939)

postage condition=posted