Sea Road from Boscombe Pier, Boscombe, Bournemouth, England

Subjects: Commercial Buildings Hotels & Inns Street Scenes
Card type: Real photo
Date: c. 1915 (White Border)

Back of Sea Road from Boscombe Pier, Boscombe, Bournemouth, England, c. 1915 real photo postcard — Back

About this subject

A black-and-white view looking down Sea Road from Boscombe Pier, with a double-decker bus on the right, pedestrians on the sidewalks, and rows of Victorian and Edwardian buildings on both sides. A tall street lamp stands in the foreground.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Wednesday Dear Annie just to let you know we have a nice [illegible] and are having an enjoyable week here. Had a good day on Sunday & are enjoying the Christian fellowship The house is on the up-hill side in the picture & we are in the front. Hope you are well love from mother & Ethel.

PostmarkedBournemouth, July 25, 1963

Addressed to

Miss E.G. Galley

17, Selwyn Road, Bow, London, E.3.

Postcard record

Postmarked	July 25, 1963, Bournemouth
Series	C.M.518
Condition	Fair
Place addressed	Miss E.G. Galley, 17, Selwyn Road, London
Place depicted	Sea Road, Bournemouth, Dorset
Place mentioned	Boscombe Pier, Bournemouth, Dorset
Publisher	Thunder & Clayden, Bournemouth
Stamp	2d Queen Elizabeth II, red
Notes	Real photo postcard with printed caption and series number; faint handwriting in sky; diagonal crease across upper area. Postmark: BOURNEMOUTH 25 JULY 1963. Divided-back real-photo card, glossy with white border; 1960s era; recipient address typed on a pasted label; dealer price mark '459/-' at top left.

Cite this card

Sea Road from Boscombe Pier, Boscombe, Bournemouth, England, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/sea-road-from-boscombe-pier-boscombe-bournemouth-england. Accessed October 5, 2026.