This artistic postcard view of Saltburn sands looking westward at the sunset is undated so we had no idea of the age, but Callum Duff advises: ”Judging by the uniformity of the pier legs this image was produced before the schooner SS Ovenbeg breached the pier on the 7th May 1924. The pier was shortened from its original length of 1500 ft in 1875 after heavy seas destroyed the pier head and landing stage. It re-opened in 1877 and the pier head bandstand was added in 1885. The image isn’t clear but it looks like the bandstand is there and possibly the original octagonal pier buildings. If so I would say that you can date this card sometime between 1885 and 1890. Otherwise between 1890 and 1924.”
Image courtesy of Maurice Grayson and thanks to Callum Duff for the updating.
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