Back in the day
DAVID Woolf (November 25) did some unusual and interesting research on Postcards. But I think Bexhill never flourished principally as a visitors' holiday resort. It expanded when sea, air and water became a prime (free!) health attraction.
Thousands retired here to live - still do, and live a long time. And until 1939 Bexhill gained a name for its dozens of boarding schools.
The hotels (Granville, Metropole, and guest houses) filled with visiting parents - weekends with the children, half-term, sports days, school plays. The De La Warr Pavilion had a permanent repertory theatre, restaurant and cafe. The hotels held receptions, dances, school dancing classes, parties.
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Hide AdThere was sea bathing, tennis parties, riding, blackberrying, cinemas. Excellent trams, bus and train services.
But possibly not so much casual holiday visiting and postcard- sending.
BERYL SANDERS
Lunsford Cross