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Alum
Bay and the Needles
Isle of Wight
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The Needles
Old postcards are sometimes poorly
produced and grainy, I've done my best to scan them.
Dates are from the card or my estimate
(where possible). The maker of the card is shown in
brackets (where available).
All pictures on this page are from my
own collection, but are not my copyright. If you wish to
repost or reuse them would you please out of courtesy let
me know.
A rather romantic card of the Needles,
probably about 1910
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A very early card of the Needles
dated 1903. At this time messages could not
be written on the back of postcards. (Tuck)
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Needles 1904 also showing the
battery. (Stengel)
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Needles
and the Battery about 1920.
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A
later similar view, showing the Coastguard
buiding (now National Coastwatch).(Merwood)
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Scratchells Bay from the west, the
Needles would
have been behind the photographer.
Dated 1917. (Hartmann)
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Taken from Scratchell's Bay, card
dated 1923. The boat was
used to reach the beach, as it
cannot be reached in any other way. (Sweetman)
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An early Arial view of the
Needles. (Photo
Precision)
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The Needles lighthouse from the
sea, probably during the 1950's, note the
crane on the left used when it was being
provisioned. (Nigh)
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An illustration showing the
original needles Rock (Lot's Wife) which fell
into the sea in 1764.
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The Needles looking across Alum
Bay, 1932 (Sweetman)
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An
early card of the needle by night, dated 1904. (Tuck)
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Another
night view, 1934
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15 April 2020
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