Seaford Stamp & Post Card Club

A Winter’s Day in Seaford in 1926

We can learn much about Seaford’s past from studying old postcards of the town. Their photographs often provide a visual record of buildings long demolished, and document changes in transport and fashion. But postcards can also illustrate how some things remain the same. Many Seaford residents will identify with the scene on this postcard entitled Tobogganing on Seaford Head, which was posted almost a hundred years ago, in January 1926. The photograph shows groups of children and adults clustered on the snowy slopes of the Head – some pulling sledges, just as they would today,

The message on the reverse of the card reads Last Sunday afternoon ‘on Seaford Head’ (for your collection), revealing that the photograph had been taken only days earlier. In the early twentieth century postcards were a popular way of sharing newsworthy events such as nowstorms, and it was therefore important to produce them as quickly as possible. The photographer was probably Walter Wynter (1868 – 1938), who published many cards depicting Seaford events, including those related to weather.

The recipient of the card was William John Hook, who according to the 1921 census was an ‘undertaker manager’ living in South Norwood with his wife and five children. The card tells us that William was a postcard collector – a hobby which is still very much alive today!

Seaford and District Stamp and Postcard Club meet monthly from January 2023 at the Con Club on the second Wednesday of the month, from 7.15pm onwards. Visitors welcome, light refreshments available.

There will be no meeting in December 2022.

Lynn Lawson

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