I aquired this postcard a while ago and have been trying to locate exactly where it was taken. I even drove down Beech Road today to see if I could take the picture (even though I had to reverse almost the whole length to get out again!). I don't have a date for the postcard but I would put it around 1910/20. If anyone can help dating it, or even locating where it was taken, that would be a great help.

Email at tony@bigginhill-history.co.uk

And is it a mistake that it is spelt 'Beach' or has the spelling changed at some point for some reason?

Over to you.

This is from Ian Watkins who wrote:

Hi, the view from beech road looks like it was taken above Kings road near spring gardens, in the early 60s there was a chalky path called risbys bank just there between Kings and beech road and beech road was just an overgrown track, From there you could walk along past a big tree known as thunder and lightning that was covered in carved initials, then farther on you would end up behind mr Herberts house in alexandra road called Herbert Villa, A nice brick built house with not many floorboards as mr Herbert used them for fire wood. Ian.

Tony Lewis