Great Yarmouth - Winter Gardens And Wellington Pier Prior to 1919

            The Postcard

A Camera Series postcard that was published by B. & R. The card was produced in Great Britain.

The card was posted in Great Yarmouth on Friday the 15th. August 1919 to:

Master Williams,
The Lodge,
Shantock Hall,
Bovingdon,
Boxmoor,
Herts.

The pencilled message on the divided back of the card was as follows:

"Dear John,
Gladys does wish you
were here to go
paddling.
We are having lovely
weather.
M. Beeson".

Great Yarmouth Winter Gardens

Great Yarmouth Winter Gardens is a Grade II* listed building in Great Yarmouth, England. It was built of glass and iron in Torquay over the course of three years, starting in 1878.

It was moved by barge to Great Yarmouth in 1904, purportedly without the loss of a single pane of glass. Over the years, it has been used as ballroom, roller skating rink and beer garden.

In the 1990's it was converted into a nightclub by Jim Davidson, and has since been used as a family leisure venue.

 In 2018, it was named among the top ten endangered buildings of the Victorian and Edwardian eras in a survey released by the Victorian Society.

 In July 2021 it received a £10 million National Lottery Heritage Fund grant in order to support its repair and reopening.

The Silesian Uprising

So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?

Well, on the 15th. August 1919, German border guards shot 10 Polish men dead during a labour dispute at a mine near Mysłowice, Upper Silesia, which was still under German occupation at the time. 

The massacre lead to the first uprising in an effort to force Germany to release the region to Poland.

The Pre-War Practices Act

Also on that day, the British government enacted the Pre-War Practices Act, which ensured that returning Great War veterans were re-hired to the jobs that they held before they enlisted.

French Aviator Casualties

Also on the 15th. August 1919, France reported that 60 percent of its aviators were killed or wounded during the Great War.
   

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