Shanklin, Isle of Wight from Lake slipway 1973 postcard

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Shanklin from Lake Slipway, Isle of Wight
• Publisher:  Island Tourist Products Ltd., Shanklin, Isle of Wight
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  ½d Machin (2 bands) + 2½d Machin (centre band)
• Postmark(s):  Sandown, Isle of Wight Rember to Use the Postcode slogan postmark
• Sent to:  Crock Lane, Bridport, Dorset
• Notes & Key words: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Lake is a village and civil parish located on Sandown Bay, on the Isle of Wight, England.

Lake is named after the Old English "Lacu"^{[citation needed]} referring to the creek that ran along what is now Scotchells Brook, which is between the Isle of Wight Airport and the Morrisons Superstore and the Spithead Industrial Park - the former "Temperatures" air conditioning factory.

Having opened in 1987, Lake railway station was the newest on the island until the construction of a station at Smallbrook Junction in 1994.

There is a Primary School at Blackpan (Broadlea) and a Comprehensive (Sandown High) and Middle School (Sandham) at the Fairway. There are several pubs; The Stag and the Old Manor House, plus Lake Working Men's Club (currently closed) and a Townswomens' Guild. The Lions have a centre in the car park (first 1/2 hour free), behind the Co Op stores.

There is a Methodist Chapel, a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses and an Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd. Local businesses include Downer & White undertakers, Swinton Insurance, Careless & Kemp solicitors, Allegri accountants, Weekly Ad newspaper office, a newsagent, Rite-Price Hardware Store, the Co-Op Stores (open 6.30.am to 10.30.pm.) and Karen Denley Chiropodist. The village also features an Indian and two Chinese takeaways, a kebab shop and Lake Fish Bar.

Lake or Welcome Beach is reached by a steep path down the sandstone cliffs to the Revetment, which contains two cafes (Hinks and Strollers), beach huts, a Sea Scout hut and inshore lifeboat. There is a doctor's surgery and pharmacy near the Co Op. There is a public phone box between the Co Op and the public toilets and another set of toilets on the Revetment.

The village war memorial has been relocated behind the Fairway Bus Shelter due to having been run down twice by carelessly driven lorries. A large public park called Los Altos starts at the boundary between Lake and Sandown. Local wildlife includes Pipstrelle bats at Los Altos, kestrels along the Cliff Path and Common Toads which spawn in the disused reservoir behind the Mall. Sandown & Shanklin Golf Course is behind the High School and the Rugby Club in front. The wetlands of the River Yar are an SSSI supporting newts, voles and wildfowl. Recent improvements have overcome the problem of persistent flooding near the Co-Op, caused by rainwater run-off from Lake Hill and the Mall.