Penarth Church 1907 Valentines Cardiff pmk

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Penarth Church
• Publisher:  Valenetines
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  Edward VII ½d yellowish green
• Postmark(s):  Cardiff Oct 24 1907 cds
• Sent to:  Mr William S. Houseman jnr, Goods Station, Harrogate, Yorkshire
• Notes & Key words:  minor damage at edge  and on front at side (cellotape?) only noticable if held to light.

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UK (incl. IOM, CI & BFPO): 99p

Europe: £1.60

Rest of world (inc. USA etc): £2.75

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NOTE: All postcards are sent in brand new stiffened envelopes which I have bought for the task. These are specially made to protect postcards and you may be able to re-use them. In addition there are other costs to sending so the above charge is not just for the stamp!

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

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Penarth is a town and seaside resort in the Vale of Glamorgan (Welsh: Bro Morgannwg), Wales (Cymru) 5.2 miles (8.4 kilometres) south west from the Welsh capital city of Cardiff (Caerdydd) and lying on the north shore of the Severn Estuary (Afon Hafren) at the southern end of Cardiff Bay. Penarth is the second largest town in the Vale of Glamorgan, next only to the administrative centre of Barry (Y Barri).

During the Victorian era Penarth was a highly popular holiday destination, promoted nationally as “The Garden by the Sea” and was packed by visitors from the Midlands and the West Country as well as day trippers from the South Wales valleys mostly arriving by train. Today the town and its traditional seafront continues to be a regular summer holiday destination for predominantly older visitors, but in much lower numbers that were common from Victorian times until the 1960s when cheap overseas package holidays were introduced.

Although the number of holiday visitors has greatly declined, the town retains a substantial retired population, representing over 25% of residents, but Penarth is now predominantly a dormitory town for Cardiff commuters. The town’s population was recorded as 23,245 in the United Kingdom Census 2001 although further growth has taken place since then. ^[1]

The town retains extensive surviving Victorian and Edwardian architecture in many traditional parts of the town, and house prices are usually significantly higher than similar properties in nearby Cardiff.