St. Ives - Carbis Bay Cornwall 1970s card John Hinde

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Carbis Bay, St. Ives, Cornwall
• Publisher:  John Hinde Ltd. (No. 2DC 130) Photo: E. Ludwig
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  12p Machin definitive.
• Postmark(s):  St. Ives 11 Aug 1986 wavy line [late usage of this 70s card]
• Sent to:  The Grove, Stourport-on-Severn
• Notes & Key words: 

John Hinde was an English photographer who set up John Hinde Ltd in Dublin, Ireland in the early 1960s. He produced most of the earlier cards himself before employing other photogaphers such as E.Nägele, E. Ludwig, D. Noble and other names who spent a long time getting just the right view, usually with people in the foreground. The prints were then artistically hand processed and manipulated in Italy (long before digital production) before being published. His company was also closely associated with Butlins and they produced many of their cards. The company’s cards have become popular with collectors in recent years due to exhibitions and being featured in books, particularly by photographer and postcard collector Martin Parr. They were influential in the development of commercial photography and postcard images and now are regarded as miniature works of art and social records in themselves, particularly those of the 1960s and 1970s.

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

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Carbis Bay (Cornish: Karrbons) is a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Carbis Bay is often considered to be part of Lelant, an older settlement to the south of Carbis Bay, although it is closer to and almost contiguous with St Ives. The 2001 census gave the combined population of Carbis Bay/Lelant as 3482.^[1] The village overlooks a bay, bordered to the west by Porthminster Point and to the east by Hawke's Point, which surrounds a popular family beach after which the village is named. The bay is part of the larger St Ives Bay. Wheal Providence in Carbis Bay is the type locality of the mineral Connellite.

Carbis Bay is popular with tourists, attracted by the South West Coast Path that runs through the village, the longest National Trail in the United Kingdom, and by the nearby beauty spot Hawke's Point. Additionally, the picturesque St Ives Bay Line railway, one of the few profit-making branch lines in the UK, also serves the village