Torquay, Devon - view from grounds of Hotel Riviera - 1937 Edward VIII stamps

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  View from the Grounds of Hotel Riviera, Torquay
• Publisher:  the hotel? [has their phone number printed]
• Postally used:  ues
• Stamp:  2x Edward VIII half d. green stamps
• Postmark(s):  Brostol 25 Aug 1937 wavy line
• Sent to:  Miss Crowe, The Laurels, New Haynford, Norwich, Norfolk
• Notes / condition: 

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Torquay (pron.: /t?r'ki?/) is a seaside town in the unitary authority area of Torbay and ceremonial county of Devon, England. It lies 22 miles (35 km) south of Exeter along the A380 on the north of Torbay, 38 miles (61 km) north-east of Plymouth, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignton on the west of the bay and across from the fishing port of Brixham. Torquay’s population of 63,998 during the 2001 UK Census made it the third largest settlement in Devon.^[1] If the Torbay area, of which Torquay forms a third, were to be recognised as a city, it would rank as the 45th largest city in the United Kingdom with a population only slightly less than that of Brighton, which was granted city status in 2000. During the peak summer season the resort's population swells to around 200,000.^[2]

The town's economy was initially based upon fishing and agriculture as in the case of Brixham across Torbay, but in the early 19th century the town began to develop into a fashionable seaside resort, initially frequented by members of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars while the Royal Navy anchored in the bay and later by the crème de la crème of Victorian society as the town's fame spread. Renowned for its healthful climate, the town earned the nickname of the English Riviera and favourable comparisons to Montpellier.

Torquay was the home of the writer Agatha Christie, who lived most of her life there. The town contains an ""Agatha Christie Mile"", a tour with plaques, dedicated to her life and work.^[3]

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=devon

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period=inter-war (1918 - 1939)

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