Bandstands are not just for summer ......

I have always had a fascination for bandstands.

1906

It stems from walking past the one in Pepys park every school day from 1962 till 64, and quite a few play days before that.*

By then it had lost its ornate iron pillars and roof and was just a brick stump.

But it has been restored and now sits in my bandstand collection.

Tony Goulding knows this and so last week sent over a picture of the one at Clacton-on-Sea, adding “Hi, Andrew, Here is a postcard for your bandstand collection - Clacton-on-Sea”.

And as you do I went looking for its history and found a delightful report on the place.*

So that is it.  Other than to record that Tony tells me  "that the card was postmarked  6-30 pm February 8th 1906.

Location; Clacton-on-Sea

Picture; Bandstand and marine Parade, Clacton-on-Sea, 1906, from the collection of Tony Goulding

*Pepy’s Park, Telegraph Hill Park, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraph_Hill,_Lewisham

**Clacton Seafront Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan, chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/planning/heritage%2C%20conservation%20%26%20trees/Clacton%20Seafront%20CAAMP%20FINAL.pdf