The ‘Now and Then’ column with Aled Jones: Focus on Bridlington’s north beach

By The Newsroom
Published 7th Mar 2022, 13:12 BST
This postcard, date stamped August 1928, shows some impressive beach art on Bridlington’s north beach.This postcard, date stamped August 1928, shows some impressive beach art on Bridlington’s north beach.
This postcard, date stamped August 1928, shows some impressive beach art on Bridlington’s north beach.
The latest ‘compare and contrast’ postcard and photograph column by regular contributor Aled Jones focuses on the north beach.

The postcard is almost 100 years’ old and shows an amazing sand drawing which drew huge crowds back in the 1920s.

Aled Jones, who is a collector of vintage Bridlington postcards, also recreates the site as it looks today.

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Mr Jones said: “Here is a splendid vintage postcard, date stamped August 12, 1928, showing the North Sands at Bridlington in all their beautiful majesty.

The north beach area as it looks today.The north beach area as it looks today.
The north beach area as it looks today.

“What is particularly interesting about the picture is that it showcases a tradition that is rarely seen on the Yorkshire coast these days, beach art.

“The artist, a talented and creative man for sure, has produced a quite stunning mural in the sand featuring a church (bottom left) and one other local building.

“He certainly enjoyed a large fan base if the crowds gathering along the railings are anything to go by.