Matlock
Bath: Multiviews from the Inter War Years |
Matlock Bath : Twentieth Century Photographs, Postcards, Engravings & Etchings |
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Post World War One multiview cards were very different in style from
those published before the war. The two examples here show a variety
of views around the village, with the top card the earlier of the two.
On that postcard is an image of the main part of the Royal Hotel building
which had, somewhat disastrously for the village, burned down the previous
year, i.e. in 1929 (see The
Royal Hotel).
The second multiview postcard also shows an ill-fated building.
In this case it is the large building beside the fish pond in the
Matlock [Bath Grand Pavilion] image. It was also destroyed by fire,
just a couple of months before the Royal Hotel. This was not a good
time for the village and the effects of the two fires were felt for
some years afterwards.
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The card's publisher, Charles M. Jamson, originally produced
cards under the Donlion label.
The five views on this card are of:
High Tor | Matlock [Bath Grand Pavilion]
Switzerland View (produced by Donlion)
Lovers Walk [with Grand Pavilion] | [untitled] view of the Lovers'
Walks and Boats. |
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1. "Matlock Bath" (multiview, 8 images). No publisher. This
is a real photo. Posted at Matlock on 24 Jul [?] 1930. ... Part of the
message reads
"We have just come down from the caverns".
2. "Greetings from Matlock Bath" (multi view, 5 images). Published by
Empire View Productions. No number but a Real Photograph by Charles
M Jamson (Copyright) Empire View Productions, Doncaster, Yorks. Posted
on 10 Apr 1939 at Matlock.
Both images © Ann Andrews collection.
Information researched, written by and © Ann Andrews.
Intended for personal use only.
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