Alderney Postcards.
The postcard of the breakwater is an early card of Alderney. It was posted on October 25th 1903. Unfortunately the publisher is unknown.
The cards of Victoria Street and the Marais were published by a local photographer, W. Royston Gaudion. He was born in Alderney in 1868 and had a tobacconist shop in Victoria Street, on Alderney.
The cards of the old harbour and the Liverpool were published by T Westness of Alderney. The Liverpool was wrecked off Alderney in 1902. Westness was born in Sunderland in 1841, but in 1884 he was advertising as a photographer at 12 Victoria Road, Guernsey. In the 1891 census he is listed as a photographer at Victoria Street, Alderney, and in the 1898 Almanac, he was advertising photographic views of Alderney at six pence each, post free. He retired to Guernsey in 1919, and died in 1924.
C R le Cocq was a manager of a drapery business, living in Victoria Street, Alderney. He advertised as a photographer from 1911 to 1914. He took many views of the lighthouse as it was being built. The lighthouse was first lit on 12th December 1912.
The Cloud of Iona on Braye beach was published by W & E Bailey, a father and daughter partnership who produced postcards of Alderney in the late 1930s. The Cloud of Iona, G - ABXW received its certificate of airworthiness on 15.07.32, and was lost off the Minquiers on 31.07.36.
The two cards showing visitors landing at Alderney were published by A Heatley of Guernsey who had a studio at 26 Commercial Arcade, Guernsey. In 1904 he advertises in Guerin's Almanack as the only publisher of Alderney postcards, price 1d each.
The cards of the ' old quay ' and the ' kids on the sands ', were published by Mary Conolly of Alderney. She was born in 1910 and had a studio in Victoria Street in the 1930s, After the Second World War she returned to Alderney and married the cartoonist and publisher of the Alderney Times, Ian Glasgow.
The postcard of the breakwater is an early card of Alderney. It was posted on October 25th 1903. Unfortunately the publisher is unknown.
The cards of Victoria Street and the Marais were published by a local photographer, W. Royston Gaudion. He was born in Alderney in 1868 and had a tobacconist shop in Victoria Street, on Alderney.
The cards of the old harbour and the Liverpool were published by T Westness of Alderney. The Liverpool was wrecked off Alderney in 1902. Westness was born in Sunderland in 1841, but in 1884 he was advertising as a photographer at 12 Victoria Road, Guernsey. In the 1891 census he is listed as a photographer at Victoria Street, Alderney, and in the 1898 Almanac, he was advertising photographic views of Alderney at six pence each, post free. He retired to Guernsey in 1919, and died in 1924.
C R le Cocq was a manager of a drapery business, living in Victoria Street, Alderney. He advertised as a photographer from 1911 to 1914. He took many views of the lighthouse as it was being built. The lighthouse was first lit on 12th December 1912.
The Cloud of Iona on Braye beach was published by W & E Bailey, a father and daughter partnership who produced postcards of Alderney in the late 1930s. The Cloud of Iona, G - ABXW received its certificate of airworthiness on 15.07.32, and was lost off the Minquiers on 31.07.36.
The two cards showing visitors landing at Alderney were published by A Heatley of Guernsey who had a studio at 26 Commercial Arcade, Guernsey. In 1904 he advertises in Guerin's Almanack as the only publisher of Alderney postcards, price 1d each.
The cards of the ' old quay ' and the ' kids on the sands ', were published by Mary Conolly of Alderney. She was born in 1910 and had a studio in Victoria Street in the 1930s, After the Second World War she returned to Alderney and married the cartoonist and publisher of the Alderney Times, Ian Glasgow.
