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mid-1920's - East Cliff and Docks from Pier, Penarth - The searchlights and supporting structures are clearly in evidence in this photograph taken from the pier. - A Lilywhite postcard held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001] [20221229]
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mid-1920's - Penarth Head - Another photographic record of the searchlights and their supporting structures. - A Valentine & Sons, Limited postcard held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001] [20221230]
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c.1928 - The Cliffs, Penarth - Another postcard (with colourised enlargements) held within the Penarth Dock Collection posted during May 1928 and showing in great detail the ferro-concrete support structures of the No. 1 and No. 2 Emplacement Defence Electric Lights (DEL). The emplacement was manned by No 3 Electric Light Company. The steel shutters covering the searchlights are also evident. Two young girls are exploring the beach below the lights and a person is climbing the stairway close to the top of the cliff! [001] [20221229]
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1920's - Penarth Head - A postcard showing the ferro-concrete supporting structures of the searchlights and their prominent location below Penarth Head. - Another postcard held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001]
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Esplanade North End, Penarth - A Lilywhite Limited postcard printed and published from up north in the Halifax area, in the former West Riding of Yorkshire, which has been our home for over half a century now! The enlargement shows those menacing ferro-concrete, search-light structures, that belong in the 'War of the Worlds'! The postcard is post-dated during May 1928 with a Penarth, Cardiff stamp, and states ; 'Dear Harold, We are having a good blowing and I should think we have walked about 40 miles today, the sand here is all colours!' - I feel there is probably a little exaggeration in the statement! Another postcard held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001]
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