National Postcard Week
This week is National Postcard Week. A Great Yarmouth Postcard by Jarrold & Sons Ltd. Posted from Norwich to Amsterdam on the 16th April 1986 The postcard above shows the Pleasure Beach Gardens on the left-hand side of the card. At that time they were known as Nelson Gardens. Here's a closer look at the course on a postcard from minigolf historian Richard Gottfried's collection . Nelson Gardens Great Yarmouth postcard. A Sapphire Card. Postally used 23 July 1980 Stepping back in time for a look at minigolf in Great Yarmouth in the 1920s. This old minigolf postcard, from Richard Gottfried's collection , shows the Putting Green on Marine Parade in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and was sent to Hayes, Middlesex on the 11th November 1927. Putting Green, Great Yarmouth Postcard. Sent on 11 November 1927 You can see the Hippodrome in the left of the image and this building is still standing and is the Hippodrome Circus on St George's Road. If you visit now you'll find a row