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National Postcard Week

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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

Miniature Golf in Great Yarmouth - 1920's style

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Stepping back in time for a look at minigolf in Great Yarmouth in the 1920s. This old minigolf postcard, from minigolfer 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 of buildings in front of the Hippodrome itself! You will also find that there is still a minigolf course on the same spot as the Putting Green. Now called Castaway Island Adventure Golf the site was an Arnold Palmer Putting Course for many years before that too. The Big Mini Golf Tour 2022 Miniature golf courses across the  Greater Yarmouth Tourism & Business Improvement Area  are coming together to promote the game. Players can enter the Big Mini Golf Tour pr