Deal Bandstand and Pier
Taken from a hand tinted picture postcard, possibly produced around 1900. The Pier, opened in 1864, was the second one to be built on this site. It remained a popular visitor attraction until the second World War when, in January 1940, it was badly damaged by a Dutch vessel The Nora that had been crippled by a mine.

photo: courtesy of
Simplon Postcards website
(www.simplonpc.co.uk)