An attempt at recreating a vintage postcard of Saltburn-by-the Sea

This postcard is from the East Cleveland Image Archive website. The consensus is that it dates from the late 1960s.

A miserable failure I think. I was working from memory and in hindsight believe I was too low down the bank. And not close enough to the edge but the nettles beat me.

Some big changes though: the boating lake at the confluence of Skelton and Saltburn Becks, the paddling pool and the routing of the miniature railway.

But where are the crowds? I thought Saltburn was more popular as a holiday destination in the ’60s than it is now.