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Tinted postcard of Eddington, Herne Bay, Kent, England. Not postmarked. The picture shows the original village or hamlet long before the area became a suburb of Herne Bay. Publisher: The Wrench series; divided back and printed in Saxony, therefore dated before 1914.

Most of the buildings in the photo still exist. The site is on the east side of the Canterbury Road (A299) looking north, just north of Priory House at the southern end of Eddington.

Points of interest:

• The house in the foreground and almost hidden by greenery is in the Kentish vernacular style with limewashed weatherboarding, but the taller houses are late Victorian. There is no footpath. The orange-red roofs of the buildings in the foreground are pan-tiled.
• The low building with double doors and tall chimney in the centre of the picture may have been the forge which is recorded at this crossroads.
• The post office at this crossroads was where the postcards were sold, but it is never pictured in this standard view. It may have been to the left of the picture, behind the hedge in the foreground.
• It is possible that the large vehicle approaching in the distance is the horse-drawn mail coach.