Saturday 22 November 2008
Deal, England
Unposted.
Deal: The beach and Seafront.
Deal is a small fishing town on the Kent coast. Now a quiet seaside resort, it was once the busiest port in England. In 1278 it was made one of the "limbs" of the Cinque Ports: five ports, two towns and seven "limbs" making up a confederation for the defence of the area. Deal is approximatel 25 miles from the coast of France. It is mentioned in Dickens' novel, Bleak House and Jane Austen's Persuasion.
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The small castle there is worth a visit if it is still open to the public. I saw it many years ago.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful weekend Sheila.
ReplyDeleteThe beach and seafront view on the postcard's lovely.
ReplyDeleteWow, you've got a real nice postcard collection here. How I wish I can still actively swap cards. I've been lagging behind :(
ReplyDelete@jakill, the last time we were there, it looked very closed. I'm not convinced it is still open.
ReplyDelete@jodi, thanks, I did.
@MBL, very typically English fishing village.
@PinayPostcrosser, let me know if you want to swap. :) Sometimes it's hard to keep up with all these things.