Postcard of the Month: October 2021
/The Wharf, Littlehampton, from the Eric Benham collection, shows a busy scene at the Railway Wharf (above the swing bridge), probably photographed just after the end of WW1. SS Pansy is moored to the left, showing some of her ‘dazzle’ painted hull designed to mislead watchers as to her course and speed, and part of an anti-submarine defence system. In the centre are some of the steam cranes used at that time, one of which may have been relocated from Houghton Wharf to speed operations here. The railway wagons in the foreground show how close they came to the vessels. More ships and the ends of some of the dockside storage buildings are visible in the background.
The publisher of this card is not known, although it looks and feels like a Spry postcard.