John sent me a jpeg of this postcard a cousin sent to him. It was dated 1912. I was curious about the pier and found this info:
English Bay Beach
The beach has always been popular, especially after sand was added in 1898 and people began to build themselves cottages where they would spend their summers. It's hard to imagine that in order to reach the beach in the 1890's, one had to follow trails through the bushes and then, when you arrived, the beach was divided in two by a large rock, men on one side and women on the other! In the early 1900's, a wooden bathhouse was built (people no longer had to change behind the bushes) and a walking pier with a glassed-in dance hall called "The Prom" were added. The current concrete bathhouse was constructed in 1931 while, seven years later, the pier and dance hall were both torn down.
