Photo postcard of Fairlight Glen, the ancient wooded valley east of Hastings on the East Sussex coast — a sunken path winding between oak and hazel through dense summer foliage, a solitary Edwardian gentleman pausing on the path, hat on, hands in pockets, the light filtering through the canopy above. Fairlight Glen was one of the most celebrated walking destinations on the Sussex coast in the Victorian and Edwardian eras; its deep gill woodland, running down to the cliffs above the Channel, attracted painters, naturalists, and holidaymakers from Hastings and St. Leonards. Published by J. Welch & Sons of Portsmouth, whose photographers documented the English south coast with particular thoroughness, and printed in Saxony before the war made such things impossible.

• Caption: Fairlight Glen, Hastings.
• Card no.: 382
• Publisher: J. Welch & Sons, Photographic Publishers, Portsmouth (Printed in Saxony)
• Status: Unposted