Tower at Eastbourne?

[petmas]

Don't they practice jumping from low heights and landing properly? If that notice is real, I would think the tower must have been somewhere near an airfield or training camp. You don't see that sort of notice on other structures do you?

Get real- this is 1905!  parachutes had been used by balloonists but aircraft were still flying at head height

[suey]

"I imagine the wooden structure would have been taken down some time ago".

I hope so. The Solicitors would salivate at the sight of it. It is a tremendous liability in 2016. Even when it was new people could still vandalize it or fall off it. Unless we can find out what it was, and it served a useful purpose, it seems a little pointless to me.

It looks sturdy and well build, also has ornamental finials, it does not need a purpose as such, could it not be classed as a folly.  Something someone built just for the sake of it.  Viewing his land or garden perhaps?

Suey

[omega 1]

Hello
My Husband remembers,when he was a kid ,a Structure looking like that at North Seat,Hastings, Sussex which is the highest point in Hastings.Not sure if its still there .Not to far from Eastbourne.

omega

[petmas]

Thanks Omega, thought we had it cracked, found a photo of the tower at North Seat , similar but a larger overhanging platform and the stairway comes in from the back at an angle. http://www.1066online.co.uk/gallery/old-photos/north-seat-viewing-platform

[KGarrad]

"I imagine the wooden structure would have been taken down some time ago".

I hope so. The Solicitors would salivate at the sight of it. It is a tremendous liability in 2016. Even when it was new people could still vandalize it or fall off it. Unless we can find out what it was, and it served a useful purpose, it seems a little pointless to me.

This picture is from those halcyon days before the parasites on society (aka solicitors) got their teeth into everyday life!
And also before those horrendous people at Health & Safety were imagined!

[omega 1]

You beat me to it Petmas,found the same Web Site.

Maybe Judges Postcards  can help.

omega

[petmas]

Just when it was looking good, seems North Seat was built 1929 (which looks right for the cloche hat in the photo) and rebuilt post war so unless there was one pre 1929 the hunt goes on.

[mazi]

I think it is a military observation tower, used by the Royal artillery to observe the fall of shot, possibly on a military testing area.

Seemingly Royal artillery observers used tethered balloons also for this purpose, filled with hydrogen they caught fire very easily, the observers then abandoned the balloon by parachute.

Still don't know the location tho.

Mike

[John915]

Good evening,

My cousin has had one reply from EHS. Not recognized as being in Eastbourne but may have been on Firehill at Fairlight. It overlooks part of Hastings and has had several different towers built on top.

John915

PS, it looks too fancy to be military, by design they were usually much more utilitarian.