Another seaside picture to identify

[Mart 'n' Al]

I think this was early 1950s, but I know not where.  Help needed please.



Martin

[iolaus]

maybe folkestone?

[Mart 'n' Al]

Iolaus, do you have any reason or support for Folkestone? Do you recognise something?  Using Google StreetView, I can't see anywhere hilly away from the coast.  I might be looking in the wrong place.

Martin

[arthurk]

It reminded me a bit of pictures I've seen of Torquay. However, I don't know the place at all, and I haven't found any pictures online that quite match this one.

The shadows seem to suggest somewhere on the south or west coast, and the scale of the buildings might suggest a fairly large town.

[Mart 'n' Al]

Although I have no idea, I thought the fishing harbour and the grand buildings would make it easy.  I'd love to know (it's my late dad) but I have spent so long on this.

Martin

[Dyingout]

Spanish flag flying on the nearest flagstaff
Would guess its not UK

[KGarrad]

There are so many horizontal tricolour flags, it could be anywhere?

Austria, Latvia, Netherlands, Hungary and Yugoslavia spring to mind.

The red stripes on the Spanish flag are narrower; so I don't think it's Spain?

[Dyingout]

But I was going by the crest in the middle of the white
only others I can think of are Argentina, Lesotho and Lebanon
But looking at the buildings they look British as have Chimneys in the British style

[KGarrad]

Many seaside resorts display flags of many countries - they still do, here!

It might be me, but I think the upper stripe is slightly darker than the lower stripe?