Demolition of the old Seagrove Bay café, Seaview, Isle of Wight, 27th December 2011

I've not done any editing on this. Uploaded straight from the camera. Sad - during the demolition of one of the most iconic buildings in Seaview. Used as a café for many years and featuring in countless old Edwardian postcards. Thought I should capture something of the partial ruins before it was all cleared away.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Seagrove
• Bay
• Seaview
• IoW
• Wight
• Isle of Wight
• Demolition
• Café

[uvanu]

So sad, should never have been allowed change of use to residential. WIth Seagrove Bay being so hard to get to the cafe was crucial to a day on the beach especially with a tribe of children in tow.

[GuildfordGhost]

@uvanu Yep, I totally agree. Many memories of popping into there to get some amazing ice creams - who wants to go all the way to Madeira Road for one? Such a shame.

[MrWilliestrokes]

seaview is an area of the island i have sadly neglected and must pay a more thorough visit. i notice at 1:35 ish you call them yachties. when i lived on the island they where referred to as W.A.F.I.` s , which loosely translated as Wind Assisted F-ing IdiotS. visit cowes week and this soon becomes self evident. top video report.

[rippleway123]

Shame, I just looked for this on Google Street View, it's complete there but with scaffold.