Smaller places we don’t know often have rich histories.  Wikipedia tells us that the rocks at the entrance to Solva Harbour made it one of the most sheltered anchorages between Fishguard and Milford Haven;  it was marked on a 1578 parish map as Dolvath Haven.  On a 1748 map it is named Solvach.  Solva became the main trading centre of St Bride’s Bay in the medieval period, and was important for lime burning.  By the end of the 18th century Solva had begun to expand, and could accommodate vessels of 500 tons, or up to 1,000 in an emergency…  The fading coastal trade was replaced by tourism, and the harbour became a leisure boating centre.  The village was the location for Wales’s first butterfly farm, Solva Nectarium, which opened in 1979, long after this postcard came out.  It’s Frith’s Series SA-37, real-photo, and a small bit of age foxing on the reverse.  Grade: 1.