july 5th 1909 fannie to S wadsworth

Plaistow, London to Ilford, essex

4.5 miles

the message

"Dear S

I thought you might like this card, is it not pretty? I hope you are well + had a nice holiday. I did not go out at all as I have such a horrid cold

with love from

Fannie"

the sender

There are no clues to Fannie's identity.

the recipient

There is no information that identifies Miss S Wadsworth. However the address is significant because it is the address at which a card sent on the same day was received by Mary Ann Ellen McCarthy nee Andrews

The added significance is that is another card posted from this address in 1908, Mary McCarthy makes reference to "the girl" who has gone to Southend. Perhaps that girl was S Wadsworth.

the places

Plaistow, London

Ilford, Essex

what the card says to us

The picture is entitled "Midst The Pines" with no indication of where the pines might be.

Otherwise the card tells us nothing but it is of interest because of the address and the connection to Mary McCarthy. Was S Wadsworth Mary's companion, or maid, or cook? We just don't know. In the 1911 census, only Mary McCarthy is living at this address.