february 19th 1906 minnie elizabeth werrell to isabel sarah werrell

newbury, berkshire

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the message

"My Dear S,

many thanks for P C, what a wet day it was Sunday and today we did not have any church all day at Frilsham Mr F had a bad foot could not walk down there. A went to Newbury last Tuesday.

no more now with love from all from tour loving sister Minnie"

the sender

For information about Minnie Elizabeth Werrell (1883-1941), follow this link to another card in the collection

the recipient

For information about Isabel Sarah Werrell (1877-1936) follow this link to another card in the collection

the tree

the places

Newbury, Berkshire

Staines, Surrey

what the card says to us

The picture shows the Parish Church in Staines, Surrey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s,_Staines). There seems to be no link to the family except that they appear to like postcards with churches on them.

Everyone mentioned in the card is referred to by an initial. S is Isabel Sarah Werrell. A is Mary Ann Neate nee Werrell (1847-1909), the recipient of another card in the collection. Mr F is probably George Floyd (1834-?), a clergyman in the village. He had a bad foot that weekend.

We learned that Mary Ann Neate went to Newbury and that the weather was not good.

The address for the card is Crookham Manor where Isabel Sarah was a housemaid for Maude Mary Baker, a widow of independent means. Crookham Manor went on to be a school with a scandal and later it was used for the children of Greenham Common protesters. It is now abandoned.