july 2nd 1907 mark to ada maud leask

Ramsgate, kent to Clapton, london

76 miles

the message

"Dear Ada

Having such a jolly time, weather grand though cold. I could do a month of this easy. Hope you had a nice holiday.

Love Mark"

the sender

There are no clues to Mark's identity.

the recipient

Ada Maud Leask (1879-1969) was the daughter of William John Leask (1847-1898) and Annie Dunbar (1848-?). When this card was sent Ada was 28 years old. In 1911 she is in the census as living with her widowed mother and working as a ledger clerk for a lamp manufacturer. Her sister Florence Annie Leask (1874-1958) and her brother Leonard Arthur Thomas Leask (1889-1971)are also living at home, one a general clerk for a mining company and the other a church organist. In 1891 William, their father, is listed as a Railway Clerk.

the places

Ramsgate and Minster, Kent

Clapton, London

what the card says to us

The picture on the card is labelled Minster Church which is confusing because a minster is a particular type of church. However this label actually refers to the church in Minster-In-Thanet, a village near Ramsgate. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minster-in-Thanet)

The card itself is a simple update on the weather in Ramsgate in July 1907 and it was cold.