10TH JANUARY 1907 W TO NORAH GERTRUDE BIRCH

LONDON SW TO RAMSGATE, KENT

66 miles

the message

The message has been written upside down in mirror writing and in French. Here is a translation courtesy of Alys Cambray from the Ghostpostcards Facebook Group.

“HEy you from inside the fortress. I don’t know what to say to you because I’m fighting Joe in the moat and if I succeed in killing him I’ll punish you for having sought his assistance against your W. GEt ready for the storming of the fortress. Is “fortress” the feminine of “fort”.

Your W”

the sender

It is assumed that the sender is William Harvey Ide. For details of William including family trees and location maps follow this link to an accompanying card sent two days earlier

the recipient

For details of Norah Gertrude Birch follow the link above.

what the card says to us

As with the card from January 10th, the picture shows Irene Vanburgh and George Alexander,

The content of the message carries a different tone from the earlier card. There seems to be a touch of anger, even though there is a joke at the end. It would be fantastic to know what had happened on January 11th to make this change. Things don’t seem to be running smoothly. Who is Joe? Where is the moat?