September 27th 1907 jessie louisa smith to Thomas lance simmons

berkhamsted, hertfordshire to Exeter, devon

147 miles

The Message

"My own darling Lance. Thank you so much for your lovely card this morning, so pleased to hear you are going along nicely still as I am myself dear. Our promise is "Thou Shalt be like a watered garden and like a spring of water". ????? gets worse now. But the weather is simply lovely dear. I don't say now only one more day and then Sunday dear I don't look forward to them, but I am not miserable dear. Goodbye Lance darling with all my truest love and kisses from your own little girl."
 

The sender

For details of Jessie Louisa Smith see the first postcard in this series using the link at the bottom of the page

The recipient

For details of Thomas Lance Simmons see the first postcard in the series using the link at the bottom of the page.

the trees

Simmons

Smith

The Places

Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire to Exeter, Devon

Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire

Exeter, Devon

Hughenden Manor, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hughenden 

What the card says to us

This is the second of four postcards, all posted in September 1907. As a trio they are discussed in the commentary that accompanies the first which can be found at the link at the bottom of the page.

When compared with the other two cards this one has the obvious big difference in that it was sent to Thomas Lance in Exeter. It was sent 25 days after the first and only 2 days before the second which resumes the destination of Watford, albeit to a different address. For a hairdresser, Thomas Lance seems to get about quite a bit. There is no clue as to what business might have taken him to Devon.

The three other cards in the series can be found here.