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Bertha's Birthday in North Curry 1912

July 3, 2021

Just a birthday card from 1912 posted to the Angel Inn, North Curry, Somerset. Or is that the “Angle” Inn?

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Tags 1912, Postcard, Durman, North Curry, Taunton, Somerset, Baker, Filer
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Sales Report From Hanley In 1912

May 21, 2021

This card was sent by Ernest Tattersall to his wife Clara in 1912 He is a salesman on the road and he is in Hanley. She is at home in Burnley.

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Tags 1912, postcard, Hanley, Staffordshire, Burnley, Lancashire, Tattersall, Crankshaw
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Bad Weather And Lovely Scenery In Towyn In 1912

May 4, 2021

A simple holiday postcard from one sister to another. Posted in Towyn to an address in Catford.

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Tags 1912, Postcard, Towyn, Conwy, Wood, Wells, Catford, London, Teg Annedd
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Did B Go To War?

April 26, 2021

This card from 1912 was sent from Poplar to Grays by someone who was very keen on Betsy Merchant. She didn’t marry him though. Did he go to war and not come back? We’ll probably never know.

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Tags 1912, Postcard, Merchant, Court, Grays, Essex, Poplar, London
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R Watts Promoting Their Preacher Father

March 12, 2021

This card could be interpreted in a sinister way.

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Tags 1912, postcard, James, Worthing, Sussex, Luton, Bedfordshire, Watts
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A Christmassy Card Rather Than A Christmas Card

December 7, 2020

This card was sent in late December 1912 and although there is a Christmassy look to it, it is actually someone asking their mother for a lift from the station.

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Tags 1912, Postcard, Christmas, Xmas, Wilshere, Holloway, Fisher, Reading, Berkshire, Bucklebury Common, Bucklebury, Newbury, Midgham
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1912 Birthday Card With Curious Narrative

June 17, 2019

This is a birthday card for Elizabeth Wilkins in Westbury in 1912. What the the pictures mean is not immediately clear.

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Tags 1912, Postcard, Birthday, Wilkins, Wheeler, Westbury, Wiltshire
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Merry Christmas from 1912 Ashton-Under-Lyne

December 23, 2018

This is a Christmas card sent in 1912 by a 15 year old girl to her elder cousin. Interestingly her name is Hilda, but she signed it Hylda.

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Tags 1912, postcard, Christmas, benton, wythburn, williams, ashton under lyne, lancashire, cumbria
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Posted 3 Times

September 1, 2018

This card was first posted on September 8th 1912 near Tal-y-Bont. It went to Harrow-On-The-Hill. The following day it was re-addressed and sent to Bredfield. The following day it was re-addressed again and posted to Bridlington.

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Tags 1912, postcard, mayhew, bridlington, yorkshire, bredfield, suffolk, harrow-on-the-hill, middlesex, tal-y-bont, dyffryn, gwynedd
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Not A Typical Blackpool Holiday Postcard

August 15, 2018

This card was sent by a holiday maker in Blackpool in 1912. Why this card and not a picture of the tower?

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Tags postcard, 1912, Greenup, Gate, Caldbeck, Wigton, Cumbria, Blackpool, Lancashire
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King George V and Queen Mary visited Bristol in June 1912

August 19, 2017

This 1912 card wishes the recipient a good view of the King and Queen for their visit to Bristol.

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Tags postcard, 1912, kieser, pinnock, burnham-on-sea, bristol, King George V, Queen Mary
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