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Uncovering history one postcard at a time
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1916 Birthday Card With A Jauntily Positioned Stamp

April 2, 2021

This is a simple birthday card sent in 1916 in Doncaster. The sender is unknown. The angle of the stamp suggests at a deeper relationship than just friendship.

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Tags 1916, Postcard, Birthday, Stevenson, Hodgson, Gomersall, Doncaster, Yorkshire
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I Have Had A Letter From Stanley

November 13, 2019

This is a happier postcard from WWI. In 1916 there is news of Stanley and he is OK. Stanley survived the war.

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Tags 1916, postcard, Whayman, Ipswich, Suffolk
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Another Wrathall Family Birthday Card

November 5, 2017

This is another is a series of cards relating to the Wrathall family of Lancaster. This one was posted in 1916.

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Tags Postcard, Wrathall, Lancaster, Birthday, 1916
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The Recipient Married Alpha Omega Little

November 1, 2017

This card from 1916 is memorable for two things. The picture shows fantastic period detail, and the recipient, Harold Ryan, went on to marry someone called Alpha Omega Little.

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Tags postcard, 1916, Ryan, Little, Eastbourne, Workington
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Sorry About The Hat

September 22, 2017

Postcards sent during WWI are often tinged with sadness and this is no exception. But I wonder what happened to Wilf's mother's hat.

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Tags postcard, 1916, moore, silverwood, ingleton, leeds
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