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Christmas Card From 1914

December 12, 2020

This is a simple Christmas card sent to Jessie Robey in Reading in 1914.

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Tags 1914, Christmas, POSTCARD, Robey, Reading, Berkshire, Margate, KEnt, Kent, Rusholme
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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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The Werrell Collection

May 29, 2018

This card from 1906 is the final card of 7 (so far) related to Isabel Sarah Werrell (1877-1936) of Newbury, Berkshire and her family. She appears to have been an avid collector of postcards.

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The whole collection can be found here

Werrell Collection
Tags 1906, Postcard, Werrell, Eatsbourne, Newbury, Berkshire
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You Have Not Written For So Long

April 25, 2018

This is the fifth of seven cards relating to the Werrell family of Newbury, Berkshire. Minnie is worried that her sister Isabel has not written for some time.

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Tags postcard, 1906, Werrell, newbury, Berkshire
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Mr F Had A Bad Foot

April 17, 2018

This is the fourth card in a series of 7 relating to the Werrell family f Berkshire. They mostly feature churches. In this case, the clergyman appears to have a bad foot.

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Tags 1906, postcard, Werrell, newbury, Berkshire
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Fanny's Mother Is Not Well, But Getting Better

April 6, 2018

This 1905 card is one of a series related to the Werrell family of Berkshire. In it, Fanny writes to her future sister-in-law about the health of her mother.

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Tags postcard, 1905, Werrell, Oliver, Ware, Hertfordshire, Frilsham, Berkshire
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Travelling By Train In 1905 Berkshire

March 30, 2018

This is an "arrived safely" postcard sent by a niece to her aunt in 1905 Berkshire. But the journey wasn't completely delay free.

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Tags 1905, postcard, Neate, Werrell, Frilsham, Reading, Berkshire
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Get Me A Postcard Of Frilsham Rectory

January 1, 2018

This card from 1904 is the first of a series of cards associated with the Werrell family of Berkshire.

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Tags Postcard, 1904, Werrell, Frilsham, Berkshire, Bracknell
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