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Uncovering history one postcard at a time
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Mother To Son

August 28, 2021

Not much to say about this card sent by a mother to her son in Worth, Kent in 1906.

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Tags 1906, Postcard, Caspell, Wolfe, Farrier, Worth, Dover, Kent, Ramsgate, Sandwich
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One Week In Birmingham

May 15, 2021

In this card from 1917 Frederick Packham tells his wife that he is OK on his trip to Birmingham.

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Tags 1917, POSTCARD, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Maidstone, Kent, Packham, Harmer
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A Slice Of Social History From London in October 1909

February 22, 2021

These are two cards written by Leonard Heath to his parents in 1909. The second of the two gives a wonderful slice of social history from 1909.

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Tags 1909, Postcard, Heath, Cloke, Forest Row, Sussex, Battersea, London, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Nimrod, Albert Dock, Blackwall Tunnel
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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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Saw The Earl And The Girl

March 21, 2020

This card was sent from Blackpool in 1909 by Henry Elphick to his sister Laura in Hadlow, Kent. He seems to be having a great holiday.

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Tags 1909, Postcard, Elphick, Blackpool, Lancashire, Hadlow, Kent
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I Hope You Understand About Your Box

March 18, 2020

The message on this 1909 card between two sisters raises a whole heap of questions. What was significant about the box and what happened to it?

And who knew Speaking Tube Braider was an occupation?

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Tags 1909, postcard, Moore, Canonbury, London, Ramsgate, Kent
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Sent From Selfridges

March 13, 2020

It is not often that a postcard message contains the precise location in which it was written. This one was sent in 1932 from Selfridges in Oxford Street, London.

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Tags 1932, Postcard, Coulstock, Taverner, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, London, Selfridges
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As Fit As A Fiddle

March 6, 2020

This card was sent from Margate in 1920 by Doris Fowler to her father Charles in Shepherds Bush. She felt as fit as a fiddle.

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Tags 1920, postcard, Fowler, Margate, Kent, Shepherds Bush, London
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