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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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Ted Is In Liverpool

July 3, 2020

This card from 1917 was sent from Liverpool to Llanddulas by Ted.

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Tags 1917, postcard, Davies, Lloyd, Lloyd Davies, Hughes, Llanddulas, Denbighshire, Liverpool, Lancashire
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Happy Birthday Nancy

April 15, 2020

This is a birthday card sent in 1914 to Nancy Ward in Blackburn, Lancashire

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Tags 1914, Postcard, Birthday, Ward, Blackburn, Lancashire
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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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Thank Him For His Kindness

September 16, 2019

This card was sent in 1904 by William Raw Barrington to his cousin Edward James Dawson to ask that Edward thank his uncle Robert for his kindness.

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Tags 1904, postcard, Liverpool, Carnforth, Lancashire, Dawson, Barrington
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Early August 1929 In Liverpool Was Rainy

September 6, 2019

This card was posted in Liverpool in Early August 1929 and the weather report was rainy.

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Tags 1929, Postcard, Smallwood, Liverpoool, Lancashire, Small Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire
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All Right This Time

August 30, 2019

A simple message from a daughter to her mother, the feather curler, in 1907 Liverpool.

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Tags 1907, Liverpool, Lancashire, Riden, Kirkness, Plumassier
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Addressed to the Saddler in 1904 Halsall Lancashire

July 11, 2019

This card was posted in 1904 c/o Mr Wilson the Saddler in Halsall Lancashire

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Tags 1904, Postcard, Rimmer, Halsall, Lancashire, Ormskirk, Liverpool
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Weather Report from Blackpool on November 3rd 1924

July 1, 2019

This reads like a holiday postcard, but it was sent in November. Is this a business trip? And why might Liza misbehave?

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Tags 1924, Blackpool, Postcard, Lancashire, Helley, Sheffield, Heeley
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Strand Palace Hotel to Chorley in 1915

November 14, 2018

This card was posted from the Strand Palace Hotel in London to Chorley in Lancashire in 1915. The sender wont be able to see John.

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Tags 1915, Wildman, Postcard, Chorley, Lancashire, Adlington, Strand, London
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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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A Great Advert For Blackpool in 1908

April 28, 2018

This is a typical holiday postcard from Blackpool in 1908. The sender is having a good time.

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Tags postcard, 1908, Peacock, Brown, Blackpool, Lancashire, Crook, Durham
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