This is a simple card confirming safe arrival and thanks from one sister-in-law to another.
Dora Admonishes Mabel Again
Dora Admonishes Mabel For Failing To Write Home
In 1906 Dora Jameson wrote to her sister Mabel and complained that she had no written. Mabel was probably having too much fun.
Postcard To A Scout Camp
This card was sent in 1913 by an aunt to her nephew who is at scout camp.
Bad Weather And Lovely Scenery In Towyn In 1912
A simple holiday postcard from one sister to another. Posted in Towyn to an address in Catford.
Did B Go To War?
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.
A Classic Text From 1914
This card is a classic text sent from Fulham to Thornton Heath in 1914. It expects a reply that day.
A Slice Of Social History From London in October 1909
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.
Postcard Collector
This is a simple card from September 1904. It allows the reader to make up their own narrative
Glorious Weather In Eastbourne in September 1928
This is a straightforward holiday card posted in Eastbourne in 1928. Sadly some of the message is too faded to read.
A Fourth Mirror Writing Card From Louisa To Lance
This is the fourth of four cards sent by Jessie Louisa Smith to her future husband Thomas Lance Simmons in 1907. They are all written in mirror writing. They have all been returned to their rightful owner, their grand daughter.
Drayton Is Much As Usual
This 1926 is an update on life in Market Drayton for Kathleen Mawdesley who is living away.
William Has Been Around Regent's Park And Hampstead in 1906
This card was sent by William to Agnes in Putney in 1906. In 1909 they were married.
Who Is Miss Gorringe?
The postcard from 1911 was sent to a MIss Gorringe at the address of a Drapery store in Bayswater. The sender was the shop owner Robert Owen Davies. Miss Gorringe is a mystery.
Struggling To Get A Cup Of Tea in 1917 Chichester
This card was sent in 1917 by Lydia Upcott nee Platt to her sister Alice McEvoy nee Platt bemoaning the fact that she can’t get a cup of tea.
I Hope You Understand About Your Box
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?
Sent From Selfridges
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.
As Fit As A Fiddle
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.
Happy Christmas 1905 from South Norwood To La Spezia
This unlikely looking Christmas card was sent to La Spezia in Italy from South Norwood in 1905.
Strand Palace Hotel to Chorley in 1915
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.
