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Day Trip To Bath And Salisbury In 1907

August 21, 2021

This card is a report on a motoring day trip from Southampton to Bath and Salisbury in 1907 from Maud Crambrook nee Farrant to her sister Lucy Ann Smaridge nee Farrant via husband John Smaridge. No mention of their father Champness Farrant.

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Tags 1907, POSTCARD, Smaridge, Farrant, Crambrook, Salisbury, Wiltshire, Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, Southampton, hampshire, Normanhurst, Champness
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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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An Anonymous Christmas Card From 1908

December 19, 2020

It is not only unclear who sent this card in 1908 but is is also unclear who the intended recipient was as there are three candidates.

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Tags 1908, POSTCARD, Brooks, christmas, Bridport, Dorset
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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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1904 Mirror Writing In Ashow Warwickshire

November 23, 2020

This card was sent from Churchill, Oxfordshire to Ashow, Warwickshire in 1904. The unknown sender used mirror writing to obscure the message which on the face of it looks quite innocent, but context is everything and we don’t know the full story.

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Tags Stow, Willifer, Ashow, warwickshire, Studley, Netherstead, 1904, POSTCARD, Mirror Writing
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