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Ghost Postcards

Uncovering history one postcard at a time
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Who Or What Is Billy?

May 30, 2021

This is a card from 1909 sent from Harrogate to Ilkley. There is a lot packed into the message about Billy, some cash, some heather and Uncle Seth.

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Tags 1909, Postcard, Ilkley, Yorkshire, Harrogate, Becker, Lund
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1916 Birthday Card With A Jauntily Positioned Stamp

April 2, 2021

This is a simple birthday card sent in 1916 in Doncaster. The sender is unknown. The angle of the stamp suggests at a deeper relationship than just friendship.

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Tags 1916, Postcard, Birthday, Stevenson, Hodgson, Gomersall, Doncaster, Yorkshire
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A Prophetic Birthday Card

March 15, 2021

In 1913 this birthday card was sent to Clara Woolham in Bradford and the sender hoped that she would live to 100. She actually reached 105.

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Tags 1913, postcard, birthday, Woolham, Bradford, Yorkshire, Lawson
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A Birthday Card From 1938 Yorkshire

January 21, 2020

This is a simple birthday card sent from one sister to another in Yorkshire in 1938.

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Tags 1938, postcard, Heald, Pickard, Higgins, Pontefract, Knottingley, Yorkshire
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This Is All Right

July 21, 2018

This card was sent anonymously in 1904 to Joan Gallettie. Given the picture and the content, I'm sure she knew who sent it.

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Tags postcard, 1904, Gallettie, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire
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Frozen Dog

May 9, 2018

This card was posted in 1908 in Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire, but the address of the sender is given as "Frozen Dog". What does that mean?

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Tags 1908, Barraclough, Elmitt, Barton on Humber, Lincolnshire, Bradford, Yorkshire, Frozen Dog
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