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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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A Postcard For Remembrance Day

November 6, 2020

This is a card sent in 1917 by an unknown young lady to a young man in the Rifle Brigade who was killed in Flanders a few weeks later. Very sad. Lest we forget.

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Tags clarke, 1917, christchurch, hampshire, eastchurch, kent, ww1
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Honeymoon In Clacton-On_sea

December 4, 2019

This card was sent in 1926 by George and Violet Whayman while they were on their honeymoon in Clacton-On-Sea.

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Tags 1926, postcard, Whayman, Appleby, Botley, hampshire, Clacton-On-Sea, Essex, Moss
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Weather Report From Ilsington, Devon in August 1911

January 23, 2019

This is a straightforward holiday postcard from August 1911. It was cold in Ilsington.

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Tags 1911, postcard, morris, hunter, ilsington, devon, hampshire, southsea
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Is Bro Fred a brother or a Brother?

August 20, 2018

It has not been possible to trace the people featured in this 1911 card. The biggest question is whether Bro Fred refers to the recipient's brother or a member of a religious order.

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Tags 1911, postcard, meader, ryde, isle of wight, hampshire, parkstone, dorset
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