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Uncovering history one postcard at a time
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You Have Not Written For So Long

April 25, 2018

This is the fifth of seven cards relating to the Werrell family of Newbury, Berkshire. Minnie is worried that her sister Isabel has not written for some time.

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Tags postcard, 1906, Werrell, newbury, Berkshire
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Is Father With Them

April 19, 2018

In this card from 1910, Frank is asking his sister about the whereabouts of their parents.

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Tags 1910, postcard, scutcher, hammond, stowmarket, suffolk
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Mr F Had A Bad Foot

April 17, 2018

This is the fourth card in a series of 7 relating to the Werrell family f Berkshire. They mostly feature churches. In this case, the clergyman appears to have a bad foot.

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Tags 1906, postcard, Werrell, newbury, Berkshire
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William's Mother Is Worried About Him Going To H

April 11, 2018

This card from February 1906 reports on the weather and expresses concern.

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Tags postcard, 1906, Bassindale, Shipley, Derby, Workington
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Fanny's Mother Is Not Well, But Getting Better

April 6, 2018

This 1905 card is one of a series related to the Werrell family of Berkshire. In it, Fanny writes to her future sister-in-law about the health of her mother.

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Tags postcard, 1905, Werrell, Oliver, Ware, Hertfordshire, Frilsham, Berkshire
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Another Card Returned To The Rightful Owner

April 5, 2018

Following contact from a member of the Soppet family in New Zealand, this card has found its righful home. 

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Tags postcard, Soppet, 1905
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Travelling By Train In 1905 Berkshire

March 30, 2018

This is an "arrived safely" postcard sent by a niece to her aunt in 1905 Berkshire. But the journey wasn't completely delay free.

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Tags 1905, postcard, Neate, Werrell, Frilsham, Reading, Berkshire
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Snowballs!!

March 22, 2018

This is a tourist postcard sent in 1904 from Stanserhorn in Switzerland, and it begins with the word "Snowballs!!".

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Tags postcard, 1904, West, Stanserhorn, Switzerland, Harlesden
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Another Card For Henrietta Trott

March 20, 2018

This is the second card sent to Henrietta Trott in Torquay. This one is from 1908 and is basically an e-mail. Someone is asking for confirmation of the shift details for their sister in the dressmaking business.

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Tags postcard, 1908, Trott, Torquay, Devon
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Happy Birthday Henrietta

March 16, 2018

This is a simple birthday card from 1907 Torquay.

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Tags postcard, 1907, Trott, Torquay, Devon
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A Simple Card From Lowestoft

March 14, 2018

This card from 1905 tells that Lottie is having a lovely time in Lowestoft.

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Tags postcard, 1905, Hibbart, Lowestoft, Suffolk, Kenley, Surrey
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A Second Card For Alice Frow

March 10, 2018

This is the second card sent from mainland Europe by Herbert and Florence Henstock to her mother Alice Frow in 1904. In April they were in Rome and in October they were in Berlin.

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Tags postcard, 1904, frow, henstock, patricroft, manchester, berlin
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Short And Sweet From Paris

March 7, 2018

There is little to be learned from this 1906 card sent from Paris. But there are many questions suggested by it.

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Tags 1906, postcard, brace, paris, france, St Johns Wood, London
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Untraced Miss C Melville

March 6, 2018

The recipient of this 1905 card, charming though it is, has proved impossible to trace.

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Tags 1905, windermere, huddersfield, gledholt, melville, Frank Hubert Shaw
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A Second Card For The Blakes of Torquay

March 5, 2018

This 1904 card sent from California to Torquay has led to the revision of a previous card because the sender can now be identified.

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Tags 1904, Blake, Wawona, Yosemite, California, Torquay, Devon
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A Birth Is Announced in 1906

February 28, 2018

This card went from Dunnville, Ontario via New York, to Edinburgh to tell Fanny Stenhouse about her new neice Agnes McNeill in July 1906.

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Tags 1906, Dunnville, Ontario, Canada, Edinburgh, Dawson, McNeill, Stenhouse
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The French Riviera Had Little Rainfall in 1908

February 27, 2018

This card is from 1908. Unfortunately we can't tell what month. It came from the French Riviera to Kidderminster and if that wasn't bad enough, it reports good weather.

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Tags 1908, dawson, menton, kidderminster
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Is This An Early Pen Pal Card?

February 11, 2018

This 1909 card, sent from Philadephia to Mortlake is intriguing. Is it an early pen friend letter?

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Tags postcard, 1909, davey, mortlake, surrey, philadelphia, pennsylvania
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Weather Report For Malvern In July 1904

February 5, 2018

This classic holiday postcard was posted in Malvern in July 1904. It was wet.

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Tags postcard, 1904, malvern, nunhead, catchpole, carvil
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Completely Anonymous From Malta

February 2, 2018

This 1905 card, almost certainly posted in Malta to Ruby Coombes was completely anonymous. Hopefully she knew who sent it.

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Tags postcard, 1905, malta, coombes, wilshere, weston-super-mare, somerset
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