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Posted 3 Times

September 1, 2018

This card was first posted on September 8th 1912 near Tal-y-Bont. It went to Harrow-On-The-Hill. The following day it was re-addressed and sent to Bredfield. The following day it was re-addressed again and posted to Bridlington.

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Tags 1912, postcard, mayhew, bridlington, yorkshire, bredfield, suffolk, harrow-on-the-hill, middlesex, tal-y-bont, dyffryn, gwynedd
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No Message

August 28, 2018

This card is from 1905 and has no message and no clue as to who sent it. So many questions.

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Tags 1905, postcard, henfield, sussex, peirce, vale crucis abbey, llangollen, denbighshire
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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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Not A Typical Blackpool Holiday Postcard

August 15, 2018

This card was sent by a holiday maker in Blackpool in 1912. Why this card and not a picture of the tower?

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Tags postcard, 1912, Greenup, Gate, Caldbeck, Wigton, Cumbria, Blackpool, Lancashire
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Who was Jack Hull?

August 10, 2018

This card was sent in 1906 to Alfred Fabb. It is an apology for the sender not turning up, possibly for a night out. Someone has written the name Jack Hull on the front of the card. Who was Jack Hull and whrn was his name added?

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Tags 1906, Postcard, Woolwich, London, Fabb, Jack Hull, Newark Abbey
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Weather Report From Deal Kent September 1906

August 3, 2018

This is a holiday card sent from Deal to Godalming in September 1906

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Tags 1906, postcard, godalming, surrey, deal, kent, verstage
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Gallettia or Gallettie?

August 2, 2018

These two cards from 1904 were both sent to Joan, but was her surname Gallettie or Gallettia?

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Tags 1904, postcard, Middlesbrough, scarborough, gallettia, gallettie
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Happy Christmas in 1904

July 27, 2018

This is a simple Christmas card sent in 1904 to Florence Verstage.

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Tags 1904, postcard, christmas, verstage, margate, kent, godalming, surrey
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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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Which Miss Workman?

July 14, 2018

This card from 1917 was sent my a mother to one of her five daughters but there is no way of telling which one.

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Tags 1917, postcard, york, yorkshire, workman, wilkinson, mark ash wood
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Anymore Word About The Byre

July 8, 2018

This card was posted in Cockermouth in 1905 by Bill who is asking Annie Jackson nee Richardson, in Applethwaite, about a byre.

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Tags Postcard, 1905, cockermouth, cumbria, applethwaite, keswick, jackson, richardson
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The Werrell Collection

May 29, 2018

This card from 1906 is the final card of 7 (so far) related to Isabel Sarah Werrell (1877-1936) of Newbury, Berkshire and her family. She appears to have been an avid collector of postcards.

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The whole collection can be found here

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Tags 1906, Postcard, Werrell, Eatsbourne, Newbury, Berkshire
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Sorry This Is Not Quite The Card I Wanted

May 27, 2018

This card was sent in 1918 and does not have a meaningful message. 

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Tags 1918, Postcard, Nixon, Clementson, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear
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Eva's Engagement

May 23, 2018

This is the second of two postcards from 1907 that were sent to Marie Ogier Le Patourel who was living on Guernsey in the Channel Islands.

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Tags 1907, Postcard, Le Patourel, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Gaudion, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
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Winnie Enjoying Lovely Weather

May 18, 2018

This card from 1905 is not signed. It was sent to Beatrice Tarr who later moved from Taunton, Somerset to Winnipeg in Canada.

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Tags 1905, Postcard, Tarr, Clevedon, Somerset, Taunton
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Samedi

May 12, 2018

This 1905 card is signed with a nickname. 

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Tags 1905, postcard, schofield, samedi, huddersfield, halifax
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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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A Love Letter With A Link To Call The Midwife

May 4, 2018

This card from 1905 is a love letter to someone who later may have featured in Call The Midwife story lines.

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Tags postcard, 1905, Moore, Keynsham, Somerset, Bath, Community Of St John The Divine
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Make Haste

May 1, 2018

This is the 6th of 7 postcards relating to the Werrell family of Berkshire. The message is quite mundane, but most postcards probably were in 1906.

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Tags postcard, 1906, Werrell, newbury, berkshire, Wokingham, Sonning
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A Great Advert For Blackpool in 1908

April 28, 2018

This is a typical holiday postcard from Blackpool in 1908. The sender is having a good time.

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Tags postcard, 1908, Peacock, Brown, Blackpool, Lancashire, Crook, Durham
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