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Lilian Blencowe Must Have Liked Horses

June 2, 2019

This is a second postcard sent to Lilian Blencowe in Kingston Hill, Surrey in 1905. Both have horses on them. She was 4 years old.

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Tags 1905, Postcard, Blencowe, Kingston Hill, Surrey, Newmarket, Suffolk, Bottisham, Cambridgeshire
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Card Reunited With Family

June 1, 2019

This card was successfully reunited with its rightful owner.

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Happy Birthday in 1917 Scunthorpe

May 13, 2019

A simple birthday postcard from 1917

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Tags 1917, postcard, richardson, leeves, young, doncaster, yorkshire, scunthorpe, lincolnshire
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Arthur Cecil Tabor 1906 Card Successfully Returned To Rightful Owner

May 5, 2019

This card from 1906 has been successfully reunited with the owning family.

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Tags 1906, postcard, Tabor, Bolton, Lanacshire, Ambleside, Cumbria
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Tough Journey to Bobcaygeon, Ontario in 1909

April 26, 2019

Unfortunately it is not clear who sent this card over 3000 miles from Bobcaygeon to Kirkby Stephen in 1909, but it is clear that they had a tough struggle getting there.

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Tags 1909, bobcaygeon, Ontario, canada, kirkby stephen, cumbria, westmoreland, bousfield
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A Meeting Missed In Whitland

April 24, 2019

There is not much to say about this card from rural Wales in 1907.

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Tags 1907, postcard, whitland, carmarthenshire, thomas, davies
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I Am Surprised At You

April 3, 2019

This 1908 card from sister to brother is quite complex in terms of geography and dress making.

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Tags 1908, postcard, potts, rhyl, flintshire, dolgellau, butt lane, staffordshire
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Have you seen "92" lately?

March 18, 2019

This card from 1908 is a mystery, or several mysteries. Who is Q? What are “51” and “92”. What does Emily Shorthouse like? So many questions. So few answers.

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Tags postcard, 1908, Shorthouse, Leicester, leicestershire, birmingham, warwickshire
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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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Happy Birthday Mrs Edmond

January 16, 2019

This is a curious birthday card from 1915 Hartlepool.

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Tags postcard, birthday, 1915, hartlepool, durham, edmond, houlton
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Merry Christmas from 1912 Ashton-Under-Lyne

December 23, 2018

This is a Christmas card sent in 1912 by a 15 year old girl to her elder cousin. Interestingly her name is Hilda, but she signed it Hylda.

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Tags 1912, postcard, Christmas, benton, wythburn, williams, ashton under lyne, lancashire, cumbria
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Happy Christmas 1905 from South Norwood To La Spezia

November 20, 2018

This unlikely looking Christmas card was sent to La Spezia in Italy from South Norwood in 1905.

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Tags 1905, Christmas, Plimpton, South Norwood, London, Joyce, La Spezia, Italy
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Strand Palace Hotel to Chorley in 1915

November 14, 2018

This card was posted from the Strand Palace Hotel in London to Chorley in Lancashire in 1915. The sender wont be able to see John.

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Tags 1915, Wildman, Postcard, Chorley, Lancashire, Adlington, Strand, London
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New Hampshire to Guernsey

November 7, 2018

This card went all the way from New Hampshire to Guernsey in 1922. It alludes to some form of summer seasonal activity.

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Tags 1922, postcard, holderness, le patrouel, new hampshire, guernsey, asquam lake, campton
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Just Had Tea

October 22, 2018

This is a simple “arrived safely” text from 1904 with the unnecessary embellishment that informs the recipient that the sender has just had tea.

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Tags 1904, postcard, jackson, bousfield, thame, oxfordshire, bournemouth, dorset, lashlake
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1904 Card Successfully Reunited With Owner

October 11, 2018

This card from August 1904 has been successfully reunited with a member of the Prendergast family.

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Dead Calm in Morecambe in July 1905

October 10, 2018

This card from 1905 is confusing because it is not clear who sent it to whom, but the family concerned is quite clear. It is the Bradley family from Astley in Lancashire.

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Tags 1905, postcard, bradley, astley, lancashire, morecambe
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We Are All Just Going To Fanny-On-The-Hill

October 1, 2018

This 1905 card informs a young man’s mother that he has arrived safely at his brother’s and they are gong to the pub. And the story behind the card shows how names and spellings can change over time when conveyed by word of mouth.

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Tags 1905, postcard, Woolwich, loughborough, leicestershire, london, bruton, stuart, steward, stewart
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Who was Harry?

September 29, 2018

This 1908 card tells us absolutely nothing about the sender except that he was called Harry.

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Tags 1908, postcard, packham, wimbledon
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Dry in Dartford in October 1905

September 18, 2018

This is a simple “arrived safely” card from 1905 Kent. It was dry.

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Tags postcard, 1905, williams, ightham, kent, dartford, worthing, sussex
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