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Ted Is In Liverpool

July 3, 2020

This card from 1917 was sent from Liverpool to Llanddulas by Ted.

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Tags 1917, postcard, Davies, Lloyd, Lloyd Davies, Hughes, Llanddulas, Denbighshire, Liverpool, Lancashire
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William Has Been Around Regent's Park And Hampstead in 1906

June 18, 2020

This card was sent by William to Agnes in Putney in 1906. In 1909 they were married.

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Tags 1906, Putney, London, Camberwell, Cobb, Horne
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Who Is Miss Gorringe?

June 13, 2020

The postcard from 1911 was sent to a MIss Gorringe at the address of a Drapery store in Bayswater. The sender was the shop owner Robert Owen Davies. Miss Gorringe is a mystery.

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Tags 1911, postcard, aberystwyth, wrexham, North Wales, Ceredigion, Bayswater, London, Davies, Owen, Owen Owen
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Don't Put The Few Pence In

June 8, 2020

In this 1909 card there is some question of money.

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Tags 1909, postcard, townsend, stoke on trent, stafford, staffordshire
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Love Is Growing in Corbridge in 1905

May 31, 2020

This card was posted in 1905 in Corbridge by Albert Hope to Isabella Martin in Newcastle. 6 years later they married.

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Tags corbridge, 1905, postcard, Hope, Martin, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland
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Struggling To Get A Cup Of Tea in 1917 Chichester

May 20, 2020

This card was sent in 1917 by Lydia Upcott nee Platt to her sister Alice McEvoy nee Platt bemoaning the fact that she can’t get a cup of tea.

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Tags 1917, Chichester, Sussex, Wandsworth, London, SW18, McEvoy, Platt, Upcott, Bird
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Having A Great Time In 1931 Llandudno

May 15, 2020

This card is from 1931. It is a holiday card sent from Llandudno to Liverpool. The senders, Clarice and Freda are having a great time and playing a lot of tennis.

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Tags 1931, Postcard, Blood, Landudno, Liverpool, lancashire, Penrhyn Bay, Colwyn Bay
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Cards Reunited

May 8, 2020

After being contacted by a member of the extended family related to these 3 cards, they are to be reunited with their rightful owner.

The cards from 1907 and 1922 relate to the Le Patourel family of Guernsey.

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Tags 1922, 1907, Le Patrouel, Guernsey, campton, new hampshire, St Peter Port
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Herrmann AKA Harman

April 30, 2020

The story behind this 1906 postcard involves a change of surname during WWI

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Tags postcard, 1906, Herrmann, Harman, Foulkes, Jones, Watford, Hertfordshire, Llwyngwril, Merionethshire
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South Godstone, Surrey, Blighty

April 22, 2020

A birthday card for Coralie Gibbs from 1917 which includes “Blighty” in the address.

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Tags 1917, Blighty, Surrey, South Godstone, Godstone, Gibbs, Postcard
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Happy Birthday Nancy

April 15, 2020

This is a birthday card sent in 1914 to Nancy Ward in Blackburn, Lancashire

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Tags 1914, Postcard, Birthday, Ward, Blackburn, Lancashire
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Have Just Seen Dodds, Late Of Anderson And Dodds

April 7, 2020

In 1913 James Noble sent this card from Edinburgh to his wife Agnes in Nottingham. He pretends to be Scots.

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Tags 1913, postcard, Noble, Wright, Edinburgh, Scotland, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
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Husband To Wife Birthday Card

March 30, 2020

This birthday postcard was sent in 1935 from a husband to his wife. They lived in a small Norfolk village so you wonder why he put a stamp on it and posted it. Perhaps she liked receiving post.

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Tags 1935, Postcard, Birthday, Canham, Barker, Limpenhoe, Norwich, Norfolk
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Saw The Earl And The Girl

March 21, 2020

This card was sent from Blackpool in 1909 by Henry Elphick to his sister Laura in Hadlow, Kent. He seems to be having a great holiday.

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Tags 1909, Postcard, Elphick, Blackpool, Lancashire, Hadlow, Kent
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I Hope You Understand About Your Box

March 18, 2020

The message on this 1909 card between two sisters raises a whole heap of questions. What was significant about the box and what happened to it?

And who knew Speaking Tube Braider was an occupation?

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Tags 1909, postcard, Moore, Canonbury, London, Ramsgate, Kent
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Sent From Selfridges

March 13, 2020

It is not often that a postcard message contains the precise location in which it was written. This one was sent in 1932 from Selfridges in Oxford Street, London.

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Tags 1932, Postcard, Coulstock, Taverner, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, London, Selfridges
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As Fit As A Fiddle

March 6, 2020

This card was sent from Margate in 1920 by Doris Fowler to her father Charles in Shepherds Bush. She felt as fit as a fiddle.

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Tags 1920, postcard, Fowler, Margate, Kent, Shepherds Bush, London
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Who is D?

March 1, 2020

This is a simple birthday card for Mary Alice Daw from 1915 in Paignton, Devon. But who is D?

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Tags Postcard, 1915, Paignton, Devon, Daw
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Walking Tour Of The Wirral In 1911

February 21, 2020

This card from a young man to his mother in 1911 describes a walking tour of the Wirral. He is accompanied by his future wife.

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Tags 1911, Postcard, Williams, Gee, Donaghey, Liverpool, lancashire, Eccles, Manchester
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Happy Natal Day 1915

February 14, 2020

This card from 1915 is one of a series of congratulations cards sent to Emily Jasper.

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Tags 1915, postcard, birthday, Jasper, Devon, Cornwall, South Brent, Lewannick
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