When I first saw this and read it, it touched me very deeply indeed. I do not know this lady, but found this sympathy letter when I was reviewing the postcards. Receiving a letter like this at such an emotional and sorrowful time would have brought Mrs Copley some comfort. Comfort to know that herself…
This postcard was sent to Miss Lockton of 109 Paget Street Loughborough on the 20th April 1913 from Winchester. After doing my research I found that the her full name is Clara Elizabeth Lockton and she was born in 1872 in Kegworth in Leicestershire. She moved with her family to Loughborough, Leicestershire Her father was…
Sometimes you see some photos that although there is little information about them, the images of the people stand out so much that you just have to share them There are two names on these photos Miss E Houghton and Miss L Quinsee. Miss Houghton is called Grace E Houghton she was born 17th June…
What a happy smiling face, I really love this photo. It was taken on 18/01/1914
The message on the front across the image reads:
Best Wishes
Sincerely Yours
L W Harris 18/1/14
Although I couldn’t find who he was I think the beauty of the photo and the message is perhaps just enough x
Unfortunately after lots of research I cannot find any information about these two lovely ladies All that is on the photo is USA Studios April 1912 EMDH Bowles It’s a real shame as I always like to find out who the people where The ladies could be either sisters or mother and daughter, they are…
There is no mention on the postcard of where this photo was taken. I really love this picture of them both, this is what drew me to it, and why I purchased it so that I could find out more about them both Polly Horowitz was born on 15th January 1892 in Germany Myer Wolf…
This photo of Mabel was taken at the Blackburn and Blackpool studios
She looks very sophisticated in this photo of her
She born to William and Lydia Adcock. William was a Cattleman and Farm Inn Keeper.
Mabel did marry and became Mabel Lake and she had two children. Freda and Edith
The photo of Merty was taken at the Chic Studios in Margate When Merty came to England she had to apply for citizenship as she was technically a refugee from another country. When she was in Germany her occupation was a X ray assistant, but in the UK she was a Domestic Servant. Her citizenship…
This postcard was written in pencil by a gentleman called Georgie. It is addressed to his mother and father, it was quite hard to read so apologies as there are some words missing, but what I could read did confirm his enrolment in the army. The picture of the card is as stated on the…
This is a really interesting postcard. After doing my research I discovered that this was the first original type of postcards that were sent. They were very thin card and when they were printed the stamp was also printed on the card as part of the design. Unlike the stamps that came later that wet…