Category Archives: Postcard

Joseph Halsted COBDEN born 6th May 1917

Posted on June 13, 2018 by

As you will already know I love collecting old postcards and photographs and I am often searching eBay and also looking at the fantastic website of Old Postcards to see what I can find to add to my various collections – … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruton Somerset, BUSH, COBDEN, HALSTED, Martock Somerset, Old Photograph, One Name Study, POOL, Postcard, Somerset | 1 Comment

Gunner E H ROBINSON didn’t want to miss his post from home!

Posted on April 6, 2018 by

Another recent postcard find intrigued me as it appeared to have been sent by the writer E H ROBINSON to himself – however on reading the message in full it would seem he was sending the postcard home, in an … Continue reading →

Posted in Clitheroe, Deepcut Camp, LAMBERT, One Name Study, Postcard, ROBINSON, Seige Battery, Tosside, World War 1, WW1 postcard | 1 Comment

Brother William Carleton BARRETT – Reuniting a face with a name on a fantastic WW1 project!

Posted on April 6, 2018 by

Following a fascinating and informative AGRA (Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives) visit to Freemasons Hall in London last month, I was therefore intrigued to recently find this lovely photographic postcard with lots of information written on the back! The … Continue reading →

Posted in AGRA, BARRETT, Medals, Merchant Service, Old Photograph, One Name Study, Postcard, St Botolphs Lodge, The Masonic Great War Project, World War 1, WW1 Photograph, WW1 postcard | Leave a comment

UPDATE: Looking for a DIX family from Staffordshire not Suffolk!

Posted on March 20, 2018 by

Further to my recent blog post about a DIX family photograph I had recently found that was unconnected to my own family tree, I am now pleased to say that the photograph has now been reunited with the correct family. … Continue reading →

Posted in DIX, One Name Study, Postcard, RINGROSE, Walsall Staffordshire, World War 2 | Leave a comment

Looking for a DIX family from Staffordshire not Suffolk!!

Posted on March 6, 2018 by

Having DIX  ancestors in my paternal family tree from Dunwich in Suffolk I was intrigued to recently find a super old photo postcard with writing on the back which read: Mr & Mrs George DIX my God Mother Mrs RINGROSE … Continue reading →

Posted in 26 William Street, 273 West Bromwich Road, DIX, One Name Study, Postcard, RINGROSE, Walsall Staffordshire | Leave a comment

Dear Mother from your ever loving son Reg October 1917…

Posted on January 20, 2018 by

As you already know I am always intrigued by the messages and addresses on the back of old postcards that I buy and sell and I have recently found a postcard of South Parade Pier in Southsea sent in October … Continue reading →

Posted in BEAVIS, Hailsham, MOON, One Name Study, Postcard, World War 1, WW1 postcard | Leave a comment

I Don’t Care I Kissed Her – Another Easton WW1 Postcard

Posted on January 17, 2018 by

As part of my Easton WW1 Red Cross Hospital research I am always on the lookout for old postcards that have been sent by the soldiers who were recovering in the Suffolk village away from the frontline trenches in France … Continue reading →

Posted in British Red Cross, Easton, Framlingham, Postcard, Suffolk, World War 1, WW1 postcard | Leave a comment