Category Archives: Suffolk

UPDATE; Photo Reunited: With Mr & Mrs A R ABRAM’s Compliments

Posted on November 9, 2018 by

Update 1st April 2019: This lovely photograph has now been reunited with the Great nephew of Alexander and Dorothy ABRAM who lives in the USA – he was so pleased to receive this photograph as he had not seen it before and … Continue reading →

Posted in ABRAM, Anglesey, ASPINELL, Merchant Seaman, Old Photographs, Pendeen Cornwall, Postcard, South Stack Lighthouse, Trinity, Wales, World War 2 | Leave a comment

Lest we Forget…the unknown faces of WW1

Posted on November 6, 2018 by

With Sunday 11th November 2018 fast approaching marking the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1 remembrance is very much in everyone’s mind this week and I wanted to share some of my collection of postcards showing the unknown faces … Continue reading →

Posted in Battle of the Somme, Cenotaph, Old Photographs, Postcard, World War 1, WW1 Photograph, WW1 postcard | 1 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

Edith Drummond HAY – ‘Aunt Tuck’ postcard connection!

Posted on September 20, 2017 by

As well as my interest in postcards sent during World War 1 I have always found the life of Queen Victoria fascinating and also like to collect items or postcards relevant to her life and reign. I was therefore intrigued to … Continue reading →

Posted in Aunt Tuck, Edith Drummond HAY, Old Photographs, One Name Study, Perthshire, Postcard, Scotland, Seggieden Mansion House, VAD, World War 1 | 2 Comments

Mr & Mrs C W SNOWDON Silver Wedding 1910 Ashton under Lyne

Posted on June 2, 2017 by

Another recent super photographic postcard find was of a Silver Wedding group taken in 1910 in Ashton under Lyne in Lancashire. The information on the reverse of the postcard reads Limehurst House, Ashton under Lyne Xmas 1910 – With Hearty … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashton under Lyne, BRADLEY, Lancashire, Limehurst House, Old Photographs, One Name Study, Postcard, SNOWDON | Leave a comment

Well Known Local Dover School Mistress – Miss R K CLOUT

Posted on June 2, 2017 by

Another interesting photographic postcard find was of a well known local School Mistress from Dover Miss R K CLOUT taken on 10th December 1923. The writing on back says that Miss R K CLOUT (Well Known Local School Mistress) is … Continue reading →

Posted in 68 Maison Dieu Road, CLOUT, Dover, GOODWIN, Old Photographs, One Name Study, Postcard | Leave a comment

Are you related to Reginald and Edith ECCLES nee BREARLEY from Elland?

Posted on May 31, 2017 by

Another fascinating photographic postcard I found at the Postcard Fair in Bury St Edmunds at the weekend was a wedding photograph taken by A RUSSELL at the Southend Studio in Elland. Living in Southend-on-Sea in Essex the ‘Southend’ word caught … Continue reading →

Posted in BREARLEY, ECCLES, Elland, Old Photographs, One Name Study, Postcard | 1 Comment