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A random photo find on eBay turned out to have links to a Suffolk World War 1 project
Like my good friend Lynn from https://lynnswaffles.com who blogs about the old photographs that she finds and researches, I have very much missed visiting Postcard Fairs, Flea Markets, Charity Shops etc. during the lock down this year, so I have … Continue reading
Posted in Guild of One Name Studies, Ipswich, Old Photograph, PARKER, Somme, Suffolk, Thiepval, World War 1
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You never think it’s going to happen to you – old family photograph find!!
Well what an amazing start to my Saturday morning!! As you know I blog about old photographs and postcards that I have found and researched hoping to reunite them with a family member if possible and I now also have … Continue reading
UPDATE: Photo Reunited: With Mr & Mrs A R ABRAM’s Compliments
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
Lest we Forget…the unknown faces of WW1
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
I Don’t Care I Kissed Her – Another Easton WW1 Postcard
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
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Edith Drummond HAY – ‘Aunt Tuck’ postcard connection!
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
Mr & Mrs C W SNOWDON Silver Wedding 1910 Ashton under Lyne
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
Well Known Local Dover School Mistress – Miss R K CLOUT
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
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Are you related to Reginald and Edith ECCLES nee BREARLEY from Elland?
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
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Hannah FOSTER nee SNELLING born 9th November 1832 in Wortham in Suffolk – any connection?
I was at a postcard fair in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk over the weekend and as well as searching the topographical postcards boxes, I can never resist looking in the people or social history sections as well. As you … Continue reading
