Category Archives: Suffolk

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Hannah FOSTER nee SNELLING born 9th November 1832 in Wortham in Suffolk – any connection?

Posted on May 30, 2017 by

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 →

Posted in Births, Marriages & Deaths, FOSTER, Hastings, Old Photographs, One Name Study, Postcard, SNELLING, Suffolk, Wortham | Leave a comment

Do you have a link to these Ipswich photographs?

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

Amongst my other finds at the Fair in Woking on Saturday were two old photographs both taken by photographers in Ipswich in Suffolk. The first was taken by WHITEHEAD and has the name Mrs Edwin MAKIN written in pencil on … Continue reading →

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