Edwardian Postcards

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Happy #Suffolk Day! This card was sent to Miss Kate Norfolk who worked in her father's pub, the Bucks Head Inn, in Campsea Ashe. Her friend Millie writes, "Expect a letter some time this week. as I want to tell you all the news I can." #edwardianpostcard #oldpostcards

Postcards in place: this Morecambe doesn't exist anymore, so this is my best attempt at placing it. On the 29th June 1907 an Aunt wrote to Nellie Thompson about her stay with her sister in Morecambe. There's 18 other postcards to Miss Thompson in our collection #EdwardianPostcard

On this day 119 years ago Ag sent a photo of her house she had been living in for 10 years commissioned for a postcard and sent to a friend, although she laments it's not the best view. But I still think its a very pretty view! #OldPostcards #EdwardianPostcard

This exhibition in Lister Park ran from May to October, celebrated the opening of Cartwright Memorial Hall and the industry in Bradford. There were brass bands, a water shoot, a hall of mirrors, animated pictures, and a touring Somali village. A total of 2.4million people visited

Here's a small collection from the Bradford project of the 1904 exhibition. The back of the middle postcard reads: "Dear Cyril, Arrived safely. Enjoying ourselves immensely. Am writing this in the Hall." - the same Industrial Hall pictured on the front of the card.

The Bradford City of Culture project is going strong! I've finished inputting all the data into a spreadsheet, and I've started creating a visual map. Next it's time to track the genealogy and tell these stories! #OldPostcards #genealogy #BradfordCityOfCulture2025

Postcards in place: Sent to Mr A. B. Richards in Montreal Canada, who had previously visited Lancaster Castle. #EdwardianPostcard #OldPostcards #LancasterCastle

The Shambles, York, then and now. Much has changed but if you look closely you can still see the same puddle. #EdwardianPostcard #OldPostcards #TheShambles (second photo credit: shutterstock)

The suspicious mother-in-law serving some serious side-eye. Let's hope she didn't see this card... #OldPostcards #EdwardianPostcard #MotherInLaws

Relatable: "Hope you are not feeling too tired... Just going to have a nap." From Emma in Battersea to Maud Perry in Hammersmith 28/07/1908 #EdwardianPostcard #OldPstcards #tired

"Souvenir of the 'Royal Tour,' 1901", a Raphael Tuck & Sons postcard showing the route of the gruelling tour by the future George V and Queen Mary. This included a tour of the newly created Commonwealth of Australia as well as a jaunt across Canada and back.

A Favourite Find! I love how this message is written, although some of it is unclear. I've made it out the best I can. If anyone knows exactly what it says or means, please share! #EdwardianPostcard #OldPostcards

"Good morning my old stick in the mud. Sorry to see you are not on the teapot yet. What a good live you give by the little drops. If old drink you are having keep me a drop until we meet. From poor little me."

I came across this little gem when looking for something completely different. It's of London's Tramway Subway at the Embankment. Knowing it was posted in 1912 gives a good suggestion of date. Now, what was I looking for...?! #Postcard #Genealogy

A Favourite Find! Out of context note: "Tell Stan I should have the tortoise if you like it." From Sis to her Ma living in Ludlow, Salop, in 1907

While Archiving the new collection, I found this! This is a beautiful card embossed and detailed with gold paint sent from Emily to her niece Eliza Dogle on 23/11/1907. The detail becomes really impressive on the reverse side, where you can see the raised lines of the embossing.

Some things never change! "I don't know how we are going to get home. We went to the station yesterday but they could not tell us anything because half of the trains are not running." #OldPostcards #trains

On this day 116 years ago... Agnes Morgan arrives in Knutsford for jail... 👀😬 #Jail #EdwardianPostcard #OldPostcards

On this day 121 years ago... Hilda May would surely have been envious of the sights in Leeds!

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