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Postbox St Patrick's day #stpatricksday

1946 a postcard arrived for Thomas Cooke of Chatsworth Rd Ainsdale Posted in Portrush & showing Belfast City Hall “The food here is really delicious, just like pre-war.” “The shoe shops have lovely shoes – but they are an awful price.” #PostFromBefore #SocialHistory

A postcard from Lugano, Switzerland in Sept 1926 to Mr Frank Standring Chatsworth Rd, Ainsdale They describe the town in the height of the season with many English and Americans “The dearest thing to buy is a cup of tea” Even abroad, tea mattered #PostFromBefore #Postcards

A look back at a recent delivery from a different perspective. To Miss Budding of Livingston Drive, near Sefton Park #postfrombefore #seftonpark #livingstondrive

Warren Drive New Brighton #postboxsaturday

Two postcards to Miss Grimes, delivered today 1907 she was living at Ivanhoe Rd off Lark Lane 1908 she was in Mersey Avenue Sometimes the smallest postcards are the only surviving trace of a life. #PostFromBefore #LiverpoolHistory #warrenpoint #larklane

1909 postcard sent by Grace in London to her sister Rebecca at Guinness Buildings, Thomas Court, Dublin,her husband a lighterman with Guinness. A simple message: Jack, aged 16, has arrived safely. Today, it travels on to his great-granddaughter #PostFromBefore #DublinHistory

Posted in 1910 to Miss Budding, Boa Vista, Livingston Drive, Liverpool & returned 115 years later A domestic servant in a grand house near Sefton Park, she left the faintest trace in the records. By the next census, she had moved on #LiverpoolHistory #EdwardianLiverpool

Today we paused beside the grave of Leading Wren Gladys Mary Jenks, who died on 15 February 1947, aged 45. On past visits to Toxteth Park Cemetery we found ourselves standing by her grave by chance. Lest we forget. #PostFromBefore #LiverpoolHistory #WRNS #LestWeForget

1934 to Master Boase, aged 3 of Sefton Drive, Liverpool His aunt writes: 'I hope you are a very good boy. Pooey has been very naughty & eaten some of Mother’s Aniseed' This returned to its original destination today #PostFromBefore #Liverpool #MerseyTunnel #SocialHistory

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#Liverpool OTD - 1945: A Tram crash results in one death and 79 injured. Corner of Byrom and Dale St. The fatality was Brother Martin McGouran (59) from St. Francis Xavier's.

Florence Whittingham wrote home to her parents in Warrington in 1904 'I came away without the blouse pattern' Today, the card returns to its address,not delivered, but remembered History, in the smallest things. #FamilyHistory #walton #Postboxsaturday #historyinyourhands

From a faded postcard of Liverpool’s waterfront to a shared grave in Heswall, the O’Byrne siblings’ story emerges. Three teachers, separated by work and war, reunited at last — all traced back to a few faint pencil lines. #PostcardHistory #HiddenHistories #LiverpoolHistory

Sometimes these posts should be shouted not whispered Found - Yorkshire returned - Liverpool A 1904 card from Jane Meikle to her mother of High Park Street, sent from Ireland & made it home to family working metres from where this was typed #PostFromBefore #Liverpool #History

Never a Christmas morning dawns.... old days, old times, old friends 1970 & a card from Pennsylvania to Liverpool, Mr & Mrs Wilson writing to their friends in Rockbank Road. Returning to its destination today🎄✉️ #PostFromBefore #ChristmasEve #OldFriends #Liverpool #ChristmasPost

🎄 Christmas 1906 A Christmas card sent to Miss Doris Kilshall in Burtonwood We met her mother before while on holiday in Llandudno This time, we visit their home in Burtonwood A Christmas morning, remembered 📮✨ #PostFromBefore #Christmas #EdwardianChristmas #VintagePostcard

Christmas 1911, a melody travels through time. From Mr Holden of Dingle Academy of Music to Eva Williams of Wavertree. A season’s greeting, wrapped in music whispering across 114 years returning Christmas Eve #LiverpoolHistory #VintagePostcard #Christmas #HistoricLiverpool

A simple message posted on 24 December 1904 to Miss Moore from Maggie 'Just a wish for Xmas tyde' returning again on Christmas Eve, wishing those inside, 'A Happy Xmas & a prosperous new year' #PostFromBefore #LiverpoolHistory #EdwardianEngland #VintagePostcard #ChristmasPostcard

1913 & a card sent to Miss Dolly Potter, Belmont Road, Liverpool A seasonal greeting from a world on the brink of immense change. Small post. Big history. Quiet return #PostFromBefore #LiverpoolHistory #OnThisDay #Edwardian #VintagePostcard #SocialHistory #Christmas

This card made it back to the great granddaughter of Gertrude this afternoon. #christmasmagic

A Christmas card from 1906 sent to Gertrude McLeod at Grove Mills, Eccleston,now Bygone Times She married William Lowe and lived above his grocer’s on The Green, today Caffè Manna The card returned today #PostFromBefore #ChristmasFromBefore #EdwardianChristmas #eccleston