I’m posting this in honour of this blog’s first birthday. A big thanks to Kathy as this is one of her cards. It’s one of the first ones where I read what was on the back and became so intrigued that the back of postcards started to become more interesting than the pictures on the front! [...]
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From A. Hand across the sea
Posted in friendship, oddities, tagged Blenheim, marching on January 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Though on this birthday distance parts
Posted in cats, friendship, tagged cats, friendship, Happy Birthday on August 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in honour of Kathy’s birthday today Purchased off Trade Me 2009
Sending you a view of Foxton
Posted in friendship, just historic, tagged excuses, Foxton, streets on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Main street of Foxton, New Zealand, 1906 I got this card as it was a historic view of Foxton. Most of the card is taken up with the writer explaining they were too busy to write earlier … a common starting theme in many forms of correspondence I think (including my own!!)
Your’s Badger + Frosty
Posted in friendship, tagged church, Kaponga, postcards on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Something tells me these Kaponga lads may have been a handful! This puts us mind of you on your way home from church Won in a Trade Me auction March 2009
Don’t you think this looks alright at present
Posted in friendship, tagged New Plymouth on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Have you sent Fuzzy Wuzzy a P.C. yet?
Posted in friendship, tagged friends, Maud Jeffries on February 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Maud Jeffries was an American born actress who ended up living and working in Australia. Winnie, the writer of this card is clearly a fan. The card was sent to Miss Ogilive in Martinborough, c/- Ross Bros. I wonder if she worked there? It’s a bit hard to make out, but at the bottom Winnie reports she [...]
Has he decided about his face yet?
Posted in friendship, tagged Foxton, health on January 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I originally purchased this postcard because of the Foxton subject matter, but it’s what’s on the back that is really intriguing. I originally thought that the vaccination might refer to influenza, but the major outbreak wasn’t until 1918. Based on some web searches I’ve done it seems likely that the vaccination might be to do with smallpox. The [...]
Have you got your cows milk yet? …
Posted in friendship, tagged friends, humour on January 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
… Verner (?) would help but he is having a “hog killing time” And what unexpected things might happen on a train? The chap on the front of the card looks like he’s about to get up to some serious mischief. Seems like a suitable card for a couple of blokes to be sharing. A [...]
