Firbeck Church
Category
Ephemera
Date
4 Aug 1908
Materials
Paper
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 746155.49
Summary
Postcard - Firbeck Church. Stamped with a half penny stamp, postmarked Firbeck, AU 4 08. Addressed to 'Master Willie (W and I partially obscured by an ink splodge) Straw, 102 Market Place, Worksop, Notts'. Message reads 'Dear Willie, I hope you and Walter are en-joying your holiday. Ernie + Frank went to a cricket match on Monday. The weather has been grand all the time Baby has been very naughty he (corner missing) not like been away from home... others will be fully to come away. Love to you all from Aunty'. Address is written the right way up, the message is written from the middle of the card to the outside, and continues above the printed text upside down.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to the National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.