Ryton House Worksop
F. Frith and Co Ltd
Category
Ephemera
Date
May 1950
Materials
Card
Measurements
88 x 141 mm
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 748849.3
Summary
One of fifteen postcards contained in a 'KING'S COLLEGE LONDON' brown paper envelope. The front of the postcard is a landscape black and white photograph of 'Ryton House Worksop', written in pencil on the back. The back is unused with manufacturers printing in black ink. At the top centre 'POST CARD' underlined beneath the from the centre of which runs a vertical line. To the right of the vertical line is 'The Address only to be written here.' and to the left 'For Inland Postage & some Foreign Countries this space may now be used for communication'. On the left side written vertically from the edge in pencil 'Ryton House Worksop.' underneath which handwritten in black ink 'Ryton House, Worksop Demolished by Gas Board March 1950'. In the top right corner a box marked with lines and 'Half-Penny Stamp Inland.- Penny Stamp Abroad.' The other postcards are - 'The Priory Gateway, Worksop.' 'Victoria Square, Worksop.' 'Bridge Street, Worksop.' 'Worksop, Canal Walk.' 'Priory Gatehouse Worksop' 'Paddling Pool, The Park, Worksop.' 'Memorial Gardens & Priory Church, Worksop.' 'The Garden, St. Mary's Church, Worksop.' ' " Evening" on the canch walks' 'The Bowling Green, Worksop.' 'Worksop, St Anne's Church.' 'Priory Church, Worksop' 'Library and Memorial Gardens, Worksop' 'Library and Museum, Worksop'.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to the National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.
Makers and roles
F. Frith and Co Ltd, photographer and publisher