Harrowins House, Queensbury

England


23 Jul 2013

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448 visits

Harrowins House, Queensbury

Another! This one addressed to Charles Heath, No. 1 New Park Road, Queensbury.

23 Jul 2013

1 comment

221 visits

Victoria Hall, Queensbury

No idea how this got in here! Addressed to Miss Alice Binns and Miss Winnifred Binns, No. 1 New Park Road, Queensbury, Yorkshire, England.

04 Dec 2013

259 visits

The Court of Progress, Coronation Exhibition, London, 1911

English card mailed July 20, 1911 to M. C. Prest, No. 5 Nowell Terrace, Harehills Lane, Leeds. The letter is from someone who has been to the Coronation (of George V): "Dear C. Just a line hoping you are quite well. We are having a splendid time have come to London today and to the White City we were very lucky on Saturday we saw all the Royal Family and the foreigners that are over for the Coronation. We are staying about twenty miles from the city. I will tell you more when I write with best love E. M. Minnie wishes to be remembered to you." Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd. "Dundee, London & Montreal".

28 Aug 2013

204 visits

Wawanesa, on the Souris River, Manitoba.

Nice Government Agent card depicting Wawanesa, Manitoba. Postmarked at Meltham (Eng.), November 25, 1905 and sent to Miss C. Johnson, 4 Queen's Road, Jesmond, Newcastle on Tyne.

01 Jul 2014

2 comments

204 visits

St. Thomas's, Halifax.

Halifax, Yorkshire (not the real one). St Thomas the Apostle, Horley Green, according to the learned Chairman 8.

09 Dec 2014

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387 visits

0000. The Camp

This is a WW I Canadian camp store in England, apparently run by Eaton's.

17 Jan 2016

163 visits

6141. Shorncliffe Camp.

Shorncliffe Camp in Kent was one of the main training sites for Canadian troops. This poem gives a sense of their mood before crossing the Channel.