An aplogy for a night out in Withington and Didsbury

I am not over keen on these compilation postcards, mainly I suppose because a lot of the detail is lost but they had the virtue of offering the recipient a good mix of Chorlton images and with perhaps one exception all of them are still familiar today.

For me its real value is the message on the reverse which neatly sums up the attractiveness of the postcard to the people of the period.  It was sent at 10 in the morning as way of an apology for not coming over from Chorlton to Ardwick the night before because  had “gone to Withington and Didsbury.”

Now with equally frequent deliveries as well as collections, Miss McCale of Stockport Road would have read the card with its apology before tea time if not after her mid day meal.

Although there is one detail which makes the card just a bit more interesting and that is the name given to the last image, but that is for you to spot and correct.

Picture; from the Lloyd collection