Now there is nothing very remarkable about this picture postcard of the Oldham War Memorial.
Instead it is the message on the back, written just two years after the memorial was unveiled in 1923 that caught my attention.
Eva began by asking “Isn’t this a nice picture? But quickly changed the tone and continued, “Have been thinking since sending the parcel we shall all be at ‘Belle Vue’ on Saturday afternoon so please send my mackintosh etc. to get here Monday or Tuesday, please!”
The card was posted on Thursday morning to Mrs. A Hooks, of 25 Roberts Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth.
Just whether the mackintosh arrived or just what the afternoon at ‘Bell Vue’ was like we shall never know.
Location; Oldham
Picture; Oldham War Memorial circa 1923-25, from the collection of David Harrop
Eva began by asking “Isn’t this a nice picture? But quickly changed the tone and continued, “Have been thinking since sending the parcel we shall all be at ‘Belle Vue’ on Saturday afternoon so please send my mackintosh etc. to get here Monday or Tuesday, please!”
The card was posted on Thursday morning to Mrs. A Hooks, of 25 Roberts Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth.
Just whether the mackintosh arrived or just what the afternoon at ‘Bell Vue’ was like we shall never know.
Location; Oldham
Picture; Oldham War Memorial circa 1923-25, from the collection of David Harrop
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