Now I am back with the telegram.
For 189 years they were the quickest way of sending a
message and the arrival of the Telegram Boy might herald all sorts of news.
Nana received one in 1942 informing her that my uncle was
missing, another a little later with the news that he was a Prisoner of War,
and the most dreaded of all telegrams which broke the news of his death on the
other side of the world.
So for me the telegram is always associated with grim news,
but of course there were plenty of happy ones and my friend Ann sent me two.
Both were sent in the August of 1942 congratulating Mr and
Mrs Wareing of Buxton Avenue on their Golden Wedding anniversary.
Of the two this is my favourite from Barbara and Margaret
Preen with the delightful image to accompany the message.
They were married in 1892 and had lived in Buxton Avenue
since 1911. Mr Wareing described himself
as a road surveyor and at present that is all I know, but I guess Ann will have
them and in the fullness of time more will be revealed.
For now it is a nice reminder that telegrams were for all
occasions and all seasons.
Picture; greeting telegram, 1942, from the collection of Ann
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