I can see why Uncle Jim choose this postcard to send to his niece in Belgium.
Of course, we will never actually know what he thought about the place, and his message on the back offers no clues.
But if you wanted to send a positive comment about the town, the bear, and his conversation, “What! Come Home? Not likely, when I’m at Scarborough”, does the business.
The card belongs to David Harrop, and knowing his preference for all things Scarborough, I guess it is just the card he would have sent.
That said, it was posted in 1910, and despite my often-gentle ribbing of posty David, I would never suggest he is old enough to have posted it on his 21st birthday.
Still I am reliably informed that the painting in the attic is ageing with a vengeance, which must in part explain his youthful good looks.
Sadly, Uncle Jim’s message concentrates on his niece’s “little dog” is about all there is.
Leaving me just to report that according to David, "In those days it cost 1d to send a picture post cared to Europe and a "Halfpenny in Great Britain".
All of which meant that Uncle Jim had plenty of change to splash out on a bloater paste sandwich, two goes on “what the Butler saw”, and enough left over for a couple of pints of stout flowed by a chip supper.
Location Scarborough
Picture; Picture postcard, 1910, from the collection of David Harrop
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