Looking East, St. Leonards-on-Sea

A post card from Edith voicing her concerns about the rough weather and John's safety if he was driving to Lewes on that day. John was 18 in September 1908 and the post cards give evidence to the fact that he was capable of driving from his home in Kemp Town to Lewes by the time he left school in 1904.

His road sense was to provide him with a skill that the British Army would make use of when he signed to join in 1916 as a Lord Derby volunteer. When he was called to the service of the country he was trained to be a lorry driver with the Army Service Corp. His demobilization documents show that he Attested on 30th January 1916 and left the army on 14th November 1919. He served in France and Germany.

With the general shortage of farm worker caused by the war and John's imminent departure from the family business, his father put the farm in Ham Lane, Lewes up for auction. 

September 1st 1908 was a Tuesday.