A postcard from India

 

A postcard from Charley Tidy to one of his aunt's from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. The postcard is dated 23rd April 1908 but has no stamp. His other cards reveal that he was in India between 1907 and 1909.

200 year old British cemetery in Meerut in need of renovation.

Meerut Cantonment and the War of Independence, 1857

Meerut on Wikipedia

Brighton and Hove food control committee, what impact did the committee and rationing have on the Goodridge Butchers Shop. Was the restriction on cereal feed a further reason for the Ham Lane Farm being sold?

If war comes by

The Keep, East Sussex Records Office has Ann Kenney's Book for 1857.

https://www.thekeep.info/collections/getrecord/GB179_AMS6417_4_1_21

Every Good Wishes

To Darling little Betty with lots of love from Auntie Emily.

Betty was John and Hester's first child who was born above the family butchers shop in the same bedroom as her father on Valentine's Day 1925. Emily was her Great Aunt, widow of John's Uncle Harry.

Betty in pram - photo taken in 1925.

Boulogne-Sur-Mer - Le Coln Menteur

A message from Harry Batten sent to his sister, Hester when on active service. It has the censors stamp but no postmark.

Boulogne-Sur-Mer - La Porte de Calais

A postcard message Harry Batten to his sister, Hester when "On Active Service" in France. It bares the rubber stamp of the Censor.

Harry Batten -1923

Boulogne-sur-Mer - L'Hotel de Ville et le Beffroi.

There are a few postcards to Hester Batten from her brother Harry when he was in the British Army during the Great War. They are in John's collection as Hester became his wife on 31st December 1923. Hester was working in her aunt Bessie's nursing home for wounded officers during the war.

John and Hester with the Batten family.

George and Ivy - Congratulations

This postcard is post marked 8th June 1905, John's 15th birthday. From the handwriting it was sent by Mary Goodridge.

Girl in dress

A message from Edith, a received P.C. and an expected meat delivery.

The Alter, St George's Chapel, Windsor

A card from H.L.C. (H L Clancy) from Windsor.

Greetings from Horsham

A postcard from May Tidy to John after her grand time in Brighton.