A post card from Lottie to Jack! So who was Lottie?
October 24th 1903 was Saturday.
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
Tuesday, 28 November 2017
Carlisle Parade, Hastings
For Sunday October 23rd 1904 Edith wanted to roast a piece of pork, but if the Goodridge Butcher's shop didn't have pork a joint of beef would do.
October 20th 1904 was a Thursday.
Monday, 27 November 2017
Friday, 24 November 2017
Thursday, 23 November 2017
The Borough Arms of Lewes
Dear Johnnie, you haven't written to me recently. Seem John's sister may have sent more post cards than he did.
May 29th 1905 was a Monday.
Wednesday, 22 November 2017
Lewes Castle from the South West
John had been to stay with his sister in June 1904 and was going to return home on the following Friday. She also wanted some beef steak & kidney for a pie and mutton for Sunday.
June 20th 1904 was a Monday.
Monday, 20 November 2017
The River at Lewes
A meat order from Edith, she wanted a neck of mutton. Her husband, Percy had borrowed the pony, I presume from the Goodridge's farm at Ham Lane.
February 15th 1906 was a Thursday.
Saturday, 18 November 2017
The Grange, Southover, Lewes
A new view post card from Edith who wrote that her husband, Percy had written to Mr M. Trust.
September 15th 1907 was a Sunday.
Thursday, 16 November 2017
The Pells, Lewes
Edith wanted some mutton to cook on Wednesday. In 1903 Edith sent a card to her father, John Goodridge the butcher to order meat so I assume that although her brother was still at school at the time this card was written collecting was of peak interest.
March 7th 1904 was a Monday.
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Priory Ruins, Lewes
A post card from Edith that is unusually written in pencil. She had received a card from her step-mother.
October 6th 1903 was a Tuesday.
Monday, 13 November 2017
Beddgelert Mill, North Wales
A birthday card from John's cousin Lily Tidy. He was 14 on June 8th 1904, he also received cards from Nellie and his sister Edith.
June 8th 1904 was a Tuesday.
Sunday, 12 November 2017
Norfolk Bridge, Shoreham, Sussex
A card from Edith saying that she has the pig and is going to have it for dinner.
October 7th 1906 was a Sunday.
Wednesday, 8 November 2017
View of Horsham, Sussex
A post card from John's Auntie Sarah reminding him of a walk that they may have had in the countryside around Horsham. John spent many of his summer holidays staying with Sarah and her sister.
October 24th 1903 was a Saturday.
Historic maps of Horsham.
Tuesday, 7 November 2017
Monday, 6 November 2017
Gale of Eastbourne, Sussex
John had a toothache in November 1903. He lived until he was 90 and still had his own teeth. His second wife, Beatrice remembers a doctor ask John to remove his teeth in the late 1970's, his reply was the will be difficult as they are my own. Another story about John and teeth was that he used to say "that they were trouble when they came and trouble when they left".
The post card is from Raphael Tuck Oilette Rough Seas series.
November 23rd 1903 was a Monday. On that day J.M. Barrie started to write the play that would become Peter Pan.
Sunday, 5 November 2017
Bonfire Night in Lewes - 2
It is reasonable to assume that Edith and her husband Percy would have attended the Lewes Bonfire Night events as they lived in the town. Her brother, John would have been just a short train journey from his home in Brighton to Lewes and he was a regular visitor to his sister and the family farm at Ham Lane. The Cliffe Bonfire Society fire site is located at Ham Lane.
Edith was going to visit if it was fine, her step-mother, Emma had been unwell.
November 16th 1904 was a Wednesday. English engineer John Ambrose Fleming received a patent for the thermionic valve, better known as the vacuum tube on that day.
Saturday, 4 November 2017
Bonfire Night in Lewes - 1
Lewes is famous for its Bonfire Night celebrations. As November 5th is a Sunday the town's seven Bonfire Societies will take to the streets this evening.
The message on the card says that their Aunties and Jamie visited, I assume that the Aunties were Sarah and Fanny Goodridge, but Jamie is a person to research.
May 16th 1904 was a Monday. Winston Churchhill spoke 4 times during a debate on the 1904 Finance Bill on that day.
River Ouse, Lewes
A post card that indicates the quality of beef that John Goodridge sold in his shop.
April 7th 1905 was a Friday.
Friday, 3 November 2017
Merton College, Oxford
Dear Uncle? As John was aged 13 in September 1903 and his sister, Edith did not have children I think that this card was sent to his Father, also named John. There is no senders name, but the card is postmarked Sutton Courtney. The style of handwriting on some of these cards indicates this one was sent by Fred.
As he refers to Mr. J. Goodridge as his Uncle a possible avenue of research to discover the connect would be through John's first wife, Sarah Anne Hylden and her family.
September 22nd 1903 Tuesday. Italo Marchiony of New York applied for a patent for a machine that made ice cream cups on that day.
Thursday, 2 November 2017
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