Ville de Paris, Notre Dame

Dear Emma: this is the first time a post card in John's collection was started with this greeting.  Emily Goodridge was Emma's sister in law and married to John's Uncle Harry.

February 28th 1905 was a Tuesday.

Chelsea Embankment, London

'My dear Jack'; a different greeting from Lottie. She ends her message love to all so I wonder who she was.

October 13th 1904 was a Thursday.

Entrance to the Royal Pavilion, Brighton

A post card from Johnnie to his Auntie, Miss Goodridge. No indication of which one, Sarah of Fannie, but he did want the card for his collection. This is one of the earliest cards in John's collection.

August 31st 1903 was a Monday.

Swan Island, Loch Lomond

Percy wanted to borrow the little van that the Goodridge's used in the business. Another post card in the collection is of vans outside Smithfield Market. Would the van mentioned by Edith have been like these?

Another question that is raised by this message from Edith is where would the Goodridge's have stabled their horse and kept the van? 26, Upper St James Street appears to have been a terraced property. The streets of Brighton website masthead map seems to indicate that these houses had a rear entrance so did they have stabling on site?

March 2nd 1907 was a Saturday.

New Forest Hounds

Edith wanted to have a joint of beef on Wednesday; if someone was going to Lewes.

September 26th 1904 was a Monday.

The Cricket Ground, Horsham

                                                                                                                                                           
The message has been signed off with possibly M.T. If so this would have been May Tidy who was one of John's cousins, daughter of Elizabeth Tidy nee Goodridge.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              November 26th 1904 was a Saturday.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Happy Xmas 1905

Christmas wishes from Fred Tidy to his cousin John. Fred was working as a gamekeeper in Berkshire at the time.

Christmas Day 1905 was a Monday.

A Merry Christmas from 1904

How this post card became part of John Goodridge's collection is unknown.

Christmas Day 1904 was Sunday.

Pyecombe, Sussex

It would seem that at times John was very good at remembering to send post cards to his sister.

August 14th 1905 was a Monday.

Barcombe Station, Sussex

A post card with no message from Edith. The railway through Barcombe no longer exists, it closed on May 28th 1955.

April 16th 1906 was a Monday

View from railway bridge towards Broadwater and the Downs

Birthday greetings from Edith to her step-mother, Emma. Emma would have celebrated her 54th birthday in July 1904. 

July 26th 1904 was a Tuesday.

Osbourne Road, Southsea

In August 1907 Edith and Percy were in Southsea for a holiday. They stayed at 15 Welch Road.

August 15th 1907 was a Thursday.

Market Square, Kildare

A post card from cousin Charley Tidy. He points out where the RIC Police Station was situated in the town.

October 3rd 1903 was a Saturday.

Surf Boat Disaster Memorial, Margate

The Margate Surf Boat disaster happened on December 2nd 1897, 120 years ago. The RNLI has recently carried out a restoration of the memorial.

June 7th 1904 was a Tuesday.

Penshursts near Tunbridge Wells

Edith wrote to say, "Dad had not been over today." April 1st 1904 was a Friday, the day each week butcher, John Goodridge regularly visited his farm at Ham Lane in Lewes.

New Barnet for Cats Hill

A post card from Faith at New Barnet, I wonder who her mother was?

March 24th 1904 was a Thursday.

Letter to the Editor of the Daily Graphic

A letter to the editor of the Daily Graphic  from Akin Karoly. As his letter states, he was the inventor of the postcard and the slowness of the Post Office in the Uk to introduce it.

The letter was published on February 15th 1892, a Saturday. John would have been 20 months old at the time.

Carmelite Church and Convent, Kildare

A further post card from Cousin Charley while he was posted to Kildare.

October 1st 1903 was a Thursday.

Market Square, Kildare

A card from Clarley Tidy when he was serving with the Royal Field Artillery in Ireland. Posted in October 1903 with the comment 'another for your book' that John had started his post card collection before then.

October 7th 1903 was a Wednesday.

Priory Ruins, Lewes

A visit to Edith, I wonder why he was 'so ventilated'?

July 5th 1904 was a Tuesday.

Middle Temple Lane, London

A post card form Alice Banham after visiting Mrs Povey and her husband, "London isn't much of a place after Brighton."

September 8th, 1904 was a Thursday.

The footpath, Barnet

A card from Henry Mould, Jane Povey's step-brother.

October 12th 1904 was a Wednesday.

Lewes from Southover

Another post card with Edith including Marjorie in the greeting. Edith used 'your loving sister' as her sign off for this card, unusual.

September 10th 1904 was a Saturday.

Teddington Weir, River Thames

Mary Goodridge was letting her sister-in-law know how well the pony was doing. It would seem that she was also a reader of the Idle Moments magazine.

September 28th 1904 was a Wednesday.