An unsigned post card from John's Aunty Elizabeth. The message would appear to be about a horse that took first prize in the Horse Parade.
June 8th 1908 was a Monday.
Saturday 30 June 2018
The Town Hall, Horsham
An unsigned post card from John's Aunty Elizabeth. The message would appear to be about a horse that took first prize in the Horse Parade.
June 8th 1908 was a Monday.
Friday 29 June 2018
East Street, Horsham
A post card from John's Auntie Elizabeth that asked him to spot his Uncle in the picture that illustrates this card. The relation may have been Elizabeth's husband, Jim Tidy. Best guess is the first man the right.
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| Jim Tidy |
Thursday 28 June 2018
A Sheep Shearer near Canterbury
A card from John's aunty Mary telling him that his cousins, Harry and Janie were enjoying their visit to the farm.
August 12th 1904 was a Friday.
Wednesday 27 June 2018
Tuesday 26 June 2018
Bark Harvest, Laughton Woods, Sussex
It would seem that John wasn't sending enough post cards to his sister in the summer that he left school!
July 27th 1904 was a Wednesday.
Monday 25 June 2018
Birchin Bridge Pond, Horsham
A card to his mother from John when he was staying in Horsham. He regular stayed with his two Aunts, Sarah and Fannie. On the holiday from the family butchers business he took in July 1907 he went haymaking and colt breaking presumably at his Uncle William's farm at Hornbrook Hill.
July 27th 1907 was a Saturday.
Sunday 24 June 2018
A Sussex Smithy, Poynings
A post card from Edith that let John that there was a note and a book in the returned basket. The photo of the Poyning blacksmith is probably of Frank Shaw.
February 11th 1904 was a Thursday.
Friday 22 June 2018
Slow but Sure, Flamer, Sussex
A post card from Mary Goodridge to her sister-in-law Emma. An interesting image of farm transport in Sussex from over 100 years ago.
September 16th 1903 was a Wednesday.
Thursday 21 June 2018
Irish Low-Backed Cart
A card from Charles Tidy when he was stationed at Kildare with the Army.
October 3rd 1903 was a Saturday.
Wednesday 20 June 2018
An Old World Corner of Warwickshire
Christmas greetings for 1904 from E.U. in Maidstone to Edith Hurst.
December 23rd 1904 was a Friday.
Tuesday 19 June 2018
The Rookery near Dorking
A post card from John's Aunty Sarah. The card was sent on the third anniversary of Sarah and Fannie moving into Chalfont in Depot Road, Horsham.
July 16th 1908 was a Thursday.
Monday 18 June 2018
Oxford
A post card sent from W.L.A. to Edith Hurst when she was on a visit to Harrogate.
July 8th 1905 was a Saturday.
Sunday 17 June 2018
Kaiser Friedrich-Ufer, Cologne
A post card from Cologne to Miss Schofield, was she a guest at the hotel?
Saturday 16 June 2018
The Seven Sisters from Seaford
A Christmas card from Mr & Mrs G. It was not from the Goodridge's as there is a post card from Emma Goodridge in the collection.
December 22nd 1904 was a Thursday.
Friday 15 June 2018
Netley Abbey, Southampton
May Tidy responding to her Auntie's request with a message to her cousin.
May 8th 1908 was a Friday.
Thursday 14 June 2018
Wednesday 13 June 2018
The Waterfalls, Birstwith
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| The Waterfalls courtesy of Google Maps |
March 27th 1905 was a Monday.
Tuesday 12 June 2018
The Esplanade from the Pier, Southend on Sea
A card from May Tidy, she had sent another post car with a picture of an esplanade. She had painted some iris for John and was going to get it framed. May lived in Horsham until she was 102 years old and was know to John's grandchildren.
July 13th 1908 was a Monday. The White City stadium opened on that day, venue for the 1908 Olympic Games.
Monday 11 June 2018
Convent of the Sacred Heart, Brighton
A post card to Miss Maggie Barnewall that was sent from Brighton to Kells in Co. Meath. Did she live in Brighton and gave it to John when she returned from her holiday? Working in the family's butchers shop would certainly given him access to people outside his immediate family to share his passion for collecting post cards with.
July 29th 1906 was a Sunday.
Maggies was a pupil at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Brighton.
Sunday 10 June 2018
Saturday 9 June 2018
A block on the Strand
A card from Edith that told John to look out for the post card she was planning to send the following day. Sadly it is not one that I have posted here yet.
May 2nd 1904 was Monday.
Friday 8 June 2018
Good Luck on John's 18th Birthday
A Good Luck post card from Kathleen, John's 18th birthday was on June 8th 1908. No evidence as to who she was.
June 7th 1908 was a Sunday. John Povey Goodridge was born 128 years ago today.
Thursday 7 June 2018
The Kursaal, Harrogate
A card from Mark Mitchell to Edith Hurst, it was cold enough for snow on April 18th 1905. It was a Tuesday.
Wednesday 6 June 2018
The Tea House, Valley Gardens, Harrogate
A post card from Mark Mitchell to Edith Hurst, memories of Harrogate.
March 28th 1905 was a Tuesday.
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