Town Mill, Horsham

A post card from Laura to Johnnie. Need to discover her connection to John's family.

August 8th 1905 was a Tuesday.

Market Place, Horsham

A card from Edith to John, "Thought you would like the view."

October 19 1905 was a Thursday. 

The Causeway, Horsham

Birthday Greetings from John's cousin, Lily Tidy, he was 15 on June 8th 1905.

June 9th 1905 was a Friday.

Hurst Road, Horsham

A post card from Auntie Sarah to John. The image of Hurst Road in Horsham illustrates an agricultural nature to this area just to the north of the town centre. John's grandparents William and Jane had a small holding at Bowling Green that was on the south side of Hurst Road.

March 23rd 1907 was a Saturday.

Ludgate Circus

An unsent card.

St Peters Billabong?

A post card to Alice and Arch from cousin Olive from Adelaide.

Posted on August 2nd 1908, the postmark suggests St. Peters, now a suburb of Adelaide. Could the picture have been of the St Peters Billabong? The card took eight weeks to arrive in Torquay.

Devils Elbow, Near Adelaide, South Australia

Christmas greets from Will to Archie.

Devils Elbow is a hairpin bend near Adelaide.

Clifton Bridge and Down, Bristol

A card to Mr Shilston from Perry.

October 6th 1908 was a Wednesday.

St Mary's Church, Highweek, Newton Abbot

A post card to Aunt Mable, unsigned. So was it from a niece or nephew?

January 31st 1906 was a Wednesday.

Torwood Gardens, Torquay

Another post card to the newly married Mrs Alice Williams from Bessie.

July 31st 1905 was a Monday.

North Terrace, The Adelaide University,

An unsigned post card that was sent in an envelope from Archibald Williams Australian relatives. It came with a £1 for a wedding present from Uncle Alf and Aunt Lizzie. Archibald and Alice were married in July 1905.

King's Gardens. Torquay

A post card to Auntie Eva, Mrs Shiston from Ivy.

January 31st 1906 was a Wednesday.

Palmerston Park, Southampton

A post card from Betty to Alice. There had been at least one more card from Betty.

July 16th 1910 was a Saturday.

Elm Cottage on Hayes Common, Kent

A card from Bess to Mrs Williams, Alice. She married Archibald Williams in The third quarter of 1905 and the newlyweds may have been staying in Falmouth for their honeymoon. Mr A. Williams was sent a card in early August.

July 23rd 1905 was a Sunday.

Prince of Orange Statue, Brixham

A post card from Hilda to Alice. It would seem that Alice and her husband stayed at 15, Kings Place for at least the whole of August in 1906.

August 30th 1906 was a Thursday.

Battersea Park

Trafalgar Square

A card to Al, (Alice?), but not signed.

There seems to be a posible solution to the riddle of the set of post cards sent to the William's and others of Torquay. Alice's maiden name was Langford and there was an Edward and Ellen Langford living next door to John's Goodridge grandparents recorded on the 1871 census. A post card from May Tidy to John sent in early December 1903 indicates that there was a link between Alice and the two cousins.

September 19th 1905 was a Tuesday.

Cocklington Forge, Torquay

A card to Archibald Williams, who would appear to have been on holiday in London with his wife. Was this sent by a sibling? Certainly had lots to write about. Unable to find 15 Kings Place on Google Maps.

August 6th 1906 was a Monday.

Meadfoot from Daddy Hole, Torquay

The newly married Alice Williams didn't have Winnie Maskin for her practice on Tuesday, September 19th 1905. The postmark is 12.45 pm so is a reminder of the same-day service that the General Post Office provided for ½d in the years before the First World War.

The Cathedral, Exeter

A card from Bess to Mr & Mrs Williams.

April 2nd 1907 was a Tuesday.

Town Hall, Portsmouth

A post card from M to Mrs A.E. Williams from Southsea. There was a thick fog in Portsmouth on Friday, March 1st 1907.

The Mill, Bridgewater, Adelaide

A post card from Oll sent from Adelaide to Arch & Alice. As Archibald and Alice married in the summer of 1905 the incomplete post mark would suggest that it was sent in 1911. The Stamp World website indicates that the South Australia Queen Victoria Penny Red stamp on the card was used between 1905 and 1911.

Adelaide postcards.

Ellingham Church, Ringwood

Dear A & A would seem to indicate that this card was sent to Archibald and Alice Williams. It is signed off from Bet, there are several other cards from her in the collection.

July 17th 1910 was a Sunday.

Council House, Birmingham

A card to Mrs Easterbrook from L Browne saying she was going to be busy on the following Friday.

August 6th 1908 was a Thursday.

Buckland Village

An intriguing message, "2nd signal, alls well" to Alice Langford. Another card sent to Marchant & Co in Fleet Street, Torquay. Alice's mother was a Marchant before she married Emanuel Langford. Alice married Archibald Williams soon after this card was sent, was the message to do with the preparations?

Where the picture on this card is of can only be guessed at as there are several Bucklands in Devon and many more across the country.

July 12th 1905 was a Wednesday.