#PostedInThePast | Helen Baggott

Author of #PostedInThePast series & #MemoriesFromTheFuture. Books ~ Talks ~ Freelance Editor (working with indie authors)

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All roads lead to #Exmoor in this genealogical novel. In 1911, Arthur explores the area, learns of its past & sends postcards that become his #MemoriesFromTheFuture. Let him introduce you to mysterious deaths, acts of bravery and merciless destruction.
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Read about the tanks that participated in the First and Second Battles of Bullecourt during April and May 1917 in ‘Bullecourt 1917: Breaching the Hindenburg Line’ by Paul Kendall, published by the History Press.
The book contains many images of the tanks sourced from my personal collection and is now available for purchase at the Tank Museum at Bovington Camp, Dorset.
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#worldwarone #WW1 #firstworldwar #bullecourt #Britisharmy #tankcorps #history #militaryhistory @TheHistoryPress @TankMuseum @TankMuseum

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#FingerpostFriday in Exford, Somerset.

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London, The Tower – sent to Miss Freeman in Gloucestershire in 1904 from her brother:
"You did not answer the last portion of my letter. Please do so the next time you write. Love to all from Archie."
Both were teachers.
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#thursgate in Exford, Somerset.

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A busy view of Vancouver, depicted on a postcard sent from Canada to Essex.
"Will is starting for England soon on the Empress of France. I am in Vancouver."

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@SusanLocke7 @ExmoorNP @ExmoorNPCs Hope you continue to enjoy it, especially the Porlock stories.

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Lovely to see Memories from the Future available in the @ExmoorNP @ExmoorNPCs shops.

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A superb day around Lynton and Lynmouth - despite the weather forecast.

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Sent from Wales to Nelson in Lancashire, this postcard of Stirling reveals the story of a family who worked in the cotton mills. It's also a reminder that sending the message was more important than the image. #PostedInThePast

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Just a mug on Exmoor...

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Swanage and the Wellington Clock Tower, posted in 1913 to France. Sent from Cecil House, Cecil Road, Swanage.

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Bolton Town Hall, sent in 1906 to Miss Wyld, Brancepeth, Co Durham:

I am having a delightful time here altogether. We went to a show last week. Tonight we are going to 'Dick Whittingham'. I don't know when I shall return but I do know it will not be this week.

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Donkeys on the beach, Llandudno:
"This is where Uncle Arthur & Aunty Joan went yesterday & spent a very nice day. Such a lot of little girls on the sands."
Sent to Miss Harris, St Albans in 1912.

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Spotted this a couple of weeks ago outside the venue I was visiting in Upton, Dorset.
#PostboxSaturday

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Lee post office and church, posted in 1905 by Hugh Andrews in Glamorgan to himself – clearly a collector of postcards (and a postmaster too!).

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Telegraph Hotel, Llandudno, posted in 1907 to Mrs Chapman in Seven Kings:

Received PC. Am sorry I've not been over. Have done spring cleaning and what a job it has been.

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Two lovely opportunities to talk to groups by Zoom this week – in Dorset and Berkshire.

#Genealogy #Postcards

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@Kathryn11Baird @PennyTighe I was also surprised. Seemed far too personal, even with the family's permission.

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Sent by Jim to his sister Ellen in Clitheroe was: "Pluck up this week and come down. Martha and all the lasses are going down to Blackburn on Saturday afternoon. Bring a fiver with you and have a beano." #PostedInThePast

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@PaulSuttonKing I've had it for a year - had to wait for the right moment!

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General Sunshine! Sent to Walter Hall in Clarendon Road, Morecambe:

Dear Walter, I am at auntie' for a week. When when will you come back?
Yours Albert Edward
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