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Our 2nd today, a 1926 card from Belfast to Elizabeth McBride, Rosslyn Street
We found the faintest trace of her in the records
Sometimes history keeps its secrets, thanks to a penny postcard she is remembered again
#PostFromBefore #LiverpoolHistory #Belfast #FamilyHistory
The mystery recipient of our 1904 postcard was James Robert Kirby.
A boy on Rosslyn Street he later enlisted aged 19 in the Liverpool Scottish, survived illness on the Western Front, and returned home.
That's why every postcard matters.
#PostFromBefore #LiverpoolHistory #WW1
A 1904 postcard. One almost impossible name.
It took us ages to identify the recipient, but one tiny clue finally solved the mystery.
Can you read the name before we reveal it tomorrow?
Leave your best guess 👇
#PostFromBefore #LiverpoolHistory #HistoryMystery
A postcard posted from Paris on 1 Jan 1900 to Marie Thérèse Grégoire, Sefton Drive, Liverpool.
The Spanish message urges her to avoid influenza... but we can't find the house: "Meliden."
Does anyone know the address?
#LiverpoolHistory #PostFromBefore
A second delivery to Stanley Avenue Birkdale
Sent from Wrexham was sent to Miss M Woods at No. 19
We've searched the records but so far she remains a mystery
The message simply asks to be remembered to Esther and everyone at home
#PostFromBefore #Birkdale #SouthportHistory
A postcard sent from Huddersfield to Birkdale in 1906 addressed to "Misses Blackwell."
Three sisters Elsie, Lillian and Eunice.
Our search took us round the world - Elsie became a pioneering botanist and university lecturer.
#PostFromBefore #TimeTravellingPostalService
August 1938: a postcard from the Hotel Apollo, Rue de Dunkerque, Paris, to Teresa Goulden of 56 Grimshaw Street, Stockport.
Nearly 88 years later we returned to the address where it first arrived.
#PostFromBefore #StockportHistory #Paris1938 #FamilyHistory
1934: A postcard showing Liverpool's waterfront for Herbert Meadowcroft of Reddish Road, Stockport.
The sender holidayed on the Isle of Man & was pleased Herbert had enjoyed his break too.
Today it returned.
#PostFromBefore #StockportHistory #LiverpoolHistory
Today's Post From Before deliveries head to Stockport.
A 1938 postcard from Paris's Hotel Apollo featuring Notre Dame & another from 1934 showing Liverpool's waterfront.
Full stories later today.
#PostFromBefore #StockportHistory #Paris1938 #LiverpoolHistory
Today we returned a postcard sent to Mrs Petersen of Northumberland Street, Liverpool. Her life remains a mystery to us.
When it arrived more than a century ago it carried nothing more than family news from Bunbury.
#PostFromBefore #LiverpoolHistory #LiverpoolBlitz #Genealogy
While holidaying in Scarborough, Aunt Lucy sent a postcard to Miss M. Thompson of Sunnyside
Today, 112 years later, it returned.
Some journeys take a little longer than expected.
#PostFromBefore #LiverpoolHistory #Genealogy #TimeTravellingPostalService
Today we returned a postcard sent to Miss Reynolds of Livingston Drive, Sefton Park, in 1906.
We know little about her, but for a moment we'll imagine her receiving this very card nearly 120 years ago.
#PostFromBefore #LiverpoolHistory #Genealogy #TimeTravellingPostalService
Three postcards. Three addresses. Three journeys back through time.
Will the houses still be standing?
Did they survive the Blitz and later redevelopment?
Follow to find out more
#PostFromBefore #LocalHistory #Genealogy #TimeTravellingPostalService
Another postcard to Vere Egerton Cottonposted from Gloucester Cathedral in 1914
WW1 officer. Liverpool councillor. Lord Mayor. High Sheriff of Lancashire
Today, simply the recipient of another postcard finding its way home
#postfrombefore #Liverpool #history #postcards #WW1
Two more postcards return home today
A recipient we’ve met before at a different address
Today we’ll share more of the stories behind these journeys from Gloucester Cathedral and Blackpool South Shore
Follow along
#postfrombefore #history #familyhistory #postcards
From Isle of Man to Park Avenue, Golborne, September 1937
Eileen writes to Mr & Mrs Harding
'Plenty of fresh air, sea & shops… we will still remain a couple of dark horses!'
Today it returns nearly 90 years later.
#PostFromBefore #Golborne #IsleOfMan #PostcardHistory
From Switzerland to Liverpool.
In 1912, a postcard arrived for Vere Egerton Cotton on Canning Street long before he became Colonel… and Lord Mayor.
Today, it returns home.
114 years later, delivered.
#PostFromBefore #LiverpoolHistory
No deliveries today.
Just a visit to the Albert Dock.
Post from Before.”
#PostFromBefore #Liverpool #AlbertDock
From Kendal to Falkner Street
“Wondered if you got your difficult house done”
Sent in 1908 to Miss Lockyer, 58 Falkner St, Liverpool
A life in service, moving from house to house and then, out of the record
We hope she found an easier one
#PostFromBefore #LiverpoolHistory
From St Moritz to Stanley Street.
“Everything going on splendidly. Hope you are both well.”
— W.G., 11 June 1904
Sent from the Swiss Alps to Stanley Street
A simple message.
A long journey.
A return over 100 years later.
#PostFromBefore #LiverpoolHistory #ThenAndNow
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