Mayfield
Burbury Brummie
I was at a car boot sale yesterday in Coleshill and came across this postcard addressed to Mr T Hill, c/o Mrs A Yates, 289 Farm Street, Hockley. It wasn't the design of the card that attracted my interest, it was the message....
The message on the reverse is dated the 9th September 1914 and presents a very poignant yet somewhat disillusioned opinion of what was to happen? The message sent from Woolwich are states:
"Dear Tom, just a line to thank you for papers and tell you I have not gone yet but I am standing in readiness and may move any hour. We are not allowed out of barracks. I see some good news today and I do not think the war will last much longer" Dick Yates
This little message has inspired my need to find out what ever happened to Dick, can anyone please help?
The message on the reverse is dated the 9th September 1914 and presents a very poignant yet somewhat disillusioned opinion of what was to happen? The message sent from Woolwich are states:
"Dear Tom, just a line to thank you for papers and tell you I have not gone yet but I am standing in readiness and may move any hour. We are not allowed out of barracks. I see some good news today and I do not think the war will last much longer" Dick Yates
This little message has inspired my need to find out what ever happened to Dick, can anyone please help?