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Old postcards....

thats is folks..on these last two the writting is to worn off to read so i have just scanned the fronts...may i just say thank you again to shera and her hubby for lending me these splendid postcards and also for sharing them with us all...must say i shed a tear or two when i read some of them...

lyn
 
Astoness said:
thats is folks..on these last two the writting is to worn off to read so i have just scanned the fronts...may i just say thank you again to shera and her hubby for lending me these splendid postcards and also for sharing them with us all...must say i shed a tear or two when i read some of them...

lyn
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The Erdington one is good. Haven't seen that one before
 
Those postcards are wonderful. Thank you Shera for letting us see them and thanks Lyn for scanning them. Brilliant!
 
Thank you Astoness for taking the time. Printers really had the knack when it came to flowers in those days. Perhaps it was a bye product of the pottery industry and the skill of the decorators. You never seem to find modern flower painting today done with such skill and precision. Why spend hours learning to paint when you can take a photo? But the result is not the same.
 
Shera - What a fantastic collection of postcards. I loved them all, and especially the one of the boys at Bulford Camp.

Judy
 
Just brilliant I have some I will try and scan later. Thanks Lyn and Shera!
 
Thanks Chris what a lovely collection. I have some too that I put on when I first joined the forum and if I can't find them I will put them on again. Thanks again for sharing them. Jean.
 
its lovely to see them up on the forum. im not very proficient at scanning and putting pics up so thanks a million to lyn for doing it for me.

these are my husbands family, on his mothers side. they seemed a very loving family didnt they!
 
chris..they certainly did seem a loving family...it was a privilage to post them...i hope you dont mind if i post the erdington tram one in the transport section just in case its not spotted on here....

lyn
 
Wowee !!! I have really enjoyed looking at these postcards...but just one question if I may......MIZPAH ?? Was this a name or perhaps a secret message ????

Regards & thank you for sharing & scanning postcards.

Margaret.
 
Thank you Shera, thank you Lyn. I loved the all of them. It has made me quite sad. Such love reflected in those words.
 
hi margret...i wondered what mizpah meant...maybe shera could ask her hubby if he knows as the cards come from his side of the family...so glad you all like them and i can only say that i wished i had some to remember my family by....


lyn
 
from google.

In today's world, yet again and especially now MIZPAH, the legendary "Bodyguard" and Reminder on our core strengths has a lot to offer, even besides the fact of it being the ideal gift.
"MIZPAH is the blue thread of hope through the labyrinth of our modern world, the confident awareness of what really is important in life, a gentle yet resilliant shield against the growing emptiness." Helena Lind

The mystical word MIZPAH bears many messages, e.g. :
I am thinking of you
Take good care
Forgive me
I like you a lot
All will turn out well
Do not give in
There is hope
You mean so much to me
You are a wonderful person
God's speed
You are so special
etc. , etc. ...

But, more than likely to be............

"May the Lord
watch over me and thee while we are absent one from another."
 
wow thanks for finding that out dibb...i guess all those meanings could apply during war time especially....

lyn.
 
Such wonderful cards that reflect the closeness of families in those days.

My husband has lots of those sort of cards that were his late Mother's and they too reflect the closeness of that family.
They are so pretty as well, with the verses. I love how the whole family sent to each other and weren't afraid to write how they felt.

Thank you so much Shera for sharing them with us and thank you also Lyn for putting them on the forum.
 
thanks dib for explaining mizpah.

we saw it when we went to the museum of the jewellery quarter. it is on some of the pens etc that they have for sale and we asked what it meant and was told it was a common message of love to send during the war years.
 
All the thanks go to you Shera for kindly letting Lynn have loan of the cards and Lynn for taking the time and trouble in scanning and posting the cards,
what a lovely collection and well worth sharing.

Thank you both, you are true stars of the forum.

Dibs.
 
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