A British patriotic postcard || Frederick Spurgin created the scene on the front of this postcard, which is captioned, ‘When an Englishman talks like that, he means business!’ Spurgin has portrayed a young newspaper seller holding a newspaper whose front page reads, ‘Looker-On / Every single one means to go in and do his duty’. To the right, a girl looks up at a boy dressed as a British soldier, who is gesticulating towards an open doorway. The printed details on the reverse state, ‘Art and Humour Publishing Co., 27, Chancery Lane, London, W.C. / A & H “WITTY WEEUNS” Series. No. 153. British Manufacture.’. A message, headed ‘Perham Down in Wiltshire / 9.2.17’ has been written in black ink. It reads: ‘Dear Little Ethel, / How is my little sweetheart getting on? But I suppose you have someone else now eh! / Thank you very much & Ruth also for the nice box of cakes you helped make. / Much love to you both & Percy from Arthur’. || || Front || A British patriotic postcard || Postcard

A British comic postcard || The scene depicted on the front of this postcard comprises a girl, with a ribbon in her hair, but otherwise wearing only socks, holding a sign, which reads ‘SUGAR ONE ONLY’. What seems to be a tin bath sits on the mat behind her. A British soldier, smoking a cigarette, appears to be addressing her. The caption below reads, ‘Give me a Kiss, or I’ll pinch your Sugar Card!’. ‘Ludgate’ is written in the bottom left-hand corner. The typeset details on the reverse include ‘No. 1010’ and ‘British Manufacture.’. The postcard has been franked, and the legible parts of the postmark read ‘WEST KIRBY’, ‘650 PM / 29 JLY / 18’. The postcard has been addressed in pencil to ‘Miss Dransfield / 13 Russell St / Whiteacre ? Rd / Ashton u Lyne / Lancashire’. The message is headed ‘Allandale / 11 South Rd / West Kirby / Cheshire’, and reads: ‘This is a nice quiet place, and good lodgings. Got in about 2 o’clock. Wish you was here, nice country / A. Moore ?’. || || Front || A British comic postcard || Postcard

A girl and boy dressed as a British soldier are depicted embracing on a window seat on the front of this real photographic postcard, looking at an armoured figure. The caption to the right reads, ‘Oh’ for a (k)night like of old!’. The flags hanging in the window are those of Britain and her allies, France, Russia, Belgium, Italy and Japan. The printed details on the reverse state: ‘Art and Humour Publishing Co., Chancery Lane, London, W.C. / A & H “TINY TICKLES” Series. No. 419. British Manufacture’. The postcard has been addressed in pencil to ‘Miss W. Musgrave/ The Qudin ? / Stanwix / Carlisle then in Cumberland’. The message reads, ‘Folkestone / 29/6/18 / Dear W. / Yes, Oh! for a night like one in the last fortnight past! Keep smiling & cheer up. Good-bye for the present. Love Willie xxx’. The postmark reads ‘Folkestone / 2 PM / 29 JUN/ 1918’. || A British patriotic postcard || || A British patriotic postcard || Front || Postcard