‘And they tell US to economise in dress!’
A British comic postcard
Depicted on the front of this postcard are a small boy dressed as a Royal Navy sailor and a little girl. Standing at the edge of a clifftop, with a telescope tucked under his arm, the sailor–boy is gazing out to sea. The girl’s focus, however, is on him, and the caption imagines her saying, ‘And they tell US to economise in dress!’. The signature of the artist who drew this scene, T Gilson, can be seen in the bottom right-hand corner. The printed information on the reverse states, ‘No. 855. British Manufacture.’. There is a postmark on the stamp, which states that it was franked at Edgbaston in the West Midlands, at 5.10pm on 15 September 1916. The postcard has been addressed in black ink to ‘Mrs Perry / New House / Hatton / Market Drayton in Shropshire’. There is also a message, which reads, ‘My dear Millie / Hope to see you all first class on Sunday – shall be with you as early as possible – Do hope it will be fine & get warmer. With love to you. Yours May.’.
The 1911 census records an Amelie Perry, aged 45, as living at New House, Hatton, Market Drayton, with her husband, William Perry, a farmer aged 48; their sons, Frederick William Perry, aged 13; Reginald Thomas Perry, aged 12; and James Freeman Perry, aged 9 months; along with four domestic servants and farm workers.
Postcard
CONTRIBUTOR
The Army Children Archive
DATE
1916-09-15
LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
1
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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