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Description: | Small postcard with black and white photograph of the Post Office at Stoke Rochford on the front. Postcard has been used, and is date stamped 22nd August 1923 on the back, time 12.15 pm. Ther is a red 1 Panny stamp on thet top right corner, and the address has been handwritten 'Mis E Harrison, Cranleight, Bitterne Rd, Bitterne, Southampton.' After the word 'Bitterne' someone has written in pencil 'Park'. The message on the other side is to Ethel, and reads 'This is my borthers wifes home, a very pretty place. Kathleenand her cousin gets on very well together, they are out in the garden digging a gold mine as they call it, so shall prolong our stay if any to be found. With fond love from A Armstead.'The photograph on the front shows a cottage with greenery growing all over the front upper elevation, it is surrounded by trees and a hedge, and has two tall chimneys on the roof. A man in a cap stands on the path that runs alongside the hedge outside the property, and a lady is standing inside the grounds of the building looking over the gate next to him. Next to her, on the path outside are a lady and a young girl, and two men with a bicycle. The caption reads 'Post Office, Stoke Rochford. N B Series. | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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