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| Keywords: E Palmer Capel Surrey 001.jpg Postcard of The Street Capel-le-Ferne Folkestone England published by E Palmer of the Post Office Capel The card is undated but the vehicles and the quality and style of the postcard indicate a date between 1910 and 1914 Note from uploader I now think this is more likely to be Capel-le-Ferne Folkestone not Surrey so the category may be incorrect Further checking is required ;Points of interest The houses as shown in the image on both sides of the street still exist The diagonal viewpoint along the road and clear focus suggest professional training or apprenticeship The card contains a message on the back but not addressed stamped or postmarked - perhaps originally enclosed in an envelope The message is written in a shaky possibly elderly hand; it is copied here exactly as written It says Dear Gladwin I wish you the Best of health every other good Luck this Happy Season To Dear Gladwin your young man is going to be married Soon has He can get a House now dont let this disturb you His Father was married 2nd time a little while ago sic Scan of original card 1910-1914 E Palmer of Capel-le-Ferne d 1913 out of copyright PD-old-70-1923 E Palmer of Capel Surrey Postcards of Kent Capel-le-Ferne | ||||
