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| Keywords: france war world war 1 worldwar1 ww1 postcard ripley public domain publicdomain nurse ripley nurseripley text writing document Sent by a nurse, Margaret Ripley, to her sister back in England. Again a long break - almost a month - since the last card in the album. As far as I can tell (corrections and additions welcome) this reads: "16.8.15 Delighted to hear you are going hope you will not have trouble with passports. Am sure it is best thing for you both instead of fretting after each other. Do get right away from things & don't read any news if anything important happens we can tell you try & forget everything & don't talk about it. I do hope things will go smoothly for you both & it will do you both good. Give Anna[?] my love. Sorry not to see you before you go. Best love. Write as soon as you get there. Mar Mar" So, where is her sister off to, and who with? For more details of the story behind this album see www.flickr.com/photos/whatsthatpicture/sets/7215762769463... Sent by a nurse, Margaret Ripley, to her sister back in England. Again a long break - almost a month - since the last card in the album. As far as I can tell (corrections and additions welcome) this reads: "16.8.15 Delighted to hear you are going hope you will not have trouble with passports. Am sure it is best thing for you both instead of fretting after each other. Do get right away from things & don't read any news if anything important happens we can tell you try & forget everything & don't talk about it. I do hope things will go smoothly for you both & it will do you both good. Give Anna[?] my love. Sorry not to see you before you go. Best love. Write as soon as you get there. Mar Mar" So, where is her sister off to, and who with? For more details of the story behind this album see www.flickr.com/photos/whatsthatpicture/sets/7215762769463... | ||||
