Postcards and posters

[GreyC]

Hi,

last card: Husar on the front.

Text:

Be merry, ye people, the soldiers are here,

from German land(s), as you well know,

come to you quartering in a happy mood.

(Or sth like that)

The writer of the card was in a Landsturmbataillon and while writing on watch.

GreyC

Edited 18 March , 2018 by GreyC

[Dave66]

7 minutes ago, GreyC said:

Hi,

last card: Husar on the front.

Text:

Be merry, ye people, the soldiers are here,

from German land(s), as you well know,

come to you quartering in a happy mood.

(Or sth like that)

The writer of the card was in a Landsturmbataillon and while writing on watch.

GreyC

Thank you for the translation GreyC,

Always nice to see life from a different side.

 

Dave.

[Kath]

Thanks, GreyC - I hoped someone might translate.

Cheers, Kath.

[GWF1967]

Vickers Maxim Works, Barrow-in-Furness.  Projectile Dept. 

Woolwich Arsena. l Quick Firing Cartridge Factory.

Edited 18 March , 2018 by GWF1967

[Dave66]

2 minutes ago, GWF1967 said:

Vickers Maxim Works, Barrow-in-Furness. Projectile Dept. 

Woolwich Arsenal Cartridge Works.

Great industrial images GWF.....fascinating.

 

Dave.

[GWF1967]

" General veiw of a section of an Electo - Depositing Plant, supplied to Crossley Motors Ltd. of Gorton, Manchester during the First World War 1914 - 1918.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 The plant consisted of 84 acid copper depositing vats, approx. 7'x 2' 6" x 3' deep, each holding 5 Beardmore aero engine cylinders, which revolved during deposition. Each had its own 4 volt 1000 amp Motor Generator.

 The plant was designed, manufactured and supplied by W. Canning & Co. Ltd., & proved to be a great success thanks to the enthusiastic co-operation of F.W. Sheldon, who had charge of this great installation and who not only helped to develop the technique but undertook to regularise all the preliminary processes necessary."

Edited 18 March , 2018 by GWF1967

[GWF1967]

8 minutes ago, Dave66 said:

Great industrial images GWF.....fascinating.

 

Dave.

Quite!

 I thought it interesting to see the thickness of the brass blanks required to produce the casings.

[Dave66]

2 minutes ago, GWF1967 said:

Quite!

 I thought it interesting to see the thickness of the brass blanks required to produce the casings.

The whole process is hugely interesting, sadly now lost in time.

i remember working at one of the old morganite crucible factory for a few years before it was shut and demolished, and we used very similar lathes etc...simple and robust.

[Interested]

Here's a postcard from the Front, apparently No. 6 of a series?

I assume it was brought home during leave by one of my ancestors, as there's nothing written on the reverse.

 

 

 

[GWF1967]

Four cards, from a series showing damage to Villers-Bretonneux.

[Dave66]

9 hours ago, Interested said:

Here's a postcard from the Front, apparently No. 6 of a series?

I assume it was brought home during leave by one of my ancestors, as there's nothing written on the reverse.

 

 

 

Great image, we forget in this mechanical age that it was mostly all done by hand (or man power if you're my age!!)

 

Dave.

[Dave66]

12 minutes ago, GWF1967 said:

Four cards, from a series showing damage to Villers-Bretonneux.

Hard to believe they were once such beautiful buildings...shame.

 

Dave.

[P.Rhodes]

Here's another from my Uncle Reg, The same view of the church can be seen on 'google earth'. Cheers, Peter

[GWF1967]

"27th Sept 1917.  My Dear Neice*, ...  Keep this P.C. in rememberence*of me (*sic). Your friend, L Corpl. A. Burgess"

[P.Rhodes]

This one appears to have been written but not posted to Reg's Brother Percy. Another one where we can see the same view on 'Google earth'

[P.Rhodes]

Here's another pc that my Uncle Reg appears to have written [hurriedly] but never posted to his Mother. He must have brought them home on leave perhaps. Cheers, Peter

[Dave66]

Here's another one of Bruce bairnsfathers, again from series two.

 

Dave.

[P.Rhodes]

This card was sent by my Uncle Reg to his Mother&Father in Feb 1916. It has a coloured linen surface, the field post office stamp T.56, censor stamp 1699 and a censor's signature. I've looked on Google Earth but can't find this building. Cheers, Peter

[Dave66]

1 hour ago, P.Rhodes said:

This card was sent by my Uncle Reg to his Mother&Father in Feb 1916. It has a coloured linen surface, the field post office stamp T.56, censor stamp 1699 and a censor's signature. I've looked on Google Earth but can't find this building. Cheers, Peter

Loveley old building...lets hope reg got some more socks.

 

Dave.

[P.Rhodes]

Another colourised PC from Reg to his Mother. I've looked on Google Earth but once again I can't find this location. Perhaps the whole area was re designed. Cheers, Peter

[kenf48]

The clock rotted away and was replaced in 1999 and is now located in the Rue de Sergents Amiens. As you say the area has been redesigned but is still close to the Cathedral and a well known landmark. Image search on Google Dewailly  Clock produces many pictures of the clock shown in the postcard.

e.g present day https://travelfrance.tips/amiens-introduction/

 

 

Ken

 

Edited 1 April , 2018 by kenf48

[P.Rhodes]

Thanks Ken, now I can stop looking.

Peter

[seaJane]

This arrived in my in-box today and I thought you all might be interested: http://museumcrush.org/from-your-soldier-boy-silk-postcards-of-the-first-world-war/.

[Bean tool]

21 minutes ago, seaJane said:

This arrived in my in-box today and I thought you all might be interested: http://museumcrush.org/from-your-soldier-boy-silk-postcards-of-the-first-world-war/.

Thanks for that SJ. Very interesting.

 

Dan

[P.Rhodes]

Another one from Uncle Reg. Looking at this view today on Google earth the monument has disappeared. Cheers Peter