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Posted 1909 Jul 10.

Postcard to Winifred FLINT 1888-?

I picked up a postcard for 99p. The picture was interesting, the visit of King Edward VII to Birmingham on 10 Jul 1909, and a huge arch built by the Cycle Trades to welcome His Majesty. But Birmingham is well outside my area of study. However, the message on the other side was from "Les" to a young lady called "W" who lived at 73 Bolehill, Wirksworth. Using the Census and Parish Register, I found out that W was Winifred FLINT, and I traced her family back 100 years. Amazingly, the photo was taken, the postcard printed and sold, written and posted, all in 3 days!

Winifred was 21 when the postcard was sent, and "Les" seems to have been on very friendly terms with her. Les lived at 55 Latimer St, Edgbaston, perhaps he worked in a cycle factory there? I wonder if they got married after 1909? Who was "Lawson"?

Perhaps some reader can fill in their history after the postcard was sent?

|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                                        |                   Edgbaston PO |
| My dear W.          55 Latimer Street  |                    Birmingham  |
| I trust this will      Edgbaston,      |                     2.10PM     |
| find you still on the     B.ham,       |                     JY 10      |
| improve. I should like you  July 10/09 |   Miss W.Flint,      09        |
| to have seen this arch.                |                                |
| I expect Lawson would be               |     73 Bole Hill,              |
| glad I was away last Wednesday         |                                |
| so that you could spoon in             |       Wirksworth,              |
| peace. I shall have lots               |                                |
| to tell you when next I see            |         Derbyshire.            |
| you. With much love, yours lovingly,Les|                                |
|   X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X  X   |                                |
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|

The family can be traced using the following links to the Census:
The FLINT families: 1901, 1891, 1881, 1871, 1861, 1851 and 1841.
MARSON family: 1841, SLATER family: 1871

                        |               |
                       1802            1800
                       Henry   1823    Mary
                       FLINT=====v=====WOOD
                       1862      |     1875
       |-----|-------|-------|---|--|-------|--------|----------|
      1824  1826    1828    1830   1832    1834     1836       1839
      John  Joseph  Edward  Henry  Reuben  Herbert  Elizabeth  Hannah
                     |
                    1828            1830
                    Edward  1848    Mariah
                    FLINT=====v=====MARSON
                    1893      |
 |------|-------|-------|-----|----|-------|-------|------|-------|
1849   1852    1854    1857       1860    1862    1865   1867    1871
Henry  Alfred  Thomas  Elizabeth  Joseph  Mariah  Ellen  Bertha  Reuben
        |
       1852            1854
       Alfred  1874    Martha
       FLINT=====v=====SLATER
                 |
             |---|--|-------|------|------|---------|
            1876   1878    1880   1882   1888      1894
            Clara  Bertha  Ethel  Sarah  Winifred  Ada


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Photo taken:1909 Jul 7
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