Connections in time: The Barber postcards
postcards to a North London family
This interesting card was sent by Winnie Barber to her parents in May 1925. The picture shows a large group of children sitting on the grass on the common at Hyde Heath in Buckinghamshire. In the background are some houses and woodland.
Winnie describes the beautiful scene: “We are sitting with violets growing at our feet and gorse in bloom all round. It smells lovely!”
Bur of course there are drawbacks, as she adds, “There are also plenty of gnats however. Hope to arrive home whole.”
The pencil writing on this postcard is very faded now and quite hard to read. The postcard shows a view over the common at Hyde Heath in the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire. A figure dressed in white can be seen on the footpath which leads towards a cottage.
The card was sent by “A” (Annie Barber?) to George Barber in October 1917. The message (written upside down on the card) reads
Thursday
25/10/17
This pretty spot is only 5 min walk from where we are living. We walked
to Little Missenden this morning. The weather has improved to-day. There
are beautiful walks all around here. Winnie picked a bunch of poppies this morning while on our walk.
A.
It seems that Annie and Winnie were taking a holiday, leaving George at home, presumably because he was at work.
Connections in time: The Barber postcards 