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Postcard by G W Wilson Forth Rail Bridge and Warships |
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Frank Hay, Queensferry History Group
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Postcard Forth Rail Bridge |
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Thank you to Frank Hay, a member of the Queensferry History Group for sending the postcard above, published by George Washington Wilson. The View The card was posted in 1906. It has an undivided back, the address being written on the back and the message on the front. However, the postcard is likely to have been published a few years earlier as the Post Office in Great Britain relaxed its rules in 1902 and allowed both the address and message to be written on the same side of the card. From around September 1902 onwards, postcard publishers began to produce postcards with divided backs. The Message The sender clearly had faith in the postal system. The message on the front of the postcard reads: "Can't possibly come tonight. Will come tomorrow morning at 9 o' clock. " |
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Question Frank Hay has enlarged part of this postcard to produce the detail below, and asks: "I wonder if anyone can identify the warships.
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Frank Hay, Queensferry History Group If you can help to identify these ships, please e-mail me. Thank you |
