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General => The Common Room => The Lighter Side => Topic started by: Berlin-Bob on Saturday 05 August 17 09:20 BST (UK)
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As we are always on the lookout for for family heirlooms or items that can shed more light on our ancestor, I found this article interesting:
How two sisters uncovered heartbreak in their grandfather's envelope designs
When two sisters started researching their grandfather's hobby, they uncovered a love affair that tore their family apart 100 years ago
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/aug/05/sisters-heartbreak-grandfather-envelope-frederick-edith-tolhurst
Bob
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Thank you for the link, an interesting read and beautiful envelopes.
Lisa
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A novel way to address envelopes. :D Thanks for the link BB.
Cheers
KHP
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Thanks Bob that is fascinating.
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Beautiful
Thanks for the link
xin
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How lovely that was to read, thanks Bob :)
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I really enjoyed the read although a sad but interesting story & the envelopes are beautiful.
I'm sure some of us can relate to the story, mother going off with another & meeting an untimely death at a young age :(
Annie
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Wow, thanks!
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Thanks Bob.
:'(
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How novel...bet they brightened up the postman's day ;D Thanks for sharing.
Carol
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Thankyou for the Link
Many faces of love in one story.
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What beautiful envelopes. Thanks for sharing Bob, I enjoyed reading the story.
Funny thing , some people still do this. When I was little (around the time I was 4 to 9yrs old) I , my sibling and mum used to spend my summer holidays (the whole 6 weeks of it) with my maternal grandparents. My father used to stay at home, due to work. He used to write letters to us every couple of days. The envelopes (and also the letters) were always illustrated with bright coloured drawings . We always knew they were from dad as soon as they hit the door mat.
One particular envelope that I can remember clearly was a funny drawing of my cat and dad falling down steps. The cat tripped him up and broke his arm, which was hilarious to us, but not to dad, who then drove one handed (6 hours away) to join us for the rest of our summer holiday.
Sadly I never kept the letters, I can't remember what happened to them, lost over time.
Oddly enough , my mother in law today does the same . She is the only one that still writes with paper and pen. She sends letters to my son and decorates the envelopes with brightly coloured pictures . In her time she taught art as a teacher in primary and has also illustrated a welsh ghost story book.
I keep all the letters from her and put them in my son's "baby box" (a box that I have kept for my son since birth containing cards, first shoes , hospital wrist bands ect)
Sadly the art of letter writing is almost dead with almost everyone that I know, except for mum-in-law.
Kind Regards
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Cell,
So glad that you're keeping these 'treasures' for the next generation., and hopefully beyond.
Kit
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Fascinating story - thanks Bob.
Wiggy :)