Anyone up for a Challenge?

[Ruskie]

Interesting postcard - The chap looks so smart and has a slightly haughty air about him. Love it.

Although similar, I’m afraid I don’t think his fob is the same as the railway fob in the link provided. The shape looks different, though I suppose it could relate to a different railway or time frame.

 

[despair]

I think I have found the connection between Edith Beck(nee Wooff) and the Mrs Gertrude Metcalfe listed in the probate record.The pathway was as follows:-
Death record for a Gertrude Metcalfe 1913-1983 Richmond
Only Gertrude born 1913 in Richmond is Gertrude Dodsworth(Dec Qtr) mmn Wooff
(Marriage of Gertrude Dodsworth to James Metcalfe Dec Qtr 1935 Richmond)
Marriage of Sarah Jane Wooff to James Dodsworth Dec Qtr 1898 Richmond
Birth of Sarah Jane Wooff Dec Qtr 1879 Teesdale
Census 1881 Sarah J daughter of John and Esther Wooff RG11/4931/39/12
Census 1871 Richard Wooff(father of Edith),son of John and Esther,RG10/4878/18/2

I think this makes Edith and Gertrude cousins(?)

Roger

[despair]

It may be worth noting that in 1911 Esther Wooff together with James and (Sarah) Jane Dodsworth are in Eppleby,which looks to be less than a mile from Forcett.

Roger

[despair]

If I am looking at the correct place,could the "signature" be a single "H"?

Roger

[Fresh Fields]

Snippet rotated.

Alan.

[BushInn1746]

Going to post F x, then realised the snippet had F X in its title, Mark

[arthurk]

Is it F D?

[Treetotal]

Thanks for all your input Roger and interesting observations, and others for helping to solve this mystery....I originally thought it was two kisses then thought it looked like Fx?
Carol

[despair]

An improbable lateral thought,but here goes....
What if the writer is not the person in the photo?What if it is a woman(Handwriting style?Puzzle format?).
Unlikely(?),but what about Ediith's Aunt(?) Jane Dodsworth(nee Sarah Jane Wooff,married 1898)?
The picture could be her husband,perhaps.He would have been approx 27 at the time of writing(anybody guess the age of the subject?).There might be a way of making sensse of Father/Mother references.....Initials maybe JD as suggested....... 

Rpger