Postcard writing

[emjayf]

Last one tonight!

Again from my Great Grandmother's collection. I zoomed in on the written side only this time.
It was posted to:
Miss Beaumont
210 Northfield Road, Crookes, Sheffield
Post Marked Sheffield Jun 19th 1911

June 19th (20 crossed out) 1911

Below that I can only make out
"My dear Maud,
I wish you very many happy returns of the day.
Won't be long before you come to see us again...." And then I am afraid I only get odd words until the end of:

"With love
From Blanche"

Lord knows how I would have coped preinternet days!

Thanks again
MJ

[IgorStrav]

...are you going over to G?J? on Thursday, I expect I am having company, we were out while 1/2 past 10 last night listening to Mr Smith from Sheffield he was grand.  He is coming again in a fortnight yesterday. Will you come 
with love Blanch.

I love that 'while' is used in the Yorkshire way to mean 'until' 

I wonder who Mr Smith was?

[IgorStrav]

You may have already seen that 210 Northfield Road, and the next door house seem to be merged together as a Nail Bar - but this is the sort of house Maud lived in.

[emjayf]

You may have already seen that 210 Northfield Road, and the next door house seem to be merged together as a Nail Bar - but this is the sort of house Maud lived in.

Thank you for the transcription and the photo. That is a gorgeous house! Love the grey brick! I would happily live there now!

Cheers
MJ

[emjayf]

...are you going over to G?J? on Thursday, I expect I am having company, we were out while 1/2 past 10 last night listening to Mr Smith from Sheffield he was grand.  He is coming again in a fortnight yesterday. Will you come 
with love Blanch.

I love that 'while' is used in the Yorkshire way to mean 'until' 

I wonder who Mr Smith was?

I wonder if Mr Smith was a speaker she saw at chapel as I know my Fouldes relatives were chapel goers.

It could be that the letter is a J - maybe for her future husband Jack/John?

Thank you again. Yes I love all the funny phrases they use. "I hope you are going on alright" is vey common!

Cheers
MJ

[emjayf]

Another postcard I cannot make out text for! Well actually it is just ONE word!

What I have is:
Dear Maud,
Hope you got home alright on Thursday. I forgot to tell you that I shouldn't see you at six on Monday because if all goes well I am going to that and so I shall leave at 4 o' clock so if you can make it convenient to see me then will you let me know & then I can look out for you so goodbye.
With love
From Blanche."

So it's just that bit between "going to that" and "and so I shall leave....." that I cannot make out.

I have attached a zoomed in version so you can see the word better.

Thanks again
MJ

[IgorStrav]

well it seems to say "loosing" but I really don't know what that means.

Can't make it say anything else I DO understand either.

Off to google "loosing"

[IgorStrav]

Apparently "loosing' can mean 'wandering about from place to place' in Yorkshire dialect, so could it be a walk she's going on, with some companions perhaps?

Just a guess really

Added:

just found another definition in Yorkshire dialect "a celebration of someone's 21st birthday".
Which seems more likely?

[IgorStrav]

I used to work in Leeds many years ago, and there were many common usages I'd never heard before (being a despised Londoner), so it may well be that a "loosing" is as common as a "fuddle" which is apparently the well-accepted word for a work gathering, at work, where everyone brings in food for their colleagues/workmates. 

I can remember now the expressions people had when I said I'd never heard of it.