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Holbourn - help please
« on: Friday 11 June 21 18:00 BST (UK) »
Hello

can anyone read the words under 'granny with love Meg' on the right for me, many thanks

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Re: Holbourn - help please
« Reply #1 on: Friday 11 June 21 18:04 BST (UK) »
What's the other side look like? For context

I'd have said M (initial) on Can..as

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Re: Holbourn - help please
« Reply #2 on: Friday 11 June 21 18:48 BST (UK) »
Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough, 8 May 1926
Wanted three or four roomed house, the country end of North Ormesby; rent not to exceed 5s 6d. Apply Mrs Holburn, 1 Customs-Row, Cargo Fleet.

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« Reply #3 on: Friday 11 June 21 23:07 BST (UK) »
I see "M on Canoas"

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Re: Holbourn - help please
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 12 June 21 10:28 BST (UK) »
Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough, 8 May 1926
Wanted three or four roomed house, the country end of North Ormesby; rent not to exceed 5s 6d. Apply Mrs Holburn, 1 Customs-Row, Cargo Fleet.

thank you for this - very interesting

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Re: Holbourn - help please
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 12 June 21 10:29 BST (UK) »
What's the other side look like? For context

I'd have said M (initial) on Can..as

Hi the other side is a photo of 'granny' and we are trying to identify which granny she is - paternal or maternal of Meg.

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Re: Holbourn - help please
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 12 June 21 11:44 BST (UK) »
What about background?
Is nothing at all  visible in the foreground/background?

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Re: Holbourn - help please
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 12 June 21 13:00 BST (UK) »
I see "M on Canoas"
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So do I. But what could that mean? Canoas would appear to be a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, so a bit difficult to be "on".  ???

Also, I tend to think that 3 people have written on the right side of the postcard. The letter "n" in "Granny" is completely different to the one in "Canoas" (if it is indeed Canoas).
If it is "M on Canoas", then the "M" is completely different to the one at the beginning of "Meg".

I think "Granny" looks as though it has been written by a young person - the handwriting is very "careful". The last part (M on Canoas), however, has a lot more flourish.

Edit: I have been sitting here, staring at the last section and googling all kinds of variants. Nichts. Nada. Nuffin.
And then I suddenly thought: What if it is a slightly strange "v", rather than an "o"?
M on canvas
It might (possibly) make sense...  :-\

@Cnthree3: Is it simply a photo? Or a photo of a painting?
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Re: Holbourn - help please
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 12 June 21 13:25 BST (UK) »
The name of the photographer looks like "D A Maclean, Middlesborough, Blackpool and Malk (?) in Humberside".

I've been reading it as "Canvas".