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Postcard reverse
« on: Wednesday 29 March 23 14:20 BST (UK) »
Is anyone able to make out anything on the reverse of this postcard?

It looks like it may be Welsh.

https://ibb.co/DbjD747

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Postcard reverse
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 29 March 23 15:13 BST (UK) »
Russian???

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Re: Postcard reverse
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 29 March 23 16:00 BST (UK) »
Russian???

Нет. Я говорю по-русски  ???

It appears to have a double f (ff) at the bottom. I'm not sure what that would be if it was in Cyrillic.

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Re: Postcard reverse
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 29 March 23 16:54 BST (UK) »
Could it be Armenian? On the basis that it could be a date in the top left corner (1921, 12th of something) I've been trying out the names of the months in a variety of languages in Google Translate, and the months September to December come out in Armenian with endings fairly similar to what's here, but I'm not sure of the start of the word:

սեպտեմբեր
հոկտեմբեր
նոյեմբեր
դեկտեմբեր

And I wonder if the second line up on the right might include England (Անգլիա) after the first 2-3 letters.

But even if I could work out any more of the script/letters, I wouldn't be able to translate it.
Researching among others:
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Meaburn, Mennile/Meynell, Metcalf(e), Palliser, Robinson, Rutter, Shipley, Stow, Wilkinson

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Re: Postcard reverse
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 29 March 23 19:45 BST (UK) »
Could it be Armenian? On the basis that it could be a date in the top left corner (1921, 12th of something) I've been trying out the names of the months in a variety of languages in Google Translate, and the months September to December come out in Armenian with endings fairly similar to what's here, but I'm not sure of the start of the word:

սեպտեմբեր
հոկտեմբեր
նոյեմբեր
դեկտեմբեր

And I wonder if the second line up on the right might include England (Անգլիա) after the first 2-3 letters.

But even if I could work out any more of the script/letters, I wouldn't be able to translate it.

Thank you. I think you are probably correct. Though I'm not sure what one of my grandparents would be doing with this. I am not familiar with Armenian, but Russian, which has likely influenced modern Armenian writing style is quite different in cursive/written. The last bits look like they are slightly changed versions of what you sent.

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Re: Postcard reverse
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 29 March 23 21:07 BST (UK) »
Could it be Armenian?

Correct. Here is the translation -

13 September 1921:

This little card is a keepsake for you my dear sister

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The front looks like a pair of Hollyweird actors.

So I guess a brother moved to America, and sent this back to Armenia/Russia to a sister.

But I don't know why my grandparents, or their parents would have ended this.

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Re: Postcard reverse
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 30 March 23 03:32 BST (UK) »
"The front looks like a pair of Hollyweird actors."

They may have gone to a film with these two actors in it and got the card as a hand-out.  .

He does look as though he is going to pounce doesn't he? 
Could put some slightly longer teeth and voila vampire movie. 

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Re: Postcard reverse
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 30 March 23 10:54 BST (UK) »
Could it be Armenian?

Correct. Here is the translation -

13 September 1921:

This little card is a keepsake for you my dear sister

Glad you've found someone who can decipher and translate it - but is there more? When I put that English into Google Translate, the Armenian didn't seem as long as what's on the card.

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But I don't know why my grandparents, or their parents would have ended this.

Found it at a flea market and bought it for the picture, perhaps?
Researching among others:
Bartle, Bilton, Bingley, Campbell, Craven, Emmott, Harcourt, Hirst, Kellet(t), Kennedy,
Meaburn, Mennile/Meynell, Metcalf(e), Palliser, Robinson, Rutter, Shipley, Stow, Wilkinson

Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: Postcard reverse
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 30 March 23 12:06 BST (UK) »
EAS were a German postcard company based in Berlin, Kunstverlag E. A. Schwerdtfeger & Co. AG , so instead of Hollywood it might be more appropriate to think of Babelsberg.

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