Mr. & Mrs. T. Luckins - Dunblane Hotel August 1956 Scotland.
So many of these letters are from people I never met. They were gone long before I came into existence. Cousin Tilly Luckins is one that I was fortunate enough to meet when I was very young. Sadly, my memory of her is limited to the photos that were captured...
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Grace Vince photographed at Stacey's Cinema Studios 39 Duke Street Aldgate London EC3. The street name was changed to Duke's Place in 1939, so the photo is before that. Based on similar real photo postcards I have found from Stacey's, I suspect Grace might have tried her hand at acting.
A lovely letter from Grace Vince to her cousin, my Great Grandmother Alice Pinborough. As always, I am delighted and frustrated to read about so many people I have never heard of. Mr. Blyth? Mrs. Hopper?
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A cigar box, a letter and the goanna skin.
Sometimes you discover a photo of a relative you have been researching, or a postcard of your ancestor's hometown, or a bathing suit you saw in an old photo. And sometimes, you find a cigar box with letter and a one hundred twenty one (121) year old lizard skin.
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