"Will you please send post card from Lucy you will see in letter rack as I want address. Key at Mrs Waites. Write and tell you more tomorrow. Don't forget plants. Love from Mary".
An old picture postcard - acquired who knows where. I have been to Jervaulx Abbey, it is a pleasant spot and this rather rusty photograph doesn't do it justice. The message is prosaic, but so what? Life is prosaic : made up of forgotten addresses and unwatered plants. In the case of Mary we can see what happens when Miss E Craddock forgets to prune the bushes. Here is a picture of "The Rookery" today.
Wensleydale made me think of cheese.
ReplyDeleteThe Rookery looks like a very fine house behind all that wall and greenery.
I love the old monasteries and abbeys of Yorkshire, I was at Byland Abbey a few weeks ago - must post some shots.
ReplyDeleteWho was Miss Craddock? I like the fact that you went to the trouble to photograph the house, thereby adding to the story. I should add Jervaulx to the spreadsheet for A Bit About Britain - so many places, so little time! Thanks Alan.
ReplyDeleteI could see myself thoroughly enjoying a walk on that road where the Abbey is! Wow! I love your photos. Thank you so much for sharing, Alan.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like my hedges. Unfortunately, minus the wall.
ReplyDeleteWe went to so many of these abbeys in the 80s that I honestly can’t remember if we saw this one or not. As ever the message on the card tempts us to fill in the gaps in the story.
ReplyDeleteWow! Nice capture, both views have their own magic.
ReplyDeleteStrange to see the house where that postcard was addressed and imagine how different it was in those days.
ReplyDeleteYou have used the the word 'prosaic' on more than one occasion recently, I believe. I would say that your blogs are anything but 'prosaic'. I enjoy most of them enormously. What a good idea to photograph the House to which the Postcard was addressed. Keep the blogs coming, please.
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