A POSTCARD FROM KEIGHLEY
Few things can provide a mirror to social history better than the humble picture postcard. On the one side you have the view, and although, as the 20th century progressed, these became more romanticised and stereotypical, in the early years they were often raw and real: horse muck and gaslights. On the other side you have a message which is worth a PhD thesis. This card was sent by my Great Aunt Eliza to my Great Uncle Fowler in 1905.
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