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Postcards found in the Fireplace

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posted on 2024-06-05, 17:02 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

Carrie was re-modeling her fireplace in her new house and when she was taking apart the wooden mantle she found multiple postcards from World War 2 from possibly New Zealand because of a New Zealand Stamp and England. One specific post-card was going to a 'Miss Mary Cross'. She was saying it could be for a birthday and Christmas because it had snowmen and snow on them. The house was built in 1930, which she was saying would make sense that their was WW2 'artifacts'.

History

Item list and details

1. Postcard 2. Christmas Message 3. Postcard 4. New Zealand Stamp

Person the story/items relate to

Miss Mary Cross

Person who shared the story/items

Carrie-Anne Kerr

Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor

She lives in their old house

Type of submission

Shared at Studley High School, Warwickshire on 23 January 2024.

Record ID

109954 | STU007