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Gallery: Warwickshire Miscellaneous

Moreton Morrell Post Office, Warwickshire, 1906

@iamtimbo / 9 years ago / 1132 views / comments

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A group stand outside the village post office in 1906. The girl has a very swish-looking bicycle!

In the 1901 census, the residents are listed as Frederick and Sarah Samways. Sarah would have been 55 at the time of this photograph, so that could feasibly be her just inside the gate. The Samways had three daughters, Mary Jane, Susan and Rosalie, who would have been around 17, 15 and 14 at the time this picture was taken, so one or more of them could be here.

The bicycle looks brand new, and very a la mode for the time...

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