This postcard was sent to 28 year old Albert from 23 year old Ivy Young who would be known as his "young lady" - more than likely his fiance, as it is dated 1930, being around a year before they married. Ivy was an only child.
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1930 Postcard from Ivy to Albert
It is amazing how these days we take it for granted that we can communicate with loved ones instantly, whereas 88 years ago Ivy sent Albert a postcard (quite an unusual one at that, with Tussaud's waxworks depicting literary greats such as Charles Dickens, George Bernard Shaw, William Shakespeare, Lord Byron and others).
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Back of 1930 Postcard from Ivy to Albert
This picnic photograph was taken before Albert and Ivy married, the sand dunes give a clue that it was somewhere up the north east coast. Sadly Mr young died in 1930 not long before Albert and Ivy married. I assume Albert took the photograph. Mr Young's drink will be some kind of cordial, as both families were staunch tee-total Methodists.
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L-R Mr George Thomas Young 1881-1930 & Mrs Mary Jane Young (nee Slee) 1885 - 1964, Ivy Young 1907 - 2001 and Eleanor Stafford
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One of the old restored negatives of Albert which could have been taken on a day out at Scarborough with Ivy
Unfortunately the photograph of Ivy, taken on the same day is too far gone.
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From Old Negative Albert in Woodland Setting
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The wedding of Albert Henderson Stafford and Ivy Young on the 17th June 1931 at Blaydon
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This is a very smart wedding, with a lovely 1930s Bride. Ivy's wedding dress and veil are beautiful. Her top is made of lace. The wedding bouquet of roses is spectacular, with the gentlemen wearing the same type and colour of rose in their button-hole. Their suits are very smart, I note my 20 year old dad is wearing a double-breasted suit, and both wear wing collars and are carrying gloves and just look at those spats. Eleanor would be aged 18 and thanks to her sentimentality in keeping her lovely matching mauve muff we know the colour of her bridesmaid outfit.
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| Restored Wedding Photograph |
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Eleanor's Bridesmaid's Muff - Albert and Ivy's Wedding
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Wedding Guests Albert and Ivy's Wedding
L-R Alfred Stafford, Norman Stafford, Margaret Stafford? Eleanor Stafford, Albert Stafford, Ivy Young, the rest unknown |
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Restored
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| Ivy and Eleanor on Norman's 1933 Norton Model 19 motorbike outside 16 Milton Street Greenside circa 1940 |
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