tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post6240920576576803837..comments2024-03-28T09:28:18.455+00:00Comments on Postcards Then and Now: Battersea, South London, Grayshott Road c1914Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556727166267551805noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-51966987640136417872013-05-08T12:00:07.038+01:002013-05-08T12:00:07.038+01:00Great detail on the postcard. I was amazed at how ...Great detail on the postcard. I was amazed at how sharp and readable the writing on the windows is.Postcardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399915833682943432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-66071463861541725102013-05-06T20:28:17.274+01:002013-05-06T20:28:17.274+01:00Certainly a mistake if you don't click to enla...Certainly a mistake if you don't click to enlarge the postcard! I'm going to look at the map website you mentioned. Kathyhttp://abbieandeveline.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-65034807515978694142013-05-06T06:35:37.600+01:002013-05-06T06:35:37.600+01:00A wonderful image! I'm fascinated by those mil...A wonderful image! I'm fascinated by those milk carts. Never seen anything like them.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-8952913392782288002013-05-05T12:17:54.563+01:002013-05-05T12:17:54.563+01:00Yes that top postcard is just gorgeous and takes y...Yes that top postcard is just gorgeous and takes you back to another time.<br /><br />Will people of the future look back on our buildings with such nostalgia? I don't think so!Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636761469099608281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-31178030955890662202013-05-05T10:12:28.441+01:002013-05-05T10:12:28.441+01:00What a fantastic postcard, just love all the detai...What a fantastic postcard, just love all the detail and how ordered everything looks, and you can sense a feeling of pride in their work and their establishment. Then it was with shock and horror that I saw the now view!Lisa Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562101358640638937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-33480542749679838812013-05-05T08:19:33.573+01:002013-05-05T08:19:33.573+01:00That's such a beautiful photo when you enlarge...That's such a beautiful photo when you enlarge it. The roof trimmings on the houses remind me of my mother's old dolls-house.Alex Dawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-19166531323065527252013-05-05T05:34:44.484+01:002013-05-05T05:34:44.484+01:00Hi Mike, I use old-maps.co.uk to source a lot of m...Hi Mike, I use old-maps.co.uk to source a lot of my postcards, this one included. They have maps for this particular postcard going up to the 1960s.Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556727166267551805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-44812379403106247472013-05-05T05:33:02.112+01:002013-05-05T05:33:02.112+01:00Hi Brett, these milk carts (also used to deliver b...Hi Brett, these milk carts (also used to deliver bread) were ubiquitous in the UK a century ago, probably long before that.Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556727166267551805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-81374717175476740472013-05-05T05:17:40.044+01:002013-05-05T05:17:40.044+01:00The milk carts seem to be very similar in style/de...The milk carts seem to be very similar in style/design to the c.1910 grocer's trolley/cart that my grandfather's in charge of in a photo taken outside the family grocer's shop in Derby, which I wrote about in <a href="http://photo-sleuth.blogspot.co.nz/2008/04/hardys-starbright-in-bottle-for-family.html" rel="nofollow">Hardy's 'Starbright' in Bottle, for Family Trade</a> on Photo-Sleuth 5 years ago.Brett Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706734864792449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-55983857339031716452013-05-05T04:12:21.291+01:002013-05-05T04:12:21.291+01:00A great occupational/shop photo with wonderful det...A great occupational/shop photo with wonderful detail. Do you use old maps to help identify these lost addresses? Are there maps that show the areas around London destroyed by the WW2 bombings?Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-30818334161263244722013-05-04T18:47:55.453+01:002013-05-04T18:47:55.453+01:00Milk churns are a blast from the past for me; duri...Milk churns are a blast from the past for me; during WWII that's how our milk was delivered. My brother got into trouble by putting stones in one when the milkman wasn't looking! Greta pld cardBob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-20439593853105206612013-05-04T16:30:58.761+01:002013-05-04T16:30:58.761+01:00Oh I have to agree, what a charming look back into...Oh I have to agree, what a charming look back into yesterday! Thanks!21 Witshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071361755673253230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-83327637193545528602013-05-04T14:44:54.286+01:002013-05-04T14:44:54.286+01:00Blur's 'Modern Life is Rubbish' sums u...Blur's 'Modern Life is Rubbish' sums up the second photograph.Tonyhttp://www.tonymcsweeney.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-47400268565736658032013-05-04T13:50:14.774+01:002013-05-04T13:50:14.774+01:00I love everything about that old postcard: the br...I love everything about that old postcard: the brick, the storefronts, the corbels, the columns on the row houses, the street lamp. It looks so well-built, like it was built for permanence, but I guess not.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.com