This week’s pictures from the past

Why did Shirley Cottage at Whixall merit a postcard all to itself? After all, there doesn’t appear to be anything extra special about the property.

Well, one reason might be that in the past postcards were used conversationally, very much as we use telephone calls today, which meant that postcard subjects were not just the “touristy” things which we nowadays expect, but were wide and varied, ranging from individual buildings, to fetes and local news events.

This postcard from the collection of our regular contributor Ray Farlow is undated, but is perhaps from before World War One.

Incidentally the sign above the front door simply says “Shirley Cottage”.

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