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This is a postcard showing Wrights Lane, Fulbourn, circa 1912. | This is a postcard showing Wrights Lane, Fulbourn, circa 1912, and below a similar angle taken in 2022. | ||
The postcard shows a thatched house (that no longer exists) at the junction of School Lane (on the right, formerly known at Wrights Lane) and Ludlow lane on the left. Further down School lane can be seen Hall Farm House (where the Wright family lived for many generations, hence the original name of the road). Further down Ludlow lane can be seen the Malting Buildings of Ludlows. | |||
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Scan of postcard of Wright's Lane, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, edited to remove some ink transfer marks to the picture, but yellow staining was left unedited. | Scan of postcard of Wright's Lane, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, edited to remove some ink transfer marks to the picture, but yellow staining was left unedited. | ||
The identities of the four boys is unknown. | The identities of the four boys is unknown. | ||
Revision as of 16:58, 14 February 2022
This is a postcard showing Wrights Lane, Fulbourn, circa 1912, and below a similar angle taken in 2022.
The postcard shows a thatched house (that no longer exists) at the junction of School Lane (on the right, formerly known at Wrights Lane) and Ludlow lane on the left. Further down School lane can be seen Hall Farm House (where the Wright family lived for many generations, hence the original name of the road). Further down Ludlow lane can be seen the Malting Buildings of Ludlows.
Scan of postcard of Wright's Lane, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, edited to remove some ink transfer marks to the picture, but yellow staining was left unedited.
The identities of the four boys is unknown.
Rear of Postcard
The postcard was posted on the 23rd February 1912 at Fulbourn, using a George V half-penny green stamp consistent with 1912. So the photograph pre-dates 1912.
It was addressed to "Mr A. Durant. 9 Palamiers Road, Leyton N.E."
"Dr. Arch. There is little to tell at the present; am enjoying myself. I went hare-coursing yesterday. Yrs. affect. Ren"
The rear of the postcard has printed "Knights Stores". Assuming the postcard was sold in the village of Fulbourn, then this is possibly the shop that occupied what is now 1 Manor Walk at the top end of (what is now) the High Street.