Postcard of the Month: February 2024
/So many Words!
This relatively unremarkable postcard of Toddington, north of Littlehampton, was sent to Miss Bertha Symes, of Collier's Wood. It contains more than two hundred words, mostly legible, not counting the address!
The card reveals a carefully crafted message on the back, some of it written in a simple code. Maybe the sender, George, sought to discourage anyone other than the recipient from reading the content, or perhaps this was a private game that they played.
Toddington was clearly rural at that time, probably best known for its tea rooms which featured on a number of postcards of the period.
This card, published by White & Son, was posted in Littlehampton on October 15th 1907.