I find it interesting that so many people collect vintage postcards. A few
years ago after my father passed away we were cleaning out the
basement of the house my parents bought 50 years ago. In the rafters
we found a folder that contained 83 postcards that were sent to my
mother when she was a little girl. She was born in 1905. Some of these
cards had no writing on but 9 of them were from some cousin of hers
named "Artie" and were sent from Rouen France in 1915 during the
first world war. They describe the area and thank her and her parents
for the parcels they sent. Two of these cards have pictures of "Artie"
on them. I have no idea who this man is since we live in Canada and
all of her relatives lived in England. I do not even know if he survived the
war. I am so sorry we didn't know about these cards when my mother
was alive so she could tell us about "Artie". Since this is the 90th
anniversary of the Canadian Army's victory at Vimy Ridge in France
these cards are a wonderful reminder of the soldiers who fought during
this time. Barb McNamara, Toronto Canada
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