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Saturday 17 March 2012
Bramley Village, Surrey, c1913
Bramley Village, Surrey, circa 1913. Bramley is a village a few miles south of Guildford. In this postcard we can see the A. C. Sociable car belonging to the photographer that I featured last week in this post. The Jolly Farmer is still in business. The diagonal line you can see on the postcard is a scratch on the negative. The young girl in the centre of the picture makes this ordinary postcard quite charming. Postcard by W. H. Applebee. Click the picture to enlarge.
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She's adorable, as is the scooter car in the background! Nice ride!
ReplyDeleteI love when I can still see the OLD town in the new picture. Surprisingly, in this shot the town doesn't seem to have changed a great deal, except maybe cosmetically.
ReplyDeleteThe girl and the car really add to the interest of the postcard.
ReplyDeleteA nice trip to bramley. What a cute little girl. I wonder if she was posed or just happened upon the scene.
ReplyDeleteNancy
This is one of the best cards I have seen of yours, Howard. The girl and the scooter make it; The Jolly Farmer may be in an urban setting now.
ReplyDeleteVery nice! I find it interesting in the now and then pictures of how everything is the same (houses and the wall), but the perspective of the photos make such a difference. Of course, the Google one is viewing down from up high.
ReplyDeleteShe is a really cute little girl.
Kathy M.
You check the car out, I'll check the pub out. Great comparison, as usual.
ReplyDeletewonderful postcard, especially the section you zoomed in on. Nice to see that the road is still recognisable were someone from the past to visit.
ReplyDeleteThe girl would like us to buy her something at the confectionery. That car is amazing. Where's the rest of it?
ReplyDeleteThere are more ghosts in this one too. A wagon or motorcar is in the road and maybe another child under the W of the photographer's logo. Curious that he chose to focus on the pub and not the church. The current pub probably has far fewer farmers, jolly or not, than when this photo was made.
ReplyDeleteNice to see that the pub is still in business, though the modern scenes lacks the charm of the sepia one. The child in the foreground is delightful; you can see that she was really curious about the photographer.
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