Ashford, Middlesex, Flower Show Fete 1914 and Greenwich Park Bank Holiday c1905

Ashford, Middlesex, Flower Show Fete 1914 and Greenwich Park Bank Holiday circa 1905. The theme for the Sepia Saturday blog this week is May Day related so here are a few postcards showing people enjoying their day off work a century ago. The Ashford postcards are by W. H. Applebee of Ashford. I don't know who published the Greenwich park postcard. Click the postcards to enlarge. Beneath the Greenwich postcard are some close-ups.

Gracechurch Street, City Of London c1904 & c1930

Gracechurch Street, City Of London circa 1904 and circa 1930. Nothing has survived from the 1904 postcard in the present Google Street View. The aerial view postcard below that was taken in about 1930. Gracechurch Street goes from the large white building in the foreground (the present day House of Fraser department store) to the middle top of the picture. Wren's Monument to the Great Fire of London is at the bottom right. Click the postcards to enlarge.

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Raynes Park, south-west London, Carters Tested Seeds Factory c1913

Raynes Park, south-west London, Carters Tested Seeds Factory circa 1913. The Google Street View shows the approximate location of the Carters Tested Seeds factory in Raynes Park. The factory closed in 1970 and was replaced by the current housing estate. More old photos of Carters Tested Seeds can be found here.

Postcard by W H Applebee of Ashford. Click the photo to enlarge. For more old pictures visit the Sepia Saturday blog.

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