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Saturday, April 23, 2011

A kiss from France - Lest we forget

















In my case of treasures I have this beautiful cross stitch sent by my great Uncle Levi to my great Aunt Elsie who lived in England in 1918 during World War I. Apparently the ladies in France used to do these cross-stitch post cards and sell them to the soldiers to send back home to their loved ones. With ANZAC day tomorrow I though it fitting to put it on my blog. It is in perfect condition and was given to me by my mother many years ago.

6 comments:

  1. How beautiful Jude. I havnt seen this before and found it very moving.
    Uncle Levi lived on to become an old man who lived in Torquay.
    Mum and Dad visited him there. Apparently he was a great ballroom dancer.
    chris

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  2. Hi Jude, wow isn't that special.... so precious to your family and extremely collectable because you know its provenance. Make sure you document all you know about him and keep it with the postcard so your children don't lose the details....or its importance. A photo of him and your great aunt would top it off! Amazing history

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  3. Cathy, I have indeed:In the photo at the top of the page my Uncle Levi is at the far right and next to him is Aunty Elsie to whom he wrote the card! I even have one of the whole family taken in 1900.! now that is history.

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  4. How good is that?! Love the photo.... he looks a bit like my granpa. Must have been the era.

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  5. I'm sure your aunt Elsie treasured this card too Jude, it's lovely and what a lovely keepsake, I love to see photo's of people and places taken, years ago, your aunt and uncle look very happy in this photo, strolling along with the dog and friends.
    Would love to see the one of the whole family Jude.

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  6. It is a real family pic Eileen, as the man on the left is my Uncle Jack (mums brother and only photo I have of him) then my great Aunty Leah, then on the right great Aunty Elsie and Great Uncle Levi. great keepsake isn't it?

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