Neatorama » postcard http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:46:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Man finds picture of mother in shoe box http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/10/man-finds-picture-of-mother-in-shoe-box/ http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/10/man-finds-picture-of-mother-in-shoe-box/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:12:36 +0000 Queuebot http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/10/man-finds-picture-of-mother-in-shoe-box/

Reg Barker, a teaching assistant from the U.K., purchased a tattered shoe box filled with hundreds of old postcards.  He was drawn towards one that showed a crowd celebrating Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945.  He was amazed to see what looked like his adoptive mother and aunt dancing with Canadian troops.

At the time his mother was working as a 24-year-old seamstress at Harrods and had been given the day off work to mark the end of the Second World War in Europe.

Mr Barker of Mildenhall, Suffolk, said: “As I looked closer I saw a young woman dancing and laughing.

“She was dressed immaculately and I realised it looked like my mum next to my aunt. I just could not believe my eyes. I was utterly speechless

“I was 90 per cent sure it was her, but I was able to double check by comparing the card with old pictures of her that I had from the war years.

“I could then tell for sure that it was definitely them. The coincidence of finding it is absolutely staggering. The odds must be millions to one.

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From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Geekazoid.

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Photo: wackystuff

How did people practice birth control back in the days? Here’s a tongue-in-cheek postcard c. 1907 that illustrates one such method.

More retro-goodness at Jeffrey Errick’s 100 most interesting images at Flickr: Link

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…or Europe, or the whole world, actually. But those didn’t rhyme, so I went with “U.S.A.” Next time you go on vacation, take a few of these little beauties along, and with a tiny amount of sewing, you can show your besties back at home exactly what routes you have taken. Yeah, you could do the same thing with a Sharpie, but that’s not nearly as cute.

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