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Postcard Details - PC00000412

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Recipient/
Owner:
Miss A (Little Shirt Friend) Walters
Address: Home Laundry
39 Havelock Road
Luton
Bedfordshire
Sent By: Rose
When:
Postally Used: Yes
Price: £29.99 
Free Shipping Zone: UK and NI 
 

Description and Heritage Research Results
The stamp has been removed, revealing the print on the card which states that it requires a half-penny stamp. The postal rates increased to 1d on 3 Jun 1918 which would suggest that the card was purchased some time before, or shortly after, this date.

1911 Census shows that the address was being used as a laundry in 1911:
Address: 39 Havelock Road Luton Bedfordshire
County: Bedfordshire
DAVIS, Anne, Head, Widow, F, 63, Laundress, born 1848, Romford Cornwall.
DAVIS, Harold Alfred, Son, Single, M, 33, Laundryman, born 1878, Harold Wood Essex.
JONES, Mary Jane, Assistant, Single, F, 30, Laundress, born 1881, Brentford Middlesex.

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Steam Laundry Late Mrs Bent, Leagrave Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, England;
George Davis, Head, Married, Male, 56, Engineer Steam Laundry, born 1845, Dorking, Surrey,
Ann Davis, Wife, Married, Female, 53, Sorter Steam Laundry, born 1848, Romford, Essex,
Arthur G Davis, Son, Single, Male, 19, Sorter Steam Laundry, born 1882,Harold Wood, Essex.

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