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Postcard Details - PC00000296

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Recipient/
Owner:
Mr L (Leonard Harry) Barker
Born: 1902
Address: 31 Church Street
Dunstable
Bedfordshire
Sent By: Mother
When: 1900-1920
Postally Used: Yes
Price: £29.99 
Free Shipping Zone: UK and NI 
 

Description and Heritage Research Results
Birthday card. Fragment of stamp carries 'H' for Halfpenny. This rate was increased to one penny in 1918.

Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire, 1914;
Mrs. Alice Barker, confectioner, 31 Church Street, Dunstable.

1911 Census:
Address: 31 Church St Dunstable.
County: Bedfordshire.
TAYLOR, Albert Edward, Head, Married, M, 24, Gardener Domestic, born 1887, Hertfordshire Hertingfordbury.
TAYLOR, Caroline, Wife, Married (2 years), F, 39, Confectioner (associated with Sweet Shop), born 1872, Buckingham Acton Clinton.

Suggests that 31 Church Street was a Sweet Shop.

One Alice Barker in 1911 census of Beds and she is married to a Tobacconist and has a son Leonard (L).

1911 Census:
Address: 8 High St South Dunstable.
County: Bedfordshire.
BARKER, Harry, Head, Married, M, 31, Tobacconist Manager, born 1880, Balham Surrey.
BARKER, Alice, Wife, Married (11 years), F, 32, born 1879, Banham Norfolk.
BARKER, Leonard Harry, Son, M, 9, School, born 1902, Banham Norfolk.
BARKER, Cyril Charles, Son, M, 7, School, born 1904, Balham Surrey.
BARKER, Eric Francis, Son, M, 5, born 1906, Balham Surrey.
BARKER, Ena Alice Ada, Daughter, F, 3, born 1908, Tunbridge Wells Kent.
BARKER, Eileen Beatrice Florence, Daughter, F, 1, born 1910, Tunbridge Wells Kent.
CHAPMAN, Ethel, Niece, Single, F, 21, Dress Maker Unemployed, born 1890, Rosedale Yorks.
GREEN, Peryc John, Boarder, Single, M, 28, Tobacconist And Stationer, born 1883, Woodborough Wilts.

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