Author Archives: Magicfingers

Bamforth Postcards – The Commercialization of Sentimentalism

Posted on July 13, 2025 by Magicfingers

James Bamforth had long produced ‘song cards’, utilising popular songs of the time to layer the sentiment on his postcards, and the tradition continued throughout the Great War, by the end of which his company was producing some twenty million … Continue reading →

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St. Gwinear Church

Posted on July 6, 2025 by Magicfingers

We’ve looked around the churchyard before, a couple of years back, but I didn’t show you inside the church.

Posted in Cornwall, U.K. Churches, Memorials & Cemeteries - Back in Blighty | 2 Comments

Erquinghem-Lys – Of Dead Men & Heroes

Posted on June 29, 2025 by Magicfingers

We’ve been here before.  More than once.  Although not at this time of year. 

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Westoutre British Cemetery

Posted on June 14, 2025 by Magicfingers

Westouter’s second cemetery can be found just three hundred yards north of the church & churchyard that we visited last post. 

Posted in Kemmel, Victoria Cross | 6 Comments

Westouter War Memorial, Churchyard & Extension

Posted on May 25, 2025 by Magicfingers

Every so often we find ourselves in an area that remained behind the British lines for the whole of the war, and Westoutre, now Westouter, is one such place. 

Posted in Belgian War Memorials, Kemmel | 6 Comments

Blindley Heath War Memorial & St. John’s Churchyard

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Magicfingers

There’s a nice Surrey church.

Posted in Surrey, U.K. Churches, Memorials & Cemeteries - Back in Blighty | 2 Comments

Hamble War Memorial & St. Andrews Churchyard

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Magicfingers

Lych gate & war memorial.

Posted in Hampshire, U.K. Churches, Memorials & Cemeteries - Back in Blighty | 4 Comments