Category Archives: Postcards

The Daily Postcard No. 5

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Magicfingers

Saved.  Apparently.

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The Daily Postcard No. 4

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Magicfingers

An Italian-manufactured card, despite the French writing, featuring a captured German Taube surrounded by French officers, the photo taken in Salonika, on the Macedonian Front. 

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The Daily Postcard No. 3

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Magicfingers

Literally, ‘We don’t worry because we will have them with that’.  Hommage to the famous French 75 mm quick-firing field gun, introduced in 1898, and recognised as the first true modern artillery piece.

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The Daily Postcard No. 2

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Magicfingers

English Hussars on the way to the front, optimism on their smiling faces.  Another early postcard, this time French, and is that really a pith helmet I spy?  I do believe it is.  The officer in the background leading these … Continue reading →

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The Daily Postcard No. 1

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Magicfingers

In these times of stress and anxiety, with most of us pretty much stuck inside now for the duration, we are going to need to find things to do to keep safe and sane (and let’s be fair, there’s only … Continue reading →

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Bousbecque German Military Cemetery

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Magicfingers

Rather like the cemetery at Wervicq-Sud, a mile and a half away to the west, Bousbecque German Military Cemetery is another that I have intended to visit now for many years. 

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A Walk to Wervicq-Sud German Military Cemetery Part Two

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Magicfingers

Hello again!

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