With the British Army in Flanders & France

The Daily Postcard No. 25

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Magicfingers

C0lour film was around even early in the Great War, and this is a true colour photograph – not coloured – of a German machine-gun position in the Champagne region of France in 1915. Continue reading →

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The Daily Postcard No. 24

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Magicfingers

I showed you an early postcard produced by Bamforth & C0. Ltd a couple of days ago, so today we take a look at a more typical Bamforth production from the Great War years. Continue reading →

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The Daily Postcard No. 23

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Magicfingers

Today we have an English card followed by three French ones. Many regrettable acts took place during the Great European War of 1914; we’ve already seen what happened to Rheims, and the deliberate sacking of the Belgian town of Louvain by the Germans probably ranks even higher on the list. Continue reading →

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The Daily Postcard No. 22

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Magicfingers

Not the most attractive of cards, but worth showing for future reference, if you bear with me. Continue reading →

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The Daily Postcard No. 21

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Magicfingers

Homage to the French Armed Forces, and in particular, the Aéronautique Militaire (Air Force). Continue reading →

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A Little Light Reading

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Magicfingers

There are a few of you that I know of who are still around from the very early days of this website (and thank you so much), and, hopefully, a few more that I am maybe not aware of, but it did occur to me, with the Daily Postcards taking over the site for the moment – yes, there’ll be another in the morning – that even some of you long-timers may not have explored some of the early tours featured here. So to make your life easy, ‘cos you’re a lazy lot, here are a few links that will take you to the first post in seven of the earlier tours, from which links at the end of each post will take you through the complete tour. Continue reading →

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