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OldPostcards4sale @oldpostcards4sale.bsky.social · 2d

Love this one! Find it here www.ebay.co.uk/itm/11681898...

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 2d

Starting on 13 Oct, so act quickly if you’re about to take your first steps to a #OnePlaceStudy or would like guidance & inspiration for a study you’ve already started. Society members can claim a 10% discount on this course, and a year’s free membership is offered to non-members taking the course.

Pharos Tutors @pharostutors.bsky.social · 2d

First Steps to a One-Place Study. This course enables you to begin to undertake a one-place study, by suggesting methods, sources and techniques that will enhance your understanding of a community and the people within it. www.pharostutors.com/first-steps-...

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OldPostcards4sale @oldpostcards4sale.bsky.social · 2d

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12742124... Hale village near Liverpool - old postcard now in our shop, click image to see full details

VILLAGE STREET, HALE NR LIVERPOOL, PRE 1918 POSTCARD (ref 5988/25) | eBay UK

Published by Hugo Lang, Liverpool.

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OldPostcards4sale @oldpostcards4sale.bsky.social · 2d

Who headed to Woolacombe this summer? www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12742124...

GREETINGS FROM WOOLACOMBE - EARLY 1900s HERALDIC POSTCARD (ref 3101/18) | eBay UK

Published by The Wellington Series.

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OldPostcards4sale @oldpostcards4sale.bsky.social · 2d

Our new website is up and running! We now sell all our postcards in our Ebay shop , full info here www.oldpostcards4sale.co.uk

Old Postcards: Vintage Postcards For Sale Online

Old Postcards for sale online. We buy old British postcards

www.oldpostcards4sale.co.uk

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OldPostcards4sale @oldpostcards4sale.bsky.social · 4d

Hope you got my email

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OldPostcards4sale @oldpostcards4sale.bsky.social · 4d

that would be fine, thanks! I am hoping that is working at the moment - it is rather chaotic due to the changes being implemented to the website! Try it anyway - thanks

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OldPostcards4sale @oldpostcards4sale.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks, I have had to verify I am an adult before it will let me access it, hopefully I will be able to get back to you soon

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OldPostcards4sale @oldpostcards4sale.bsky.social · 4d

Hi! I have sorted out a new code for your members to use the discount - is there a way I can message you, or can you message me?

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OldPostcards4sale @oldpostcards4sale.bsky.social · 5d

I used to love Jackie!

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OldPostcards4sale @oldpostcards4sale.bsky.social · 5d

Hope that link is ok. I’m trying to work out how to fulfill the discounts - bear with me and I’ll try to let you know soon. If anyone wants to buy in the meantime if they just message me on EBay and say they’re one of your members, I’ll refund the discount amount.

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OldPostcards4sale @oldpostcards4sale.bsky.social · 5d

Hi yes they’ll need to go to the Ebay shop now, here’s the link ebay.us/m/yUEjPh

Security measure | eBay

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OldPostcards4sale @oldpostcards4sale.bsky.social · 5d

Please note that our website is offline for the forseeable future - all links on this page to cards featured on that website will therefore not work. All our cards are, however, for sale in our Ebay store at www.ebay.co.uk/str/oldpostc...

Security measure | eBay

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · 5d

#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social

Helpdesk sessions at #Chester #Tameside and #Wallasey

#ComputerClub meeting via Zoom on Wednesday

To join FHSC 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk

All Events 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/events.html

How to join our Discussion Groups see 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/subscribe-un...

Pinboard with FHSC Events picked out in post-it notes

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 12d

At one time It wasn't uncommon for trades unions to open up properties at the coast for the benefit of their members and their families. Originally a private home, The National Union of Printers, Bookbinders, and Paper Workers bought Northcliffe in Filey in 1925 whereupon

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Photogenealogy @photogenealogy.bsky.social · 13d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How the war detectives solved the mystery of two missing Scottish soldiers

The painstaking investigation by a dedicated team of war detectives also tracked down living relatives of the men.

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · 13d

Another interesting blog by Paul of @chiddickstree.bsky.social

Paul Chiddicks @chiddickstree.bsky.social · 13d

Their stories ended on the battlefields of WW1, but they won’t be forgotten. The final chapter - Thomas Wootton the boy who left home for the shores of Australia only to return a year later to die for his country - #WW1 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

chiddicksfamilytree.com/2025/09/28/t...

The Farm Boy Who Went to War

From Orchard Fields to Flanders Fields: The Story of Thomas Wootton Thomas Wootton was born on March 26th, 18921, in the village of Byford, Herefordshire, the sixth oldest of eight children born to…

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OldPostcards4sale @oldpostcards4sale.bsky.social · 13d

It's 11.35 am in Stamford Street, Ashton under Lyne - I wonder if the tram was on time? This postcard now in our store, by all means message or ask for a direct link to it if it's of interest!

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OldPostcards4sale @oldpostcards4sale.bsky.social · 14d

I always think of the 70s as very recent but hey, they’re 50 years ago! Here’s one from 1973 of Quidhampton Mill in Hampshire www.oldpostcards4sale.co.uk/products/qui...