Cleanliness is Next to Godliness

On this card with ladies in Welsh costumes doing the weekly wash outside there is the slogan "Cleanliness is next to Godliness"

Barrow-In-Furness / Walney Ferry

This black and white card has been tinted by hand.

Walney Island has been connected by a bridge (Jubilee Bridge) to the Mainland since 1908 - that is one year after this card was sent in 1907. The card describes the island as agricultural "possessing a very rich soil which produces good crops of grain... part of the island has been acquired by the Barrow Corporation and made into a recreation park for the inhabitants..."

Barrow is an area of ship building. My father in law worked at the ship-yard, and my brother in law still works there - mostly on submarines.

Stilt Walking and Resin Collecting in Gascony

It says on the back of this postcard... "Les Landes de Gascogne - that is Gascony in France- Dans la forêt Landaise un jeune berger a secouru un petit agneau bien fatigué.'... The young shepherd has rescued a very tired little lamb from the forest.

The stilts were handy for walking quickly through marshy land (wet on top, but with a solid sand base below) and are featured on other postcards from Gascony. Other Gascony postcards feature pots collecting resin from trees, and if you look beside the young shepherd that is also featured here. So on this one I get both Gascony specialities together. Possibly twenty years old but difficult to date.