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Old Cottage, Banstead Village
So here we have a colour postcard, postmarked ‘Sutton 19 Feb 1910’ and captioned ‘Old Cottage Banstead Village’. I have a feeling this is completely stylised, but who knows – perhaps this old cottage really did exist.
The postcard is published by S. Hildesheimer & Co of London and Manchester, and is listed as ‘Views of Sutton & District, No. 5518’. It’s addressed to Miss Lizzie Farrow, Killingholme, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, and sent by her Auntie (name unknown).
A little research reveals that Siegmund Hildesheimer (1832-96) founded his company in Manchester, and had a branch in London. Hildesheimer postcards primarily employed a chromo-lithography printing process which was done in France and Germany ‘or at local English printing houses’.
Picture added on 24 February 2022 at 10:31
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I'm wondering whether this was a gate house or a lodge, Lewis, because I notice a far larger house behind it, on the left. You can just make out the gable, and possibly a window below it.
And yes, this one (which I bought on eBay) was *very* cheap!
And yes, this one (which I bought on eBay) was *very* cheap!
Added by Peter Denton on 24 February 2022
Probably way out but as soon as I saw it I thought of one of the cottages which were in Woodmansterne street near the bottom of Kingscroft road on the opposite side of Eastlands cottages and Court Haw near the bend. They had tall trees behind them very close to the houses and the road went past very close to their gates. They were demolished in the 50s.
I think one of the cottages had Rose in the name.
My Grandmother used to take me to visit a very old lady who lived in one of them. She wore her hair in a bun and her house was always full of vases of flowers as was her beautiful cottage garden It always seemed to be very dark inside with large dark furniture.
I think one of the cottages had Rose in the name.
My Grandmother used to take me to visit a very old lady who lived in one of them. She wore her hair in a bun and her house was always full of vases of flowers as was her beautiful cottage garden It always seemed to be very dark inside with large dark furniture.
Added by Janice Chapple on 31 March 2022
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Postcards from the early 1900s were often printed in Germany. In comparison to other postcards from the time, these colourful ones are really cheap and can be bought for just a few pounds.