Postcard: 19050501-AbingdonSteamFireEngine

Publisher(s) unknown
Sent toMiss Bidd??, The National Telephone Office, Magdalen St, Oxford
MessageMany happy returns
Typeundivided
SizeStandard
Printing processHalftone

The 1911 census lists a Marion and Gertrude Biddle living at 19 Isis Street, Oxford. Both have the occupation of Telephone Operator. The card might be sent to one of these sisters. According to the Faringdon Advertiser, Saturday January 14th 1905, the engine arrived "on Saturday Evening" and "paraded the town" on Monday evening.

The front of an old postcard. The postcard is of Abingdon: The Bridge
The reverse of an old postcard. The postcard is of Abingdon: The Bridge