Does anyone recognise .... - 13th Jan 2009 6:38pm
Does anyone recognise the cottage in the attached picture?
The picture (as a postcard but no stamp or date) was in the possession of my grandma and the message states
" Happy Christmas and a prosperous New year your loving cousins mother and Sissie"
Now Aunt Sissie was Elizabeth Lansdsborough (*) from Dock Cottages, and she was married to my grandma's brother. She (like many in that side of the family) lived in Granville Terrace, off Green Lane in Wallasey. There was never any cottage like this one in that area.
(*) Yes, related to Charlie Lansdsborough but how I do not know - perhaps another gap someone can help fill
My mum is near 91 (and fit and healthy) and has a fantastic memory - but she does not recognise the cottage. The ladies in the cottage garden could be Aunt Sissie - and the older lady could possibly be Aunt Sissie's mother. My mum used to visit Sissie’s mum in Dock Cottages but cannot really remember what she looked like
Other "historians" to whom I have shown the picture say that the style of the cottage construction is not typical of Wallasey or this area in general - but maybe someone on here will remember.
All clues or opinion appreciated
Snod
The picture (as a postcard but no stamp or date) was in the possession of my grandma and the message states
" Happy Christmas and a prosperous New year your loving cousins mother and Sissie"
Now Aunt Sissie was Elizabeth Lansdsborough (*) from Dock Cottages, and she was married to my grandma's brother. She (like many in that side of the family) lived in Granville Terrace, off Green Lane in Wallasey. There was never any cottage like this one in that area.
(*) Yes, related to Charlie Lansdsborough but how I do not know - perhaps another gap someone can help fill
My mum is near 91 (and fit and healthy) and has a fantastic memory - but she does not recognise the cottage. The ladies in the cottage garden could be Aunt Sissie - and the older lady could possibly be Aunt Sissie's mother. My mum used to visit Sissie’s mum in Dock Cottages but cannot really remember what she looked like
Other "historians" to whom I have shown the picture say that the style of the cottage construction is not typical of Wallasey or this area in general - but maybe someone on here will remember.
All clues or opinion appreciated
Snod