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View of "Colworth Lodges", looking northwest from the junction of Lodge Road, Yelnow Lane and Colworth Road. The lodges, built in 1811 by John Wing of Bedford, are connected by a formal arch making a tall rounded entrance archway. On the top of the arch is a cherub reclining on a scroll. Published by Blake & Edgar, Picturesque Bedfordshire Series.

Postmarked 12 July 1908

From: 1908 To: 1908

Postmarked 12.15pm message reads " June 11. Hope to arrive 12.55. we come by Kettering - the train in from here to Bedford was 35 minutes late yest'y Many thanks for yrs I hope Monday is all right. I thought there would have been letters re carriages but have not heard. Thank May for parcel. It is wet here but may clear. This is just outside the gates here, where we walk every evening and hear the nightingales". PC sent to Rev C J Horan, Hollbrooke Hall, Derby

Lithographic postcard

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SHARNBROOK, Sharnbrook Colworth House, postcards, lithographs, Blake & Edgar, ILLUSTRATIONS, nightingales, birds