Hampstead - Golders Hill Park Mansion

            The Postcard

A Field Series postcard published by Richardson & Co. of London.

The card was posted in Kilburn on Thursday the 3rd. August 1916 to:

Mrs. Bayliss,
The Rise,
Sunningdale,
Berks.

The pencilled message on the back of the card  was as follows:

"43 Sumatra Road.
Thursday.
Dear Mum,
A card to say I got here
alright.
I called at Aunt's first.
I am sorry to say I found
Alice not well.
The doctor came yesterday
and said it was to do with
her appendix so she may
have a slight operation, but
nothing to worry about.
Mrs. Blair is going to have
the baby for her.
Sonny very much wants to
come back with me. Let me
know if I should bring him.
If you get this in time, shall
see you tomorrow night.
Love Clara".

Golders Hill Park Mansion

The mansion in the photograph is no longer there - it was bombed to oblivion during WWII. A restaurant now stands on the house's original site.

The park however is still there, and includes a duck pond with a small humpback bridge, a separate water garden which leads to a larger pond with black and white swans. There is also a recently renovated small zoo.

Claude Demetrius

So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?

Well, on Thursday the 3rd. August 1916, Claude Demetrius, American songwriter, was born in Bath, Maine.

Claude was known for his rockabilly song hits including 'Mean Woman Blues' and 'Hard Headed Woman', both sung by Elvis Presley.

Claude died in 1988.
   

Taken on: June 20, 2017

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